Save the World Club (SWC), which is organising the project, received an overwhelming vote of support from the 1,100 families on the Cambridge Road Estate with many volunteering to build and maintain the garden.

The garden, which will be built on two flat areas above the car park, will contain seats, space for children, mosaic features and a water feature.

Next week the plans will be presented to Kingston Council and to Kingston and Richmond Health Authority which is backing the project as part of its healthy living initiative.

A total of £15,000 has already been pledged to the project from various companies including Lever Brothers and Elida Faberge.

The initial idea came from children on the estate and Bernadette Vallely of SWC who put together a programme and raised funds.

She said: "We found a widening gap in terms of the respect and communication between old and young people. The garden will be one way of bringing them together. Everyone on the estate will be encouraged to take part by donating an old chipped plate for the mosaics."

Fears among some residents that the garden will be vandalised are allayed by Ms Vallely who said: "Children will not vandalise work they have done themselves.

Audrey Griffin, chairman of the residents' association, said: "It's a great opportunity to get involved in a really positive project and it's wonderful that we are being sponsored so generously."