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The Role of the Heritage Lottery Fund in the Conservation of Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Established in 1994, the Heritage Lottery Fund has invested over £750m in the conservation of the UK's public parks and gardens. By investing in public parks HLF has been able to dramatically raise the quality of many public parks whilst saving this unique aspect of our heritage. Through examples, the story of many HLF funded restorations is told, including the conservation of historic assets, the re‐creation of lost features and the re‐introduction of horticulture.
HLF investment has stimulated the recruitment of thousands of volunteers and the creation of hundreds of new park user groups who are now increasingly viewed as playing a key role to play in managing and supporting public parks.
Significant capital investment has allowed many parks to develop innovative solutions to current and emerging problems, and wherever possible these have been rolled out to other parks with the aim of seeing HLF investment benefit as many parks as possible. The success of the Parks for People programme is now to be expanded to allow cemeteries to benefit. Many of the UK's historic cemeteries are in a parlous state but have immense value for their cultural, built and natural heritage value. The HLF hope to use the skills and knowledge developed in delivering over 700 park projects to hopefully benefit some of our most precious cemeteries in the years to come.
The Role of the Heritage Lottery Fund in the Conservation of Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Established in 1994, the Heritage Lottery Fund has invested over £750m in the conservation of the UK's public parks and gardens. By investing in public parks HLF has been able to dramatically raise the quality of many public parks whilst saving this unique aspect of our heritage. Through examples, the story of many HLF funded restorations is told, including the conservation of historic assets, the re‐creation of lost features and the re‐introduction of horticulture.
HLF investment has stimulated the recruitment of thousands of volunteers and the creation of hundreds of new park user groups who are now increasingly viewed as playing a key role to play in managing and supporting public parks.
Significant capital investment has allowed many parks to develop innovative solutions to current and emerging problems, and wherever possible these have been rolled out to other parks with the aim of seeing HLF investment benefit as many parks as possible. The success of the Parks for People programme is now to be expanded to allow cemeteries to benefit. Many of the UK's historic cemeteries are in a parlous state but have immense value for their cultural, built and natural heritage value. The HLF hope to use the skills and knowledge developed in delivering over 700 park projects to hopefully benefit some of our most precious cemeteries in the years to come.
The Role of the Heritage Lottery Fund in the Conservation of Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Marion, Harney (editor) / Bennellick, Drew (author)
2014-04-22
7 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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