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Gardens of resistance: the struggle for Covent Garden
SAM STROUD tells the story of a grassroots campaign against London property developers and gentrification which ultimately gave birth to today’s much-loved community space, Phoenix Garden
A mural that used to exist on Earlham Street of campaigners preparing a derelict site for one of the gardens
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TUCKED away in the dense triangle of central London between New Oxford Street, Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road is an unexpected splash of urban wilderness.
Phoenix Garden, a small community garden abutting the grounds of St Giles in the Fields church, has been here since 1984.
It may be quiet and unassuming, and less than an acre in size, but it is a living record of a battle for the character of the Covent Garden area.
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