Open Garden Squares Weekend

OGSW is an annual event in mid-June. Over 200 gardens that are normally closed to the public open their doors on this one weekend a year.

OGSW is London-wide with gardens from in 25 boroughs participating each year. In the City, private gardens that open include the roof terrace and kitchen garden of Nomura, the roof garden of Eversheds, the roof top vegetable garden of Sir John Cass School, Fann Street wildlife garden, Edible Golden Lane allotments and the Barbican Station pop up garden.

City gardens that are normally open to the public host special events such as poets in residence; FoCG run a pop cafe and plant stall in Postman’s Park and there are walks, talks and guided tours.

Take a look at 2016 and previous years – 2014, 2015 and 2017.