The three-year plan is focused on protecting and restoring the threatened 17th century landscape of Greenwich Park before its unique features are lost forever.
Greenwich Park was transformed into a formal Baroque landscape in the late 17th century by Charles II, with design by André Le Nôtre, the renowned landscape architect behind the gardens at the Palace of Versailles.
The landscape includes the Grand Ascent (giant grass steps) and a formal banked layout (parterres) lined with sweeping tree avenues, providing a symmetrical formal layout linking the Thames to Blackheath Gate and beyond.
The declining tree avenues will be restored in carefully-managed phases over 3 years by removing damaged Turkey oak trees and planting a net increase of new trees, including native, more-resilient, semi-mature, wildlife-friendly lime and elm trees.
Additional enhancements include installing irrigation points for sustainable water supply, enhancing woodland areas, re-defining banking and steps with cutting-edge landscape design, and expanding valuable acid grassland habitats to support wildlife and biodiversity.
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