"A fascinating and intimate portrait of a garden over time ? Reading is like being given a rusty key to a beautiful secret garden." - Ben Dark, Author of The Grove Hidden away behind high stone walls in the centre of London is Lambeth Palace Garden, a 10-acre site that has been continuously cultivated for more than a thousand years. Join Head Gardener Nick Stewart Smith as he unlocks the gates and invites us to wander through a secret garden where nature is at the heart of everything and where a thoughtful approach to gardening creates a haven for all sorts of native wildlife, allowing nature to flourish in the midst of one of the world's busiest cities. The Thousand Year Old Garden is a comforting meditation through the seasons on the act of renewal, hope, gardening, and our place in nature.

"A fascinating and intimate portrait of a garden over time ... Reading is like being given a rusty key to a beautiful secret garden." - Ben Dark, Author of The Grove

Explore the magical green world of Lambeth Palace Garden, a hidden jewel of London for more than 1,000 years. In this book, Head Gardener Nick Stewart Smith takes the reader on a series of rambles through the changing seasons, introducing some extraordinary trees and plants along the way. Revealing some of the untold stories of the ten-acre secret garden, this is a unique insight into a special place.

Nick explains how nature is at the heart of everything here, the gardening approach allowing the green world inside the high stone walls to be a haven for many kinds of wildlife, all flourishing right in the midst of one of the world's busiest cities.