Mark Evison has been the Park Manager at Alexandra Palace since 2007. With a first-class honours degree in environmental science, his previous positions included seven years managing green spaces for the London Borough of Barnet and a two-year stint as projects officer at Hertfordshire’s Countryside Management Services. He is also a London Parks Benchmarking Group committee member. This group meets to share best practice amongst London’s Parks professionals.

When he arrived, Alexandra Park was coming to the end of a £3.6 million Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) landscape development project. It had begun in 2002 and created the framework for the park we enjoy today. As the Park prepared for its 150th anniversary in 2013, the Friends of Alexandra Park (FoAP) talked to Mark about his critical role in managing this much-loved 196-acre space.