Garden Details
Doddington and Rollo Community Roof Garden
The Garden
A surprise awaits you when you enter this garden, located on the roof of a former car park in the middle of a high-rise estate. The metal staircase entrance used to appear slightly forbidding, but the garden team have tried to use it as a trellis, thereby turning it into a delight! The initial surprise continues, as the garden is divided into five distinct spaces, or 'garden rooms'.Thanks to donations from other community gardens, as well as local businesses and other organisations, a wide variety of planting has evolved - edible crops as well as decorative plants, several special specimens, and numerous trees. The garden was lucky to be the inspiration for a gold-medal winning Chelsea garden, which resulted in the addition of a kitchen garden, with a pergola, pizza oven, raised beds and planting transported from the Chelsea entry.
There is a large composting area, including new beds built by volunteers and starter compost bins placed around the garden for community use. The team encourages estate residents and visitors to bring their kitchen scraps.
: Malissa Ritchie
Visitor Information
- Open
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Saturday 10:30–16:00
- Activities
- Tea and coffee available; modest herb clipping allowed (donations welcome).
- Picnics allowed.
- Entrance
- Up the stairs at the end of Charlotte Despard Avenue, across the square behind Tesco on Battersea Park Road
Nearest postcode: SW11 5HD - Buses
- Map of nearby bus stops
- Stations
- Battersea Park, Queenstown Road
- Cycle hire station
- Alfreda Street (Map)
- Toilets
- Disabled toilet on site
- Access
- Entry to the roof garden is via steps; there is a chairlift in an adjacent building, however staff may not be available to assist with chairlift use.
- Dogs
- Dogs on leads