Garden

Roe Green Park, Kingsbury Road, NW9 9HA [map]

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A large area of sludge lagoons, one of the best sites for birds in London, which is being restored as a nature reserve.

RM4 1QH [map]

An old estate with a rich variety of habitats including extensive areas of both dry and damp grassland, oak-hornbeam woodland, old hedges and field ponds.

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Around the Bentley Priory RAF base lies this expanse of ancient woodland, scrub, flower-rich grasslands and ponds, housing a wide variety of plants and animals.

Berkeley Square, W1J 6AF [map]

Berkeley Square, City of Westminster, [map]

Camley Street Natural Park/12 Camley St, Regent's Park, NW1 0PW [map]

This tiny oasis of nature near King's Cross - one of the oldest and most influential of urban ecology parks - is home to many frogs, toads and newts and sees an abundance of wild flowers in summer.

28 Marsden Rd, Peckham, SE15 4EE [map]

An educational centre in Peckham, run by the London Wildlife Trust, which demonstrates how to make gardens more attractive to wildlife.

DA2 7NY [map]

A large ancient woodland and areas of heathland in glades, extending into Kent, with exceptionally rich plant life.

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This corridor of open space around the River Crane combines an excellent variety of wetland habitats, including ponds and lakes, and includes some historic buildings.

DA8 2LA [map]

One of the few remaining areas of Thames grazing marsh in London, with ditches supporting a wealth of rare plants and animals, and a good range of breeding birds.

SE8 3DZ [map]

This is a locally important educational centre, with a green roof and direct access to Deptford Creek.

31 Sloane Square, London, SW1W 8AG, [map]

The Daylesford Organic store has 3 floors totalling 4,500sq ft, and all of it a breath of the countryside in London.