Knowle Park: Community and Schools Development, BALI Award 2025
Community and Schools Development, BALI Award 2025
BALI awards are judged by a panel of acclaimed industry experts who demand the highest level of professional excellence and ensure winners represent the very best in landscape construction and design.
Completed for Knowle Park Trust, the ambition of the project was to transform a 22.8-hectare plot of previously private land into a community-focused public park that would serve as both a recreational space and an ecological sanctuary for local wildlife. As Principal Contractor, Ground Control’s task was to bring this vision to life, addressing the ecological sensitivities of the site while creating spaces that the local community and schools could use for recreation, learning, and engagement with nature.
The result was a combination of community spaces within the park, including the design and build of a large play area, an accessible toilet block, and an amphitheatre. These works were complemented by significant earthworks and landscaping with extensive tree planting, rich new habitats and a sustainable drainage system (SuDS) implemented to manage flood risks.
BALI Award judges noted “genuine buy-in from the Contractor” and highlighted “The construction of the Country Park has clearly created an asset for the community".