Chapter 27 Revitalisation of Historic Gardens—Sustainable Models of Renewal Mladen Obad Š´ citaroci, Mara Mari´ c, Koraljka Vahtar-Jurkovi´ c and Ksenija Radi´ c Kneževi´ c Abstract The main research aim of this paper is to determine appropriate and sus- tainable models of revitalisation of historic gardens and parks which must respect the gardens’ authenticity and inherited identity features, but also allow for contemporary interventions and new facilities. The fundamental criterion for such interventions is to preserve the historical identity and revitalise the former atmosphere while affirm- ing authenticity. The goal is to identify suitable models of revitalisation of gardens and parks. Three different examples are used in this research: (1) gardens of Renais- sance summer villas in Dubrovnik (sixteenth to nineteenth century, Southern Adri- atic); (2) historicist gardens in Opatija (late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Northern Adriatic); (3) historicist spa gardens (late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Northern Croatia). The models of renewal and revitalisation of the gar- dens and parks identified and examined are divided into two groups: basic models and thematic models. In relation to basic models, the following models are appli- cable: conservation, urban planning, architectural, functional, aesthetic and ambient models. Regarding thematic models, the following can be applied: activation, spatial (linear, networked or dispersed), economic, ecological, transformational and par- ticipative models. Research was conducted on selected examples of typologically diverse cultural heritage based on which historical and contemporary models were M. Obad Š´ citaroci (B ) Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia e-mail: scitaroci@gmail.com M. Mari´ c Department for Mediterranean Plants, University of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia e-mail: mara.maric@unidu.hr K. Vahtar-Jurkovi´ c Department for Spatial Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Protection, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia e-mail: koraljka.vahtar-jurkovic@pgz.hr K. R. Kneževi´ c Kvantum d.o.o, Zagreb, Croatia e-mail: ksenijaradic@gmail.com © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 M. Obad Š´ citaroci et al. (eds.), Cultural Urban Heritage, The Urban Book Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10612-6_27 423