London parks and gardens

London has a peculiar fascination of its own, and to a vast number of English-speaking people all over the world it appeals with irresistible force. So much has been said and wr...

_The Park shone brighter than the skyes, Sing tan-tara-rara-tantivee, With jewels and gold, and Ladies’ eyes, That sparkled and cry’d come see me: Of all parts of England, Hide...

_Near this my Muse, what most delights her, sees A living Gallery of Aged Trees: Bold sons of Earth, that thrust their Arms so high, As if once more they would invade the Sky._

Regent’s Park has had but a transitory day of fashion, and history has not crowded it with associations like the other Royal Parks. It is the largest and one of the most beautif...

_Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes R...

London is almost completely surrounded by a chain of parks. Luckily, as the town grew, the necessity for fresh air began to be realised, and before it was too late, in the thick...

Of the South London Parks Battersea is the largest and most westerly, and the best known to people outside its own district. Battersea is entirely new, and has no history as a P...

It was only fifty years ago, when the want of fresh air and room for recreation was being realised, that people began to wake up to the truth that there were already great open...

_Fountains and Trees our wearied Pride do please, Even in the midst of Gilded Palaces; And in our Towns, that Prospect gives Delight, Which opens round the Country to our Sight._

The disused burial-grounds within the London area must now be counted among its gardens. There are those who would not have the living benefit by these hallowed spots set apart...

_There when they came, whereas those brickly towers The which on Themmes brode aged backe doe ryde Where now the studious Lawyers have their bowers, There whylome wont the Templ...

Although their number has sadly diminished of late years, London still has a few spaces remaining which may be classed as gardens. Often they are merely green patches of a forma...

In writing of the private gardens of London it is difficult to know where to begin. There are a few large and beautiful gardens, but for the most part the smaller they are, and...