Green
SPACES

Green
SPACES

Benhill Road Nature Garden

Benhill Road Nature Garden is a designated Local Site Of Importance For Nature Conservation in Camberwell. The garden is looked after by volunteers. You can join them!

Contact:

Address: 90 Benhill Road
Twitter: @BenhillRoadGdn
Facebook: benhillroadnaturegarden
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Camberwell Gardens Guild

Founded in 1926 by a group of Camberwell residents who had an enthusiasm for gardening. Years later, their aims remain the same: "The encouragement of cultivation and provision of assistance to amateur gardeners within the London Borough of Southwark by means of talks, advice and the holding of Flower Shows".

Contact:

Email: info@camberwellgardensguild.org.uk
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Elam Street Open Space

A hidden oasis between Camberwell and Brixton. Created on land once occupied by housing, it includes a children's playground, a central wetland area, trees and species-rich meadows.

Contact:

Address: Gordon Grove, SE5 9DT
Email: parks@lambeth.gov.uk
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Friends of Brunswick Park

Set up in 2010 to give a gem of a South London park a bit of a polish and a helping hoe or two. FOBP provides opportunities for members of the community to improve and promote the care of Brunswick Park to ensure that the Park is a beautiful, welcoming, safe and enjoyable environment for all.

Contact:

Twitter: @brunswickpark
Facebook: brunswickparkfriends
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Friends of Burgess Park

An association of people and other interested groups who are concerned to protect, promote and enhance an important, inner-city London park.

Contact:

Twitter: @BurgessPk
Facebook Group: Friends of Burgess Park
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Friends of Camberwell Green

A group for all those who use and value Camberwell Green, a historic small park at a busy crossroads in inner south London. They work towards conserving and enhancing the Green, and provide a forum for Camberwell people to discuss all matters related to the Green!

Friends of Dog Kennel Hill Wood

A group of local people working to protect and promote Dog Kennel Hill Wood and Open Space in Camberwell with particular emphasis on wildlife conservation, quiet enjoyment and peaceful recreational use. They hold regular volunteer work days and occasional events.

Contact:

Twitter: @friendsdkhwood
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Friends of Green Dale

Green Dale is a wild open space in south Camberwell. FOGD are a group of local people who work together to look after Green Dale for the benefit of wildlife and people. They do this through volunteer work days, organising events and wildlife walks and raising public awareness of Green Dale.

Contact:

Twitter: @fogreendale
Facebook: friendsofgreendale
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Friends of Ruskin Park

A volunteer-run charity which works to ensure the park is well cared for and maintained, and has a planned and healthy future. Since 1996 they’ve raised money to help maintain and improve the park, preserving it for future generations. They also organise and support a regular programme of events and activities.

Contact:

Instagram: friendsofruskinpark_
Twitter: @RuskinParkSE5
Facebook: FriendsofRuskinpark
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Lettsom Gardens

A community garden in the heart of Camberwell. There’s plenty of space for children to play, as well as vibrant areas of woodland and grassland.

Contact:

Address: 12a Grove Park
Instagram: lettsomallotments
Twitter: @LettsomGardens
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Loughborough Farm

The Loughborough Farm is a community garden open to everyone who wants to learn organic growing skills and meet their neighbours. They run regular volunteer growing sessions and grow vegetables together, rather than people having individual plots.

Contact:

Address: Loughborough Rd, SW9 7XD
Instagram: @loughboroughfarm
Twitter: @LoughFarm
Facebook: loughboroughfarm
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Lucas Gardens

Lucas Gardens is in the former grounds of a terrace of Georgian houses. It's an ornamental green space with flower beds, mature trees and children#s playground. A pleasant retreat located opposite Southwark Town Hall.

Contact:

Address: Peckham Road, SE5
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Myatt's Fields Park

A community-run Victorian park run by the charity Myatt’s Fields Park Project. Working to grow a green and healthy neighbourhood by providing a beautiful natural environment, along with events, food, wellbeing, education and enterprise projects that meet the needs of our diverse area.

Contact:

Address: Cormont Road
Instagram: myattsfieldspark
Twitter: @myattsfields
Facebook: myattsfieldspark
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Southwark Nature Action Volunteers

Set up to support friends of parks groups, parks teams and their partners to support endangered species and increase biodiversity across the borough.