The English Garden

A micro-forest in Forest Hill

There are beautiful crab apples and sorbus, as well as Errol’s own favourite, Euonymus oxyphyllus, with its dazzling orange fruit

100 London Road is the wonderful address of the Horniman Museum, and it is indeed a place of wonder. Named Museum of the Year in 2022, it was set up by Frederick Horniman in 1901 with the ambition of bringing

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