The Gardens Trust needs help in finding un-recognised and neglected mid to late C20 designed landscapes – those laid out between the mid 1960s and 1990 with nominations sought by 31 October.
The Gardens Trust writes:
… Our campaign project, called ‘COMPILING THE RECORD – THE ESSENTIAL MID TO LATE C20 LANDSCAPES’, grew out of a conference about these landscapes which we held at the Garden Museum in early June 2017. The main aim of the conference was to highlight the important designed landscapes of this period which (mainly) are not currently included on National Heritage List for England (NHLE)….
The Gardens Trust would now like your help in identifying these neglected designed landscapes. If you’d like to suggest a site that might be worth assessing for potential inclusion on the National List we’d love to hear from you!
Information we would like from you:
Please use the on-line form to give us the basic information.
At this stage all we need to know is:
- the name and address of the site;
- what it is – and to help you decide this, we have given you a list of categories or typologies (below);
- the designer, if you know the name;
- the date of design, again if you have this information,
- a short summary of why you think it is – or might be – important.
- Please also note if you know more about the site’s history, but do not send further information or photographs at this stage. We may well need this at a later date so do collect anything you think may be useful.
THE DEADLINE for submitting your form(s) is 31st October 2017….
The landscapes most likely to make the grade should:
Have a strong design element;
- Have a good level of survival (although they may be in a poor condition);
- Probably, but not necessarily, be the work of an eminent designer;
- Have a layer of design from c1960-1990, although this may be part of an older landscape.
- It will be worth you looking at the less obvious or well-known sites such as Rutland Water, designed by Sylvia Crowe in the 1970s, as well as the more obvious ones, an example of which might be the Eden Project.
LIST OF CATEGORIES OR TYPOLOGIES
The sites should be categorised for submission under one or more of the following typologies:
- Gardens, public and private, including roof and interior gardens, garden squares, and botanic gardens
- Parks, public and private, including arboreta and urban parks
- Country Parks, mostly those designated in the 1970s under the Countryside Act 1968
- Civic spaces, including government offices, county/town halls, civic squares, and art galleries
- Housing, private and public housing schemes
- Cemeteries, burial grounds, and memorial sites
- Sports sites, including playgrounds, race tracks, lidos, and golf courses
- Commercial sites, including business parks, factories, hotels, business headquarters
- Infrastructure, including airports, reservoirs, pumping stations, motorways
- Institutions, including schools, universities, hospitals, military sites, asylums, prisons
