Welcome!

Welcome to the South Park Gardens website. South Park Gardens is a much loved and well-used park in Wimbledon. It was opened in September 1901 and has now been restored to its former Victorian glory thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Gardens were re-opened to the public in June 2009 and photographs of the Gardens before, during and after the restoration can be found in the Gallery. You can also find photographs of some of our events in 2009 there.

We are very grateful to Dr Simon Joseph, who very kindly took the photographs of the Gardens before during and after. We think you’ll agree that he did a fantastic job.

If you would like to know more about the local history of the Gardens and the area around it just click on History. If you would like to know more about the Friends of South Park Gardens and the events we organise, click on the links above. You can also sign up for our quarterly newsletter.

We are always looking for volunteers to help with our events and for new members. It was the through the efforts of the Friends, working together with Merton Council, that this restoration was possible. Please do let us know what you think of this site by sending us an email. Thanks for looking.

New event – Art in the Park

We launched a new event called Art in the Park.  We invited people to come to the park and draw it, paint it, photograph it and enjoy it. There were experts on hand giving demonstrations and showing us how it’s done, both for adults and children.  Overall it was a success with many people coming and trying their hand.

Kiosk

The kiosk is now open only on weekends after 11am; serving tea, coffee, ice cream, soft drinks, etc.

South Park Gardens retains Green Flag Award:

We are delighted to announce that South Park Gardens has retained its Green Flag Award for a second year.  The judges were particularly impressed with the community events, the fantastic display of flowers and shrubs and the amount of use it gets from a diverse range of park users. It is clear that the park is loved and appreciated by a lot of people.

2011 Picnic in the Park was a success

Incorporating the Big Lunch
Despite the undecided weather, many families came out to enjoy the picnic in the park. The bouncy castle, barbecue, facepainting, races and tug of war kept kids of all ages entertained. While as a Big Lunch event plenty of people brought food to share with their neighbours. Plus our famous tea and cakes rounded off the event nicely.

A quarterly newsletter is produced and delivered door to door to all the roads around the Gardens. If you live outside this area but would like to have a copy emailed to you, just click here to sign up. Alternatively go to Downloads to access previous newsletters. If you would like to volunteer to deliver the newsletter to a road near you, go to the Volunteers section on the Friends page.

2012 calendar of events has been released.

List of 2012 events

The dates of 2012 events have been released, including all the popular events like the Easter Egg hunt, Picnic in the Park, Music festival and Bonfire night.

Dates may be subject to change.