South inner-city residents were delighted after Dublin's newest park opened its doors to the public.
A derelict site in the Liberties has been transformed into Bridgefoot Street Park thanks to a beautiful landscape of trees with grassed and planted mounds, incorporating a performance area, play spaces, allotments, and a community garden.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison Gilliland, unveiled a plaque on Thursday to mark the occasion.
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She said: "This is a fantastic new amenity for the people of the Liberties and for the city.
"This park’s design is based upon accessibility and enjoyment for all ages and abilities, encouraging physical activity and supporting ecology, biodiversity, culture and outdoor events."
The new public park is approximately 1 hectare in size and 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.
Over 180 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, which will be sown into a mix of soil and recycled aggregate.
These seeded areas will germinate, flower, self-seed and develop a naturalistic landscape which will be unique to this park, creating a biodiversity-rich environment for pollinator bees other insects and wildlife in the city.
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