Gardens
We have some wonderful gardens in Battersea Park. Go have a look!.
The new Winter Garden
The newly commissioned Winter Garden, beleived to be the only recent project of its kind in the UK ...
Sub Tropical Garden
The Sub Tropical Garden ...
Old English Garden
Hidden amongst the trees near the cricket pitches, the Old English Garden ...
Russell Page Garden
For many years left derelict the Russell Page Garden ...
Rose Garden
Restored ... the Rosery ...
Staff Yard
The Staff Yard has recently been tended by the Thrive project, making an attractive, and well hidden garden focussing on vegetables and herbs.
Thrive Garden
Well tended with a fasinating variety of flora, the Thrive Garden ...
Chrysanthemums
Planted ... Chrysanthemums ...
Cammellias
The Cammellias ...
Albert Bridge Closing
On Monday 15th February the Kensington and Chelsea Council are closing Albert Bridge to motor traffic for major refurbishment. The work is expected to take 18 months, but Park users will still be able to walk across. more...
Sign for All Seasons
Within the frozen Park today,
A ”caution” sign was half-witted.
Warning of ice was quite OK.
Why “No BBQs permitted”?
Please those on duty another day,
Before warnings are transmitted,
By signs or any other way,
Use words that are better fitted.
Philip Wright, January 2010
I have a sign to warn of ice
Because to fall would not be nice
Oh where to put it, what to do
Oh here's a sign, No BBQ
On which I'll mount it, by the gate
Not centred, quite deliberate.
It may bemuse, it may well rile?
I hope, at least, it made you smile.
replies Jerry Birtles, Park Manager
Popular with Photographers
The Park is always popular with photographers and websites are popping up where their work can be seen, such Flickr...