The garden at Ham House

 

The kitchen garden has been at Ham since at least 1653 and is currently one of the most productive walled kitchen gardens in London. It provides our café with produce all year round, from purple-podded peas to salsify, skirret and scorzonera - we aim to be as true to the 17th century as we can.  Kitchen garden produce is also on display in our historic kitchen and flowers grown in our cut flower bed can be seen in the ground and first floors of the house.

 

 

The Wilderness was part of the original 17th century garden and was a place to think and read.  Explore all of the different compartments with their wild flowers and summer houses.  A perfect spot for a picnic!

 

 

Our south terrace border is planted in the 17th-century style, with a wide seasonal interest.  The garden at Ham, like the house, was a place to impress and rare examples from exotic lands were displayed.

 

 

Amongst the domes of lavender and santolina is a statue of Bacchus, the god of wine.

 

 

We grow fruit and vegetables with pupils from the Russell School in Ham. You can see their part of our garden behind the Orangery Café.

 

 

Visit the below stairs rooms in the house where you can feel, touch and smell our garden produce. Each week, the gardeners provide us with seasonal herbs and vegetables, fresh from the kitchen garden.