Wandsworth Council has given the go-ahead for more than 150 trees to be planted in Battersea Park, part of its ongoing £10 million refurbishment programme.
The planning committee gave the green light last Tuesday for the planting of 164 semi-mature trees including birch, ash, cedar, pride of India, pagoda, willow, yew and tulip.
They will be located in a widened and landscaped riverside promenade with a new river wall.
The project is the biggest urban park regeneration programme in the UK, in which some of the parks Victorian and Festival of Britain design features will be restored.
The sub-tropical, rosary and riverside gardens will be replanted, as well as the Russell Page flower garden, which was created for the Festival of Britain in 1851.
There will also be improvements to the festival fountains and boating lake, as well as mass plantings of colourful, scented shrubs and flowers, along with improvements to pathways, carriage drives fencing, seating and signs. A new irrigation system is also being introduced to serve newly planted areas.
About 70 decayed or dangerous trees will be removed from the promenade for added safety.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has contributed £6.9 million towards the restoration.
Work already completed at the park, which opened in 1854, includes a boathouse, toilets and the Ladies Pond bridge.
The programme aims to restore the parks horticultural diversity lost during the world wars when it was used for allotments, troop dispersal, bomb shelters and anti-aircraft gun emplacements.
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