The goal of the project was to transform a run-down seafront into one that attracts and impresses visitors, providing a stable future and boosting tourism for Lyme Regis. Variety was crucial to the design, which offers a gradation of formality in the gardens, taking visitors from seafront to woodland and turning the biggest design challenge – the steep slopes – into an aesthetic feature.
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Brief
Transforming a run-down seafront into one that attracts and impresses visitors.
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Lead landscape architect: Environs Partnership
Public gardens landowner: Lyme Regis Town Council
Lead consultant: High-Point Rendel
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Planting
One garden has a Mediterranean theme, complete with exotic palms, while another has been transformed into a grass amphitheatre for viewing events. Much lost woodland was replaced with shrubs, and an elevated boardwalk was constructed, offering superb sea views.
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Lyme Regis, Dorset
