Fourteen Friends at the Japanese Garden of Peace tackled the long-neglected strip beside the main gate on 26 April, alongside sakura tree care, stream weeding and bamboo work under sunshine.

The 2026 season opened at the Japanese Garden of Peace in Hammersmith Park with thirteen Friends, a group of visiting Japanese students, carex clearance along the streams and ponds, bamboo thinning, and the start of a long restoration of the main gate — all under sakura at its peak, with fourteen ton bags of green waste for collection.

August 2025 saw a record-breaking 18 volunteers at the Japanese Garden of Peace in Hammersmith Park. Teams tackled major bamboo clearance, carex removal, pond restoration, and pathway maintenance. The day generated 16 ton bags of green waste while preserving this historic 115-year-old Japanese garden. Volunteers included a visitor from Philadelphia, showcasing international appreciation for London's oldest publicly-owned Japanese garden.

Volunteers returned to the Japanese Garden of Peace in Hammersmith Park this July to clear pondside carex, tackle a major blanketweed blockage near the bridge, and prune back streamside plants to improve flow and reveal stonework. With careful shaping of the bamboo grove and summer maintenance throughout the beds, the garden is looking fresher and more balanced. A huge thank you to all who joined!

Six volunteers, one historic Japanese garden and another truck‑load of green waste! Read how May’s volunteering day at Hammersmith Park’s Japanese Garden of Peace delivered cloud‑pruned bamboo, a rescued red acer and five ton bags of invasive carex – all in under four hours.

Thirteen volunteers transformed Hammersmith Park’s Japanese Garden of Peace this April—cloud‑pruning bamboo at the secret hideout, sparing tadpoles by postponing pond work, tidying streams, and restoring the gate beds—filling a truck with green waste and proving what community spirit can achieve.

Thinned the bamboo hideout, trimmed low bamboo fences, tackled overgrown carex, and cleared streams for a refreshed spring look.

This month’s garden session restored key areas, improved the pond, trimmed overgrowth, and welcomed new volunteers.

Our dedicated volunteers gathered once again at the serene Japanese Garden of Peace in Hammersmith Park last Sunday, continuing our...

Volunteers continue bamboo thinning at the Japanese Garden of Peace, enhancing paths and light

April 2024

Today our team of volunteers ushered in the first breath of spring with a day of maintenance and improvements at the Japanese Garden of...