Client: Hertsmere Borough Council
Location: Bushey, North London
Conservation surveyor: Barker & Associates
Historic landscape consultant: Kate Harwood

Brief
Bushey Rose Garden was created by the artist Hubert von Herkomer and designed by the British landscape architect Thomas Mawson. The Grade 2 registered garden is in a Conservation Area and contains several Grade 2 listed buildings, but has deteriorated over the years and suffered from vandalism. Our brief was to prepare a costed conservation management plan to accompany an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Approach
Working with a conservation surveyor and landscape historian we identified the key features of the garden and developed proposals for restoration of all the listed features, including a summer house and a pergola as well as the integration of new toilet facilities.

Outcome
The council was successful in getting a development grant for £26,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund. This means that it has been able to move forward with plans for a £1 million scheme to transform and regenerate this much-loved park.