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The Garden
Lambeth Palace Garden is one of the oldest and largest private gardens in London. It is an historic site and a significant piece of English heritage.
Archie the Fox in the Garden
The monks of Rochester were first to lay out what later became the garden of Lambeth House, home of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
A well-tended formal garden producing fruit, herbs and flowers has been maintained for several centuries and up to the 18th century the garden was still on the edge of the countryside. Shortly after his enthronement in 1783, Archbishop Moore initiated substantial alterations. The kitchen garden was relocated away from the Palace buildings and a pleasure garden with peculiar shrubs and flowers was added. Curved walkways and belts of trees were included to give the garden a less formal structure.
In 1901 Archbishop Frederick Temple gave nine acres of land from the east side of the garden on an indefinite lease to the people of Lambeth. This land now forms Archbishop's Park.
Today the garden is a green oasis in the centre of London and forms part of the Archbishop's ministry being used by many different organisations, charities, visitors and staff of the Archbishop.
