Changes to Planting in Brent Parks

There has been some controversy over Brent's less invasive approach to parks management recently, the reduction in certain kinds of maintenance was prefigured some time ago.  The major change was to switch from the kind of water thirsty and high maintenance park you can see here:

Instead a style was chosen with fewer bedding plants and more slower growing herbaceous plants.  The intention was both to conserve water given the effects of climate change and minimise financial costs.  The planting was done with the advice of an expert from the Royal Horticultural Society, and can be seen at sites such as the entrance to Roundwood Park. 

The very long grass in the Kilburn Times report looks much less considered and more "let's just not cut the grass".