Freedom Park, Bangalore, Karnataka India

The mandate of Freedom Park is the creation of a memorial and monument that will narrate a story spanning a period of 3.6 billion years through the following seven epochs: Earth, Ancestors, Peopling, Resistance and Colonisation, Industrialisation and Urbanisation, Nationalism and Struggle, Nation Building and Continent Building; as well as the Garden of Remembrance to acknowledge those that contributed to the freedom of the country.   The park has plenty of open space with lush grass and a walk way along the park walls. Inside, the watch tower of the prison is the major landmark visible from nearly everywhere. The architects have kept the barracks unchanged except adding some finer touches. The prison cells too have been left unchanged, but the passage to the cells is kept locked and inaccessible. There is an amphitheater next to the barracks. A canteen is work in progress.

The Freedom Park is a place for children to let their creativity loose, allow their imagination to soar and to discover the joy of learning new and interesting things. The aim is to provide an environment that will stimulate the child’s natural desire to learn and aid his overall development. The Freedom Park Master Gardener Demonstration Garden is located near the Mahlon Adams Pavilion at Cumberland and Lilac Avenues, Charlotte NC near the parking area.

The design of the park was selected through a national level competition initiated by BBMP. Architect couple Soumitro Ghosh and Nisha Mathew Ghosh won the competition and the park has been developed based on their design on a budget of Rs.17.35 crores.

The main objective of the park is to create green cover and lung space in the heart of the city without diluting the historical significance of the location. As a result, a beautiful multi-use urban park with a state-of-the-art information corridor, cultural and leisure joints, children’s play areas, light and sound shows etc. has come up on the sprawling 15-acre area of the erstwhile central jail of Bangalore. A dedicated space for holding protests and rallies, on the lines of Hyde Park in London, was proposed on an area of 6 acres as a solution to the traffic concerns that protests and rallies in the city center trigger. The most beautiful aspect of the park is the vision of architects in creating volumes of space using light while providing all necessary amenities to the public.

The mature garden features shade and sun garden beds with wide grassy paths near the main sidewalks and under the trees in Charlotte's busiest ‘central park’.  Find what grows well in the Piedmont region as tags identify plant names and growing information, making your self-guided tour an informative one.  The gardens make good use of undulating berms, providing structure and distinctly different planting strategies with sun or shade exposures.

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