Five years after it was first agreed by councillors to develop a park on Bridgefoot Street it has finally come to pass. Designed by Dermot Foley Landscape Architects in collaboration with Dublin City Council Parks, Biodiversity and Landscape Services, the new 1-hectare amenity has been developed utilising what would normally be considered waste materials such as calp, concrete, reclaimed stone and brick, as aggregate to create pavements, seating and play spaces.
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181 new trees have been planted and the planting consists of a mixture of herbaceous and ground-cover species, with some amenity grass and ornamental hedging but the over-riding emphasis is on native wild-flower seed mix midst its undulating topography. It also includes bird boxes crafted by the participants of the Liberties Training Centre.
Bridgefoot Street, Dublin 8.