St Dunstan-in-the-East garden
St Dunstan's Hill
London
EC3
E: parks.gardens@cityoflondon.gov.uk
W: www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/citygardens
Visitor Information
You really will feel secluded in this gem of a City garden. Rebuilt after the Great Fire, then demolished again in the Blitz, the only part of the church to remain was Christopher Wren's tower. Those with green fingers will appreciate the range of plants wending their way around the ruins: the walls and majestic windows have been draped and decorated over time with Virginia creeper and the ornamental vine, Vitis coignetiae which turns crimson in the autumn. Exotic plants such as the pineapple-scented Moroccan broom, Cytisus battandieri, and the New Zealand flax, Phormium both thrive here in the sheltered conditions. An unusual plant in the lower garden is winter's bark, Drimy winteri. Its leaves are high in Vitamin C and were once eaten to prevent scurvy. Near to the fountain is Japanese Snowball, Viburnum plicatum, whose blossom in late spring is breathtaking.