Bute Park Education Centre will open its hand-carved door to the public on Thursday 27 October
One of the wood carvers stands next to the Education Centre's oak entrance
Cardiff Council hopes the centre, which is the latest phase of the £5.6 million Bute Park Restoration Project, will become an education hub for visitors to discover more about the park’s horticulture and heritage.
The council has been criticised for both the scale and cost of the building work, with one campaigner claiming the work amounted to a “concreting over” of a much-loved green space.
However, council leader Rodney Berman maintained at the official opening last Friday that the building would sit sympathetically within its environment.
Cardiff-born architect Michael Davies said, “Every time we design something and build something we’re leaving it behind; this building will become part of the history of the park.”