Linden Groves

@lindengroves.co.uk

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I'm all things historic parks, gardens and playgrounds and also giving it my best shot as Director of www.thegardenstrust.org

An old black and white photograph labelled Elder Park, Gowan. Children are arranged round an artificial lake - a boy holds onto a toy boat in the water, and a girl looks down at her doll. In the background, a small girl stands in the lake, and further away people walk around it.
Early 20th century postcard of urban children fishing in the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens. Some are looking straight at the camera and others are completely absorbed peering into the water
Arching glasshouse roof with striking curved metal beams stretches over South African plants
A colourful archive postcard of children peering into a fountain in a park with lawns and wide straight paths.