Christchurch Greyfriars Gardens - Newgate Street

A garden on the site of the Franciscan Church of Greyfriars, established in 1225. Four queens have been buried here before the church was destroyed by the Great Fire. 

A new church was built by Wren but was gutted by fire in WW2 and only the tower remains, privately owned and recently sold for £4m. 

The gardens were re-landscaped in 2011, the ten wooden towers which were built to grow climbing plants within the garden replicate the original church pillars for the roof and feature bird boxes. The clipped box hedges mark where the original church pews would have been.

The gardens colour scheme is blue, purple and white and plants were chosen to increase biodiversity.