Throughout the pandemic, landscapes from the simplest flower bed to the grandest civic park, and the people who make and maintain them, have been crucial allies in the fight to keep Londoners healthy and active. Public space and urban landscapes will be a huge part of what we will celebrate in the next Open House festival with activities in parks and gardens as well as buildings. Not all key workers wear scrubs — some push wheelbarrows!
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Bluebell Centre, Perivale Wood Nature ReserveStraw Works Ltd, 2014Ealing
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Celebrating workplaces of key workers: Amazing Parks - a virtual tour with a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide2020Tower Hamlets
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Dalston Eastern Curve GardenJ & L Gibbons, EXYZT, muf architecture/art, 2010Hackney
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Eat Off Your Street – Aldebert Terrace Edible Garden & Tour'Eat Off Your Street' Team, 2019Lambeth
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Fitzroy Park Allotmentsseveral architects, 1920Camden
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GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS🌱🐝🍅🦋extinction rebellion XR, 2019Hackney
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Landscape and landscape workers: City of London Secret Gardens – a virtual tour with a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide2020Tower Hamlets
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London Wall PlaceMake Architects, 2020City of London
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Luxmore GardensLewisham Council, 1958Lewisham
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Moore Brook (lost river) Green Link Tour + filmEnfield Watercourses Team, 2014Enfield
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Rochester Squareunkown, 1900Camden
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Self-guided Hackney Marshes WalkHackney
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The South London Botanical Institute1863Lambeth
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Weston Williamson + Partners Ideas ForumWeston Williamson + Partners, 2020Southwark