Update 13 August 2020

We are sad to announce that following the postponement of our major fundraiser, Open Garden Squares Weekend, in June, the trustees have now taken the difficult decision to cancel the event due to take place on 6 September.

Having explored every possibility and taken advice, the risks of running an event for thousands of ticket holders while the pandemic persists are just too high. Although a real disappointment, we trust you'll agree that the safety of the gardeners, our staff, members and ticket-holders, is paramount.

Securing the future of London Open Gardens

We were so sorry that the impact of Covid-19 required us to cancel this event. Cancellation denied us all a wonderful day's access to some of London's best closed gardens - and has left the London Gardens Trust without the income we rely on to protect and celebrate access to London's historic green spaces for all.

We love this event as much as you do, so our small dedicated team worked hard trying to plan a safe open gardens event this autumn.

Without the crucial ticket sales from OGSW, the London Gardens Trust, and our ability to protect and open more gardens for you in the future, is in real peril.

We are so grateful for your understanding and ongoing support of the Trust. We now need to try to meet a shortfall in our budget. Should you feel moved to further support our work, with a cash donation, you can do so at https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/907#!/DonationDetails (and thank you a thousand times!)

Existing Ticket Holders

If you are one of those special ticket-holders or members of the Trust, you should have received an email from us earlier this week; if you have not heard from us, please email tickets@londongardenstrust.org to make sure you are receiving our updates.

Garden Owners

We have also been in contact with gardens and weekend volunteers; so if you are already registered with us as a garden owner or weekend volunteer and have not heard from us, please do email us.

Volunteers in the future

If you are interested in getting involved as a weekend volunteer, then please do email us at volunteers@londongardenstrust.org and we will make contact with you when we have future events we hope to run.

To Join the Trust

Please visit our website.