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Although The Phoenix Garden was created in 1984, it is on part of the former site of an orchard belonging to St Giles Leper Hospital established in the C12th by Queen Maud. The site was later church land belonging to St Giles-in-the-Fields nearby. It was built over for housing by the early C20th but following bomb damage in WWII it became a car park. It was created as a community garden under the auspices of Covent Garden Open Spaces Association and was laid out in summer 1984. It is run as an ecological garden, with a mix of ornamental and native species to encourage a range of wildlife.

The Plantation is one of the number of Span Development Ltd's private housing schemes in Blackheath, whose ethos was to set sensitively planned and designed housing units within well-considered landscaping. The Plantation was built on the site of a former market garden and nursery and consists of yellow brick terraces providing 34 housing units within a semi-enclosed communal garden. Maintenance of communal areas was initially undertaken by a residents' association with Span as ground landlord as nearly all Span schemes were originally leasehold properties.

The Priory at Blackheath Park was one of the first private housing schemes by Span Developments Ltd in Blackheath, whose ethos was to set sensitively planned and designed housing units within well-considered landscaping. Here the setting is thickly planted around drives with birch, Corsican pine, yew, cherry and profuse shrub planting, communal courtyard lawns, and landscaped pedestrian routes. The maintenance of the communal garden areas was initially undertaken by the residents' association with Span as ground landlord as nearly all Span schemes were originally leasehold properties.

The Priory was one of a number of villas built on the northern part of Roehampton Park after the estate was broken up between 1770-88. Roehampton had become a popular place for the wealthy to build country retreats in the C18th, attracted by the healthy and beautifaul sitution, the attraction no doubt enhanced by the fact that 'adjacent villas being inhabited by families of fashion and distinction' (George Richardson referring to Dover House in 1810). In the latter part of the C19th this exclusivity waned as suburban development was encouraged by the opening of the railways and a number of former villas became institutions of one sort of another. The Priory has been a private nursing home since 1871.

The Queen's Club sports ground was first established here in 1886 as the area was being developed for housing. Initially established as a cricket ground, from 1887 the club provided facilities for lawn tennis for which it is now most famous. In 1953 the Lawn Tennis Association purchased the Club. In 2005/6 the Lawn Tennis Association began preparations to move its headquarters to a new National Tennis Centre in Roehampton and in 2006 The Queen's Club was sold to Club Members on a 120-year lease

The original Town Hall Gardens were built on a site purchased as railway land when Croydon was developing. In 1889 the land was offered to Croydon Corporation for new municipal buildings. Formal gardens were laid out below ground level adjacent to the Town Hall, which was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1896. A plan to build over the gardens in the 1930s came to nothing. In the 1960s a modern garden was created adjacent to the new Taberner House. In 1980 the Police Station that adjoined this was vacated and this enabled a new garden to be laid out bringing together the lower Victorian garden and upper Taberner House garden. Renamed The Queen's Gardens, they were opened by the Queen on 21 June 1983 for the Borough Centenary. The lower garden retains its Victorian character with carpet bedding and planting while the upper garden has a central fountain and pool and more geometric lines.

The Queen's Walk is part of the Thames Riverside Walk, a promenade that runs from Blackfriars Bridge to south of Westminster Bridge, from where it extends southwards as Albert Embankment. An area of landscaping was initially laid out when County Hall was built and finished in 1917, but in 1949 the riverside walk was extended as a promenade for the 1951 Festival of Britain and retained as public open space when the Festival ended, opening in 1952.

The Queen's Walk is part of the Thames Riverside Walk, a promenade that runs from Westminster Bridge on the south bank of the river towards Blackfriars Bridge and beyond towards the Millennium Bridge opposite St Paul's. An area of landscaping was initially laid out when County Hall was built in 1917, but in 1949 the riverside walk was extended as a promenade for the 1951 Festival of Britain and retained as public open space when the Festival ended, opening in 1952. The riverside promenade now continues past the South Bank providing largely uninterrupted pedestrian access as far as Tower Bridge. The Queen's Walk is on the circular Jubilee Walkway that was opened in 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee and later re-launched in 2002 in celebration of her Golden Jubilee

The Rawlins Almshouses are modest one-storey red brick almshouses that were erected in 1694 under the will of Anthony Rawlins. Over the centre doorway is a tablet inscribed 'Anthony Rawlins Esq built these Houses for ye poor of this Parish of Beckenham Anno. Dom. 1694'. They were largely rebuilt in 1881 and continue to provide for widows who have lived for at least three years in the area of the former Beckenham UDC. The almshouses have small front and back gardens.

Richmond Golf Club was established here in 1898 on the former estate of Sudbrook Park, an early C18th Palladian mansion, now used as the golf clubhouse. It was built for the 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich who had been given a lease on 12 hectares of Richmond Park by King George I in recognition of the part he played in defeating Louis XIV and the Hanoverian Succession. John Rocque's map of 1741-5 shows the extensive formal layout of the park at that time. Gibbs may have brought in landscape gardener Charles Bridgeman to help with the planning of the garden. The estate remained in the family until 1842 and was later a spa and then a hotel before it was taken over by Richmond Golf Club.

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The Roof Gardens, among the earliest in England, were built for the new Derry and Toms Department Store, which opened in 1933. The Gardens were conceived by Vice-President of Barkers Trevor Bowen, who employed landscape architect Ralph Handcock to realise his vision and comprised 3 gardens from the outset: Spanish Garden, English Woodland Garden and Tudor Courtyard. Opened in May 1938 by the Earl of Athlone, the gardens became a popular attraction. Owned by Biba in the 1970s, and by Richard Branson since 1981, the Gardens becoming part of Virgin Limited Edition and hosted a members' club, a private function venue and, since 2001, the Babylon Restaurant on the 7th floor, which overlooks the gardens. They were extensively replanted in 2008/9 and remained home to exotic wildfowl including pink flamingos. The Spanish Garden was planted in the style of the 1950s, while the Tudor Courtyard was based on the Biba ethos and planting from the 1970s. The English Woodland was managed as a C21st environmental and wildlife garden. In 2018 the Roof Gardens closed when Virgin gave up their lease.

* on The National Heritage List for England, Parks & Gardens

The Rookery was a private house with fine gardens that was on the site of a spa in the C18th after mineral springs were discovered. The principal mineral well was situated near the centre of the present gardens, to the north of the formal pond. Following a successful campaign to save it for public open space, the property was presented to the LCC in 1912 and opened as public gardens in 1913. The house was demolished and an Old English Garden was created in the former kitchen garden, with rockeries, a wild garden and a white garden planted. The sloping grounds also had a woodland walk, grass terraces and 2 fine cedar trees, one of which survives.