£3.3m Stevenage park revamp completed
HTA Landscape Design has completed the £3.3m regeneration of Stevenage Town Centre Gardens - one of the first modernist landscapes to receive Heritage Lottery Fund support.
Stevenage Borough Council and the Green Heart Partnership appointed the London-based company to undertake the restoration of the 4-hectare (9.9-acre) site. Located at the heart of the original Stevenage New Town development in the late 1950s, the initial phase of the scheme commenced in 2006 with Growth Area Fund support.
Masterplanning and the restoration of original features were undertaken as part of the initial phase, with the main phase involving the restoration of the remaining parkland and lake. HTA director James Lord said: "New Towns are coming of age and the Gardens are a significant asset that deserves to be looked after; they are the Capability Brown landscapes of the future."