Opera Park

Laudation by Lieneke van Campen as download here.   Set on Copenhagen’s waterfront, Opera Park is a public park designed for recreation, relaxation and contemplation. This green space boasts a wide variety of trees, bushes, plants and flowers. Designed by COBE, the park consists of six gardens inspired by different parts of the world: the…

KLINTA TRÄDGÅRD

Over ten years ago, Peter Korn and Julia Andersson moved to their current home in southern Sweden. Since then, they have not only created a beautiful residence, but also a nursery called Klinta Trädgård, which supplies plants for their numerous public planting projects. As with much of their home garden, these commissions are planted in…

Raby Castle & The Rising

Raby Castle, built between 1367 and 1390, is surrounded by a 200-acre deer park and is open to the public. In 2021, a major two-year development programme began to restore and conserve the historic buildings in the park and gardens, which had been disused for decades. Called ‘The Rising’, this project will help the estate…

South Cliff Gardens

Seaside resorts developed extensively during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Scarborough is one such resort, and its South Cliff Gardens contain the Spa Gardens, the Prince of Wales Gardens, the Rose Garden (1912), the Holbeck Gardens (1880), the Shuttleworth Gardens and the Italian Gardens (1912). George Knowles designed the original gardens, and the park…

Johannisberg Wetland Park

The main purpose of Johannisberg Wetland Park is to cleanse polluted stormwater before it enters Lake Mälaren. Much of the water now flows through the park’s six ponds on its way to the lake.  As well as purifying the water in the sedimentation ponds, the park serves as a recreational space with educational features. Three…

Warsaw Uprising Mound Park

Laudation by Philipp Sattler as download. The park commemorates the pivotal moment in Polish history that was the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. The hill was used to dispose of rubble from the parts of Warsaw that were destroyed during the Second World War. By the mid-1960s, vegetation had taken hold, turning the mound into a…

Tower of London Superbloom

The Tower of London Superbloom celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.  Twenty million carefully selected seeds were sown in the Tower’s famous moat to create a vibrant sea of flowers that evolved continuously from June to September 2022. The flowers changed colour and pattern throughout the summer while the moat was…

Promenades de Reims

Laudation by Ed Bennis as download here.   The Promenades in Reims were established in the 18th century on the site of the city’s former moats. They formed a connection between the historic city centre and the surrounding suburbs. Over time, the Promenades expanded along a central axis marked by statues, monuments, and other landmarks.…

Mayfield Park

Mayfield Park is the first public park to be built in the centre of Manchester in over 100 years. Much of Manchester’s and Mayfield’s rich industrial heritage has been incorporated into the design by Studio Egret West to ensure the park stays true to its roots. The park has transformed a derelict, contaminated area with…