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We have delivered copies of our May 2010 newsletter to the local area. See the link at the end of the page for the PDF version.

Wildflower Meadow

The area towards the top of Highlands Gardens was planted by our Gardening Club in autumn 2008 as a wildflower meadow. We planted over 500 plants altogether, of about 20 species.

There have already been some primroses in flower and there will be plenty of others as the year progresses. The area will be managed as a meadow, so it will only be cut in September and February each year.

The Council's tree division have started taking down some of the large evergreen trees which were beginning to dominate. This work will continue over a period of years as taking out too many at once can cause 'heave' and localised drainage problems.

Groups Near You

I have added the Friends of Highlands Gardens to Groups Near You. Welcome if you have found us via that route. The comments page doesn't get much use, and has now been disabled because of spam problems, so I suggest you get in touch via the webmaster address at the bottom of the page. Our secretary does have a list of email addresses to which news is sent, if you would like to be added.

Water flowing

The pump for the stream and waterfall now has a switch fitted so that it turns itself off when the water level falls.

About Us

This is the web site of the Friends of Highlands Gardens. Highlands Gardens is a public garden in Barnet, North London, UK. The main entrance is at the junction of Abbotts Road and Leicester Road, New Barnet. Near postcode EN5 5EB. map.

The gardens are maintained by the local council, the London Borough of Barnet.

The Friends are a group of local people who take an interest in the gardens, do a bit of work (weeding, planting bulbs, picking up litter etc) and advise the council on running the gardens. We can also apply for grants which the council is not eligible for.