Amstelveen review on visiting Landlife and parks in Liverpool Visit in may 2010

Groen Amstelveen in vogelvlucht

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Meeting with Landlife

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Meeting at the Wildflower Centre

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A sunny day at the parks

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•Overall impression +

* great potentiallevelsmature treesmonumental partshistoric atmosphere

* active and very enthusiastic friendgroups/volunteers

* spreading through the city of Liverpool like a green carpet, the city looks very green

* you charish every living part

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•Overall impression -based mostly upon 2 “layers”: grass and trees

* you charish every living object (dare to cut!)

* cultivated look: short grass and lollipop trees

* using special flowers and trees on special grounds

* long term target vision plan and maintenance translation?

* continuum of volunteers is precious

* budget hardly enough for sober maintenance levelbased upon daily maintenanceno rehabilitation budgets/sustainable financial policy

* integral policy? (sports, traffic, economy)

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St. James Gardens

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St. James Gardens

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St. James Gardens

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St. James Gardens

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St. James Gardens

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St. James Gardens

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St. James Gardens

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Some advise for St. James Garden

• Promenade: more open (trees) and less ridges of clippings

• Give the roses more space, planting more at random

• Mahonia and Ricinus disturb the natural atmosphere

• South end: cutting more trees for sunlight

• Lower grass land: Geranium phaeum, Campanula, Narcissus

• Catacombes: wall needs sunlight, cut Beechtrees down/leave one and prune

• Trees in middle: make choices for solitars (like mourning trees) and plant new trees!

• Litter: not enough bins

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The princess park

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The princess park

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The princess park

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The princess park

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The princess park

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Some advise for Princesspark

• Boggy area: Leucojum aestivum, Geum rivale, Marshorchids, Thalictrum flavum, Ajuga reptans, Caltha palustris, Fritillaria melaeagris, Spiraea uliginosa

• Make it look more natural, don’t add cultural parts

• Adding of shrubbing on the right side for rooming effect

• Tree level, make a wave at the top

• Grass level up

• Future plan with a translation for maintenance

• New planted shrubs, start with cutting and pruning

• Dogowners on the lead!

• Get a center explorer (kiosk, shop)

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Sudley park

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Sudley park

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Sudley park

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Sudley park

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Sudley park

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Sudley park

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Some advise for the Sudley park

• Charish the views and make it more various, playing with trees

• Less regular straight grass cuttings

• Why do not let the branches stay to trees stems? Lolipop

• Enriching the grass with flowering plants

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The Sefton park, luch outside

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On the road to Everton Park

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The Everton Park

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The Everton Park

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The Everton Park

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The Everton Park

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The Everton Park

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Some advise for the Everton park

• Quarry: seeding of plants, no picnick

• Charish views, cut and replanting trees (popular, conifers)

• School: lower the ground ridge and cut some of the trees and conifers around, schoolplots

• Wildflower meadows near collonade, put chalk on it and wildflower seeds

• Cut costs by cutting less grass

• Make a few highlights in the park to attract people, make choices and stick with it

• Turn the huge fountain area into a playing ground and pond with wild flowers

• Get economic motors (housing/projects) into the area

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Everton Park walled nature garden

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Everton walled nature garden

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Everton walled nature garden

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Some advise for the walled garden

• Less surface of waterplants in the ponds

• Cut some shrubs so there is more light for wild flowers

• More variety in “wall” of shrubs by pruning

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The Everton park, school location

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With the regards of our collegues

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Thanks for your hospitality and the great atmosphere!

Up to the future of Liverveen/Amstelpool