Comments on: At St Mary’s Secret Garden

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:45:45 +0000

Urban gardens like this are a true joy.

By: Saige

Saige — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:58:28 +0000

You write exquisitely. In these sad times I am transported as you weave your magic and I am so grateful. You take the East End that my grandmother and her ancestors still haunt and transport it to me in New Zealand, all the beauty, the fun, the hallowed spaces and this garden. Thank you so very much, you have a beautiful soul which manifests in your crafted words.

By: AMANDA

AMANDA — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 11:23:54 +0000

A feast for the eye, heart & soul. Such beauty.

Simply gazing at the lovely photos brought peace.
The many hues of green surrounding the revered tree has inspired what is lacking in my own Secret Garden – more greens.

During my 4 month ‘retreat’ l created a safe sanctuary for all the bird babies to feed by day and a magically lit Fairy Dell after nightfall, of which l take the greatest satisfaction due to no physical shopping possible.
I can’t stop staring out there ? ?

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:59:43 +0000

Such a Beautiful Garden and It’s Lovely Flowers!!??????

By: Greg Tingey

Greg Tingey — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:54:40 +0000

Reminds me of the Phoenix Garden by St Giles in the Fields – which I used to know well …

By: Avril Towell

Avril Towell — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:23:43 +0000

Haggerston is where I lived as a child and this area was on the space left after the demolition of the many terraced streets which had been there since the middle of the 1800s. Your blog of February 16 2013 The Haggerston Nobody Knows shows the streets that were once there and I know from the many comments that it stirred the memories of people that had once lived there; including myself. It is so nice to see green spaces replacing flattened houses and although London has changed, Randal Cremer school opposite this garden still looks the same as when I was there in the early fifties. Avril

By: Victoria Cooper

Victoria Cooper — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:41:20 +0000

Precious precious oasis.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:17:13 +0000

looks like a very special find, a haven amid the concrete! – perfect place for some peace. Thank you.

By: Pauline Taylor

Pauline Taylor — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 09:54:58 +0000

Lovely, just lovely, I have never understood how anyone can live without plants and The Secret Garden cannot help but bring to mind the wonderful story by Frances Hodgson Burnett, an all time favourite of so many people. There is magic in the name, and this garden obviously lives up to it, how I wish I could visit ~~~ and buy some plants. SIGH !!

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:52:11 +0000

Wonderful that such places survive