Holland Park to receive new gardens, facilities
We don’t have too many details at this point, but the City of Surrey is planning to expand Holland Park one more time! Borrowing from our popular “5 ideas to complete Holland Park” post, the City will add Asian gardens to celebrate our sisters cities of Koto-ku, Japan and Zhuhai, China.
Although they won’t open the existing fountains to wading, the City plans to add a water park, a popular attraction for kids during the summer. For residents seeking more sports activities, the City also plans to build new tennis and volleyball courts.
Stay tuned as more information on this expansion becomes available.
Paul Hillsdon is the Founder and Editor of Metro604.com. He lives in Surrey and is proud urbanist championing light rail, separated bike lanes, mid-rise walk-ups, and third places. He tweets @paulhillsdon
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They should also start replacing the dead light bulbs throughout the park. I was amazed a few weeks ago when my wife and I went for a jog at night and found that 18 lights were completely dead and in some areas 4 or 5 lights in a row. It resulted in the park actually be extremely dark and imo unsafe especially around the few pockets of trees still left there. Almost all the lights noted were dead a month earlier when we ran through so that means in 1 full month the city either hasn’t replaced the bulbs or the bulbs were replaced and died again a month later.
If they’re going to pitch safety, lighting is a huge requirement and I’d like to see that done in addition to park improvements. Less important in the Summer but when it is dark by 4pm in the Winter, not really that safe or at least presenting the feelings of safety.
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Come on Paul. Borrowing from your ’5 ideas to complete Holland Park’ post? You don’t think that was already in the works when the sister cities were established. The plan for the garden was established several years ago.
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I have noticed in general that pocket parks intended for use and enjoyment of people are often quite empty. Much more imagination and research needs to be done and there is much good information out there. Planners however seem to get irrevocably married quite early in the process to a design idea and aesthetic ideal, and forget that people are drawn to spaces and use spaces in rather quixotic ways. Think cow paths vs straight lines, for example.
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