This secret garden in the midst of traffic-ridden Borough High Street was built on the site of an old graveyard serving the church of St. George The Martyr. It has as its northern boundary the original wall of Marshalsea Prison where Charles Dickens's father was incarcerated and which forms the backdrop for much of his novel Little Dorrit.

This small but well proportioned open space has undergone an inspiring upturn in its fortunes since it fell into neglect some years ago. A dedicated group of volunteers were helped by BOST and funded by Southwark Council to transform the site into the highly agreeable urban oasis that it is today. We want to see this upward spiral continue and a series of improvements involving volunteers from the local community are planned for the near future.

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