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ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµparks: Is the grass greener?

Issue No. 30

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March 2009 Despite the credit crunch, at least Britain’s ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµmunicipal parks are still free for all to enjoy. Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund, many have been rescued from a spiral of decline.

As the articles in this issue show, they have been transformed from run-down magnets for antisocial behaviour into elegant places of retreat for everyone. But we need to remind local authorities of the need to look after them.

ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµParks: is the grass greener?ÌýHazel ConwayÌýdiscusses some fo the great restorations of the last fifteen years, and what remains to be done

Birkenhead Park: the first and still the bestÌýRobert LeeÌýdescribes the thirty-year campaign to restore the park

Three park transformationsÌýDavid Lambert, Sue Kohler and Alison HunterÌýlook at Alexandra Park, Oldham, Sheffield Botanical Gardens and Baxter Park, Dundee

House NotesÌýAli DaveyÌýdescribes how to maintain and repair architectural ironwor

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