Travel ahead in time with London Wildlife Trust and find out what gardens might be like in the future.

This year London Wildlife Trust has created the Future Garden – a garden that explores how gardeners can adapt to our changing climate and maximise sustainability. The garden also highlights which species might be common in the future.

Inspiration in your area

London Wildlife Trust has created mini Future Gardens at our sites across the capital, from Hackney to Hounslow, to illustrate how easy it is to make your patch, however big or small, better for wildlife and more climate friendly. The gardens are mini-versions of London Wildlife Trust’s award winning Future Garden, exhibited at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2008.

Visit our mini Future Gardens at:

East Reservoir Community Garden, Hackney
Camley Street Natural Park, Camden
Crane Park Island, Richmond
Gunnersbury Triangle, Hounslow
Centre for Wildlife Gardening, Southwark 

London Wildlife Trust’s Future Garden combines sustainable wildlife friendly planting with a 1950s aesthetic, using clean lines, shiny surfaces, primary colours and geometric shapes that mirror nature – things like honeycombs, beetles and butterflies.

Exploring which species might be common in the gardens of the future, household rubbish becomes beautiful sculptures made from recycled materials. Other innovative features include a habitat wall, bottle top gravel, flood and drought areas, plus a striking bike wheel bird feeder. We even find a use for an old satellite dish!

 London Wildlife Trust’s Future Garden combines fun with an important message. It will show you creative ways to adapt your green space to cope with climate change, and how to garden in an environmentally sensitive way that benefits both people and wildlife.

The Future Garden is sponsored by the lovely people at Ethos Recycling Ltd

Designing the future - meet Ruth Holmes, the marvellous designer who has a vision of a wildlife friendly future

 
The making of a Future Garden - meet the artist transforming a pile of rubbish into the species of the future

Do your bit for nature with help from our 'how to guides'