Hello and welcome to our Royal Parks shop! Our doors opened in 2023, offering you the chance to shop unique ranges of gifts, homewares, prints, books and garden accessories, as well as beautiful ...

Entitled 'London’s Once-Tidy Green Spaces Are Going Wild, On Purpose’ the journalist investigated why visitors to London are now experiencing a wonderful mix of manicured and wilder spaces - and it’s ...

This summer marked the culmination of Greenwich Park Revealed, a major project spanning several years that has restored the park's unique 17th-century landscape, created new learning and volunteering ...

Take a peaceful tour through Bushy Park's Woodland Gardens in autumn, with its canopy of golden leaves and bubbling streams, as well as the popular Pheasantry Café. Filmed in 2023.

Take a mindful autumnal journey through Richmond Park's Isabella Plantation, one of London's autumn highlights. Featuring seasonal hues of red, brown and gold, this 40-acre Victorian plantation ...

This digital exhibition celebrates the life of Hori Tribe (1877-1917), an employee of The Royal Parks who was killed in action during the First World War. The exhibition uses Hori’s own words to tell ...

Hori’s letters reveal a warm and loving family man. When he was called up in late 1916, he left his beloved wife Bessie behind with six young children: Sonny (Hori) aged 14 and already working, Arthur ...

As an older soldier, Hori found the lack of home comforts very difficult. For much of his time in the Middle East, water was rationed to a quart (two pints) a day. This was needed for drinking and ...

Despite his distance, Hori kept up to date with events and achievements in his children’s lives. It clearly troubled him that he was missing his children growing up. In June 1917, he told Bessie: 'I ...

Hori was laid to rest at the Jerusalem War Cemetery. Initially his grave was marked with a simple wooden cross, but a headstone was added after the war when the cemetery could be properly tended. Left ...

When Hori was sent to mainland Europe, his first stop was Salonika in Greece. In March 1917, he writes: 'There is no population to this part of the world. I haven’t seen a civilian since I have been ...

In the letters that Hori sent home, he often asked after his colleagues at Greenwich Park, some of whom were also away fighting. In a letter of 24 May 1917, he asked his wife Bessie: 'Have you heard ...