To the east of the Petersham Meadows below
the Star & Garter Home is a small broadleaved deciduous wood. In earlier times, when it was grazed, it
provided a vantage point for many artists to paint ‘the view from Richmond Hill’.
The 1902 Richmond, Petersham and Ham Open Spaces Act transferred both Petersham
Meadows and Petersham Common from Earl of Dysarts to the Richmond Corporation. Today
it is managed by the Petersham Common Conservators as Open Space for public
use.
Trees such as Oak, Ash and Hornbeam support a large number
of species below their more open canopies and in the Spring large glades of Ramsons
or Wild Garlic form beautiful carpets.
Ramsons or Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) in woodland clearing
Ramsons is incorporated into many Old English place names like Ramsbottom in Lancashire or Ramsden in Essex.
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