London’s 10 Downing Street Garden Set to Open for Public Tours

London Garden Trust is celebrating 25 years of unique access to over 100 hidden green spaces in London that are not normally open to the public. The trust has been organising the Open Garden Squares festival for the past 25 years, which offers exclusive access to London’s private, secret, and little-known gardens during the weekend of 8 and 9 June. The festival began with volunteers’ passion to open up iconic but locked London squares in the west. It has since grown to embrace gardens across central London, including exquisite roof spaces, historic institutions, community allotments, and reclaimed and rewilded urban oases.

According to the London Garden Trust, this year’s festival will be extra special as 10 Downing Street’s garden will be part of the event. Two public tours of the garden at 10 Downing Street will take place on 8 June at 11.30 am and 1.30 pm. It’s part of the annual London Open Gardens weekend, which sees many of London’s closed gardens open to the public.

An adult weekend ticket offers exclusive access to over 100 gardens across 12 London Boroughs. Under 12s go free! Ticketholders will receive a free A2 foldout map guide on arrival at their first garden, which will also be available online in April.

All proceeds from around 40,000 garden visits made by ticketholders during the weekend each year support LPG’s year-round work to cherish and protect city green spaces. Profits are shared with the community gardens that take part.

The ballot for 10 Downing Street is open to those aged 12+, and a photo ID will be required on the day. The ballot closes at the end of 7 May. Demand is likely to greatly outstrip supply, so the 48 places are allocated by ballot. To be in with a chance of admiring the lawn where Dominic Cummings described his cavalier attitude to eye tests, the spot where Boris Johnson partied in the Covid sunshine, or simply admire Rishi Sunak’s neatly trimmed undergrowth, then enter your details on the ballot page.

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London Open Gardens festival is a much-loved event that allows visitors to explore London’s green spaces and admire the city’s hidden gems. This year’s festival promises to be one of the most exciting yet, with the addition of 10 Downing Street’s garden. Visitors can expect to see a variety of gardens, from historic institutions to community allotments and more, all while supporting the trust’s year-round work to protect city green spaces.