190 Barnet Road

About 190 Barnet Road

The upcycled garden is a thickly planted, walled garden. Design is modern,using flowing herbaceous plantings and bulbs around trees, shrubs and pond, Upcycled containers, recycled objects and home-made sculptures. Hand beaten copper pipe trellis divides the garden into contrasting areas. There is a gravel garden which is never watered, featuring rusty tin can sculptures.

Two white barked Betula jacquemontii dominate the central area, under-planted with predominantly white herbaceous perennials including swathes of sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis), Astrantia major ‘White Giant’, oxeye daisy ‘Shaggy’ and the silver grass, Phalaris ‘Feesey’. Moving round, the colour palette changes to a deep pink/purple mix including Geraniums ‘Patricia’ and ‘Ann Folkard’ planted around Sambucus ‘Black Lace’. Lots of alliums.

Throughout the garden there are Spring, Summer and Autumn flowering bulbs planted through herbaceous plants to increase the diversity and intensity of the mix and to extend the season of interest.

An area of hydrangeas, at their best from July, dominates the entrance. There is a kitchen garden with soft fruit, vegetables and a mature compost heap which is the main source of nutrients for the garden.

A central pond helps to attract insect and bird life. There is also a wide variety of late flowering plants: dahlias, colchicums, nerines.

The garden has been awarded Gold Certificates in the London Gardens Society All London Gardens Competition for 2021 and 2022. This year it has reached the top 3 finalist gardens.

Selection of home-made cakes with gluten free choices available. Home-made jams and a range of interesting plants usually for sale, all propagated from the garden.

Garden continues evolving as planted areas are expanded. Organic. Home-made jams and plants for sale, all propagated from the garden.