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Regeneration Scheme - Over £500k
A scheme which transforms derelict or neglected land into a valuable landscape, including a neglected historic, designed or natural site. This includes historic park restoration and land rehabilitation for nature conservation and can form part of a larger scheme.
BLAKEDOWN LANDSCAPES (SE)
PRINCIPAL AWard WINNER 2019
VENETIAN WATERWAYS, GREAT YARMOUTH
The Waterways on the seafront at Great Yarmouth were designed as a tourist attraction in the 1920s using a landscape with novelty and stylistic effect, at complete odds with much of that period’s landscape design ethos of designing with the land and accentuating the natural beauty of a location. The canals and gardens were hand built and planted by over 400 unemployed men after WWI to provide work and to boost domestic tourism. The Waterways have now been restored using a Heritage Lottery Fund grant and funds from the Council.
They have been re-injected with horticultural and rockery richness and retain their fun and nostalgic air. Their quirky distinctiveness and numerous and eclectic ornamental features, including an island thatched café, Venetian bridges, interlinking island rock gardens, cottage ornee style thatched shelters and expansive floral planting reflect the vibrant and extrovert nature of Great Yarmouth as a seaside resort. The Boating Lake has been structurally improved and re-lined to once again open for traditional rowing boat hire.
TALBOT FARM LANDSCAPES