Churchyard garden
St John’s churchyard garden welcomes hundreds of people a day including local residents, dog walkers, students and office workers taking lunch breaks, commuters going to and from Waterloo Station and passers-by who step in from the street to find themselves in an unexpected oasis of calm. It’s also a place where homeless people spend time, where students with special needs learn horticulture skills and during the annual Waterloo Festival it’s the setting for exhibitions, jazz concerts and community tea parties.
Santa Pedone is our Community Gardner. Santa runs a team of regular volunteers and gives work experience to special needs students learning horticulture skills. “I’m here to give people the opportunity to learn about gardening and the natural environment as part of a team.”