Dan Pearson & Mary Duggan on Lambeth Green

A conversation between landscape designer Dan Pearson and architect Mary Duggan to hear about the museum's plans for Lambeth Green, London’s newest landmark public garden and interconnected green spaces.

How often do you think about the ‘public realm’? Not just parks and recreation grounds but the spaces and places in between as we journey around the city. It is impossible to escape the public realm, yet we rarely think of it as a cohesive whole.

In 2024 we hope to begin work on a new public garden on the doorstep of the Museum at the centre of the wider project in partnership with Lambeth Council which will transform 5.3 acres of public realm adjacent to the museum into a series of new parks and interconnected public green spaces.

Codenamed ‘Lambeth Green’, this new landscape has been designed by Dan Pearson Studio and will give local people and volunteers places to garden, and provide essential opportunities to learn about caring form urban green spaces, as well as being a green entrance to the Garden Museum and Lambeth. We’re also working with Transport for London to green the junction at Lambeth Bridge.

At the heart of the landscape, a new horticultural pavilion, designed by Mary Duggan Architects, will be a space for young people and volunteers to learn about gardening. The pavilion will be London’s first building to be made from recycled materials, with walls comprised of reclaimed stone sourced from London-based sites, demonstrating the beauty of re-using materials.