Drop in design workshop for Wood Green Common and Caxton Gardens

By Brian Leveson
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19 Oct, 2021
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Wednesday 20th of October 2.30 - 6.00pm Barratt Gardens, between Station Road, Western Road and Mayes Road, N22

Engagement blurb....

This is to introduce you to some exciting new projects that we are undertaking in Wood Green to improve Wood Green Common/Barratt Gardens and Caxton Gardens. This is to invite you to, an upcoming drop-in engagement event that we are holding on October 20 between 2:30-6 in Barratt Gardens, Wood Green, N22. Please see attached invitational flyer.

The event is an opportunity for the local community to drop-in and provide some thoughts towards the areas and start to gather ideas for the space as we begin the projects.

This event is the first one and will be part of an on-going engagement strategy for the projects.

There is also a dedicated web page for this and the other projects we are progressing as part of the Good Growth Funded Adaptive Wood Green projects and the Strategic CIL funded Wood Green Common, which you can view here if you like https://www.haringey.gov.uk/regeneration/wood-green/adaptive-wood-green . The web page will be updated as we progress with each scheme.

It would be good to see you next Wednesday

Ideas so far...

The Sporty Social

Ideas for making Wood Green Common a place for sport, play and socialising, for all ages and for all needs.

Connect with Nature, Connect with Life

Nature based solutions that help address flooding, air pollution and increase biodiversity as a playable landscape for everyone.

Ways in and Welcome

How to make the common a place where people feel safe and which they can easily access and where there is something for everyone when they get there.

Questions from the designers ...

Who uses the Common?
Who would like to use the Common?
What stops people using the Common?
Who are the neighbours and what do they want?
How do people want to be involved in change?
How can a nature-based design make a landscape for sport, play and rest?
How can a nature-based design help tackle pollution?
How can increased bio-diversity make a landscape of well-being for people?

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