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Our teams of landscape architects and project officers work with people to create or improve community gardens, parks, play areas, footpaths and natural spaces. These spaces are vital to our everyday quality of life, but are often neglected and attract crime.
They need to be well designed, made relevant to the needs of local people – and be beautiful havens for wildlife. We also help to create activities to put land back to use, such as sport and exercise schemes or food growing.
Location: Haringey Groundwork London successfully transformed an underused and neglected green space, suffering from anti-social behaviour issues, into a valuable community asset. Five new zones were created: a naval themed play area with a focal boat feature, active area, focal area, event/picnic area and wildlife area.
Location: Stratford Groundwork London in partnership with London Wildlife Trust received funding through Marks and Spencer’s ‘Greener Living Spaces’ programme and others to develop View Tube Grow, a temporary sustainable community garden situated on the View Tube site located on The Greenway adjacent to the Olympic Park.
Location: Haringey Groundwork prepared a masterplan for a playscape which would make maximum use of the space. The new proposal aimed to capitalise on the exciting topography of the site and create a new series of play features which would reflect some of the features of the old fort but would provide far more play value to a broader age group. The design sought to create more opportunities for children of different abilities, with more play features accessible from ground level or close to ground level, or facilities where both a child and a carer would be able to play together. The project sought to retain as much of the old play area that was useable or recycleable and new timber furniture was manufactured from recycled timber.
Location: Westminster Groundwork London supported residents on the Ebury Bridge Estate in Westminster to expand the gardening club membership and run planting sessions to improve the available outdoor space on the estate and provide provision for food growing and access to healthy eating.
Location: Camden Groundwork London worked with the Mayford Estate Tenants and Residents Association and Camden Council to manage, design and construct a new ball court on the estate, enhancing grassroots sports facilities for young people in the inner-city.
Location: Kingston, London Jubilee Way Playscape offers an adventurous play area for children and teenagers that is very different to traditional playgrounds seen all over the country.
Location: Westminster, London Groundwork London were commissioned to create a new Nature Area in Paddington Recreation Ground by Westminster City Council as part of their Capital Programme with the aim of addressing an identified deficiency in access to wildlife in the local area, highlighted in the London Plan and WCC’s Unitary Development Plan (UDP), Open Space Strategy and Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP).
Location: Hanwell, London The Playscape approach illustrates how the entire landscape can offer play value rather than simply relying on springy chickens,rubber impact surfacing and bow top fencing.
Location: Lambeth, London The redevelopment of Ufford Street Recreation Ground in the London Borough of Lambeth was funded by the profits from the 5p Marks & Spencer charges for food carrier bags. This is the first London ‘Greener Living Space’ to launch in the capital.
Location: Hammersmith, London The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Groundwork London are behind a remarkable garden - developed from a sketch on a paper napkin into a living, breathing oasis of green in a heavily built up urban area.
