Join us on a Fruity Walk through South London, where trees tell stories of resilience, adaptation, and community.
We’ll explore the hidden orchard in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park and the elegant West Square Gardens. Two green spaces in the city, rich in biodiversity and quiet charm. Along the way, we’ll discover how these overlooked corners of South London foster wellbeing, connection, and quiet resistance to urban stress.
Expect unexpected trees, moments of calm, and new ways of seeing familiar spaces. Through mindfulness, tree identification, and storytelling, we’ll uncover the surprising fruit trees that thrive here, from Persimmons to medlars, and consider what they reveal about the changing climate and our relationship to the land.
This walk is for all ages. Come curious, and leave nourished, in more ways than one!
Following the walk we’ll share some hot drinks and pastries at the studios when we invite you to learn more about our Courtyard Garden and our Autumn programme.
Meeting in the courtyard
Tickets
Pay what you choose
Free / £2 / £5
Come in comfortable shoes to walk in, and bring a waterproof and/or umbrella.
The main route of this walk is step-free and suitable for wheelchair users.
ABOUT Fruity Walks
Fruity Walks is a project exploring the hidden fruit trees of London and the stories they hold. Through guided walks, I combine tree identification with history, mythology, and cultural storytelling, inviting participants to see familiar spaces in a new way. Each walk is interactive, reflective, and rooted in community and ecology.
Follow Fruity Walks on Instagram @fruitywalks.
ACCESS AND AMENITIES AT SDS
Siobhan Davies Studios is mostly accessible, with lifts to all floors. There are two accessible parking spaces available on site which can be booked in advance. Blue Badge parking is also available nearby on West Square and Garden Row (for a full map visit the Southwark Council website). Our main door is power assisted.
Amenities include:
- Changing facilities*
- Communal showers*
- Toilets / wheelchair accessible toilets
- Kitchen: tea and coffee making, fridge, and microwave
- Snack Bar: We have a small selection of bars, drinks and food available to buy from the front desk.
- Shops: The closest shop is Superway Supermarket on Garden Row (4 min walk), the closest supermarket is Sainsbury’s on New Kent Road (7 min walk). We also recommend the Art Cafe which serves sandwiches, jacket potatoes and meals (3 min walk).
* Our changing facilities and showers are not fully accessible. Our closest publicly available and fully accessible changing facility is at The Castle Centre, a leisure centre 0.3 miles away from the studios. You can find full details of their features here.