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Leamington High Line

Energy

Between Court Street and Althorpe Street. The bright, forward-looking garden: solar pergolas to walk under, solar trees, a ribbon of colour to follow and planting as lively as the name, putting the viaduct to work generating clean power.

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Sketch plan of the Energy Garden from above. A ribbon of path runs the length of the garden between colourful planting, with solar trees in the middle and a solar pergola at each end.
Energy Garden sketch (Greenwood-Hill): the first ideas for the garden on paper, drawn with our landscape architects. Hover over or tap a number to see what it is.

  1. 1: A pergola topped with solar panels

  2. 2: A wayfinding ribbon to follow through the garden

  3. 3: Bench seating

  4. 4: Colourful herbaceous planting

  5. 5: Solar "trees"

Bright, and looking forward

The Energy Garden is the vibrant one. Where the History Garden looks back, this one looks ahead, and we want it to feel like a change of pace after the quieter gardens before it: colourful, energetic, a bit of a jolt, celebrating innovation, sustainability and movement.

Renewable energy is woven into the design from the outset rather than bolted on afterwards. Pergolas topped with solar panels give shade and shelter along the route, and sculptural solar "trees" make striking landmarks that bring a sense of playfulness to the space. A single strong colour runs through the garden like a ribbon, dynamic and easy to follow, linking the solar elements, the wayfinding and the play, and guiding you through the landscape.

Seating and gathering spaces sit along the route, encouraging people to stop, meet and enjoy the surroundings, and the planting is kept bright and dynamic to match, with seasonal interest and plenty for wildlife through the year. The energy theme runs well beyond the panels themselves: into the colours, the materials, the play and the wayfinding, so the whole garden feels energetic to walk through.

Section

Cross-section through the Energy Garden. On the left, people sit and chat under a solar pergola among grasses on the viaduct deck. On the right, a train passing on the live railway viaduct alongside.
Section through the Energy Garden (Greenwood-Hill), with the live railway viaduct running alongside on the right.

The railway is close here as well, so the solar pergolas do a second job: a sense of enclosure and comfort from the line, while framing views through the garden. The section shows how seating, trees, wayfinding and the solar structures come together along the main route to make an active, welcoming place to gather.