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Date updated: 31/07/2025

The City Gardens team is responsible for green space management of around 180 sites which includes parks, gardens, churchyards, plazas and highway planting as well as 1400 trees in the Square Mile. The team is also responsible for Bunhill Fields Burial Ground just outside the City boundary in the London Borough of Islington.

Governance

The City Gardens are overseen by a Management Committee known as the Natural Environment Board. The Committee is the overarching policy and strategic body in relation to the activities of the Natural Environment Division and City Gardens team.

It is responsible for the day to day management of the gardens, churchyards and green spaces in the City under the control of the Common Council, together with Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. The City of London Corporation looks after 11,000 acres of green space across London and the South East. 

Green Flag Award and Green Heritage Site Accreditation

Bunhill Fields Burial Ground has retained Green Flag Award and Green Heritage Site Accreditation since 2009. The scheme is the national benchmark standard for parks and green spaces.

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