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James Hitchmough, Professor Emeritus of Sheffield University, last night gave this year’s John Simpson Memorial Lecture entitled “Three Projects: opportunities and paradoxes in contemporary planting design”. The large audience was treated to a stimulating yet thought-provoking presentation of the design…
Shepherd’s Bush Green – Tuesday, 1 Jul 2025 09:30 – 17:00 In this unique learning opportunity, Kevin leads a tour, on foot and by public transport, of eight SuDS projects that demonstrate a range of SuDS techniques in a variety…
With reference to the previous blog posting (https://sites.glos.ac.uk/landscapearchitecture/?s=dutson&ct_post_type=post%3Apage) the memorial tree (Sorbus spp) has been planted in the small garden adjacent to the landscape architecture building (Clegg Building, Francis Close Hall campus).
March 31st this year is given as a four-star bore. The Severn Bore is one of Britain’s few truly spectacular natural phenomena. It is a large surge wave that can be seen in the estuary of the River Severn, where…
It is important that we remember this date as it was when one of our former students Piers Simon was a fatality resulting from the wave that devastated the island of Phi-Phi Don in Thailand on Boxing Day 2004.
Alan Steeves-Booker, former tutor on the landscape course and affectionately known as Booker, died in August 2024.
Outside the Clegg Building, the Cornus kousa is looking amazing. Here’s a picture I took two days ago (21st May). The creamy ‘leaves’ are called bracts. A bract is neither a leaf nor a flower, but it’s often associated with…
SAVE THE DATE – Opens on Friday 31st May at 4.30pm for Practices and for the Public at 5pm. Location: Francis Close Hall campus, University of Gloucestershire, GL50 4AZ, until Thursday 6th June 2024.
This year 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, an act which secured access for everyone to open countryside whilst preserving and enhancing natural beauty; founded on the understanding that connection…