Explore Gardens South

Our playground welcomes families and younger children with a range of adventure play equipment. Burn off some energy and explore the wildlife-themed games, or take your turn on one of our rocking sphinxes!

PLAYGROUND FUNDRAISING:
Chiswick House and Gardens Trust is fundraising for new play equipment for the children’s play area next to the Chiswick House Café. The current equipment is sadly getting past its prime. Any new equipment is subject to the success of some grant applications and community fundraising, but the Trust is optimistic and excited about the prospect of developing a more engaging, inspiring and interactive space to play for children and their families.

For more information on the project please visit the fundraising page here.

One of the later additions to Lord Burlington’s garden, erected about 1738, the Cascade, an entrancing waterfall descending a series of rock steps through three archways, was probably designed by William Kent and inspired by designs Burlington and Kent had seen in Italian Renaissance gardens.

The ‘Raised Terrace’ was constructed from the soil excavated when the lake was deepened, widened and the edges made less regular. The terrace was planted with all manner of sweet shrubs including roses and honeysuckle, and afforded visitors spectacular views across the meadows, over the Thames, to the pagoda in Kew Gardens.