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Cleary Garden: Peonies, Romans, the Tube and hogs
A former City of London bombsite with pretty plants. And hidden secrets. The lower tier of Cleary Garden Cleary Garden is a small park on...
London On The Ground
Mar 25 min read
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Lost Gardens of London at the Garden Museum
Excellent new exhibition of vanished parks, squares and gardens at the museum in Lambeth. Curated by landscape architect and historian Dr...
London On The Ground
Oct 27, 20245 min read
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Chelsea Physic Garden, Happy 350th birthday!
The garden of edible, medicinal and useful plants is London's oldest botanic garden. Chelsea Physic Garden is 350 years old on 9 October,...
London On The Ground
Oct 6, 20235 min read
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A quartet of carved clergy: the Bishops' Tree at Fulham Palace
Four wooden Bishops await visitors to the gardens of Fulham Palace.
Environmental sculptor Andrew Frost carved them from a dead cedar tree
London On The Ground
Sep 15, 20233 min read
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Caledonian Park Clock Tower: one of London's best viewing points
Tours of the little known Islington clock tower offer fabulous views. It may not be one of London's better known attractions, but it is...
London On The Ground
Jun 23, 20234 min read
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Emily Young's serene stone angels near St Paul's need to be seen
See the angel heads by Britain's "greatest living stone sculptor" on public display next to St Paul's. Five angel heads by Emily Young,...
London On The Ground
Apr 7, 20235 min read
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Spitting image: Ben Wilson turns used chewing gum into art
Cross the Millennium Bridge and see tiny artworks painted on old chewing gum in the grid of the walkway. For years I walked across the...
London On The Ground
Aug 5, 20223 min read
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London knights: Cnihtengild statue guards Devonshire Square
Unusual bronze sculpture evokes a guild of knights of 1,000 years ago. This impressive work of art in the east of the City of London was...
London On The Ground
Dec 10, 20214 min read
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Monument to the slave trade: Gilt of Cain in Fen Court
A poem and sculpture hidden away in the City of London commemorates the abolition of the slave trade. Sculpted by Michael Visocchi with...
London On The Ground
Nov 12, 20213 min read
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Norman Foster vs the tree & Wren
A City building pays its respects to Christopher Wren and a London plane tree. The City of London contains some of the most expensive...
London On The Ground
Sep 2, 20214 min read
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