An image of the River Wandle cascade with Morden Hall house in the background — The River Wandle at Morden Hall Park in Autumn | © Andrew Butler

Gardens and parks in London

The Ornamental Vegetable Garden at Osterley Park and House, Middlesex, in September, with the Stables seen in the background. There are some purple amaranth plants in the foreground, against a backdrop of bright yellow cone shaped plant supports.

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The Ornamental Vegetable Garden at Osterley Park & House

The Ornamental Vegetable Garden at Osterley reaches its peak during late summer after a year of careful care by the garden and volunteer team. It’s made up of four beds, one which is dedicated to traditional planting, one which is made up as a pumpkin patch and the last two of which are for a creative mix of brassicas, dahlias, antirrhinums, zinnias and amaranths, interspersed with vibrant kale. There’s a late summer perennial border against the western wall too featuring salvias, penstemons, crocosmia, gladiolus and kniphofias creating a colourful riot of colour.

A close up of a tray of vegetable being harvested from the Ham House Kitchen Garden, featuring sweetcorn, squash and courgettes

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The garden at Ham House

Colourful sunflowers in a sunny colour palette of yellows and oranges light up flowerbeds, with dahlias adding a decorative splash of rainbow colour too. Over in the Kitchen Garden tomatoes, courgettes and peppers are ready to harvest, with pumpkins and gourds growing larger day by day. Produce harvested from the garden is used in the Orangery Cafè and donated to Richmond Foodbank.

It's that time of year when leaves float softly off the trees and mornings have a misty haze. Gardens and parks across London are filled with a wash of warm autumn colours, with vibrant pumpkins, soft golden leaves, deep purple kale and shiny apples lighting up the beds and borders.

Amaranth and rainbow chard growing in the kitchen garden, wit the house behind the wall, at Ham House and Garden, London

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The garden at Ham House

As the days become colder, the Kitchen Garden is busy with produce harvested by our volunteers. Vegetables are used in the Orangery Café, sent to local foodbanks and available by suggested donation in the produce cart outside the shop (subject to availability). Vibrant dahlias, calendula and sunflowers accent the borders during early to mid autumn, with a rainbow of colour.

A view through the parkland at Osterley, Middlesex on a sunny autumn day. There are autumn leaves on the grass in the foreground and in the background the red brick exterior of Osterley house can be seen.

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The garden at Osterley Park

As autumn arrives so does the opportunity to see swathes of colour around the estate at Osterley Park and House. From the Shagbark Hickory showing glorious golds and rich reds, to the bright orange and yellows of pumpkins and gourds from the Ornamental Vegetable Garden.

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Morden Hall Park

See the lime tree lined avenues burst into fiery shades bathed in beautiful autumn light and hear birds bustling around among burnished tones of copper.

A close up of chard, with bright green leaves and vibrant pinky red stems

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Rainham Hall

As the cooler months take hold in Rainham Hall's community garden, this three acre spaces starts to shift towards harvest. The orchard will be in full fruit with cherries, damsons, mulberries and apples. Whilst on the ground vegetable beds contain chard, pumpkins, leeks and onions.

Sun rising through the trees with Magna Carta Memorial in foreground

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Runnymede and Ankerwycke

Dig out your wellies and head on a walk through the meadows at Runnymede, spotting colourful fungi and crunching through golden leaves.

Two visitors admiring the dahlia bed which is in flower at Fenton House and Garden, with other flowering plants visible in the background.

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Explore the garden at Fenton House

A small 300 year old orchard of 28 apple trees comes into its own during autumn, with a harvest of shiny bright apples and heritage pears adorning the trees. Pumpkins and sweetcorn add colour to the Kitchen Garden and late flowering blooms stud the gardens with spiky seed heads, like mini sculptures.