![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Two centuries ago, Brockwell Park was a quiet estate owned by a single person, John Blades, a glassmaker who lived in the late-Georgian Brockwell Hall, built 1811–13. It all feels like a utopian vision of ‘peak park’, yet British parks have changed over the centuries and continue to evolve. Yet, on a sunny spring Sunday, they appear to exist in a beautiful – albeit chaotic – equilibrium, with children criss‑crossing pathways, friends and families sprawled on colourful picnic rugs, ducks bobbing in the pond, 2,000 trees enjoying the sunshine after weeks of rain: plants, animals and people of all ages convening. Located between Brixton and Dulwich in the south London borough of Lambeth, Brockwell Park has, like many London parks, a social and environmental ecosystem, where the needs of plants and people are often competing. A new events space by Feilden Fowles in London’s Brockwell Park enables a local horticultural community to expand its commercial and educational activities ![]()
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