| Landscape Architecture
| Landscape Architecture
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…
There was a good turn-out for our annual practice day event held at Francis Close Hall campus in three studio locations. It was also good to see so many of our former students at the various company stands: a fitting…
Planting design is a unique skill that sets landscape architects apart from all other built environment professionals and is an aspect in which we should excel. Whether a practising landscape architect, a university or conversion student, or on a pathway…
Accessible Gloucestershire will be auditing the streets of St Paul’s to assess and report on the quality of the pedestrian experience. They want to hear your views, so if you are a resident or a frequent visitor on your way…
Amber Hine, currently studying for her Masters in Landscape Architecture at the University of Gloucestershire and advocate of biophilic design, has been published in Homes & Gardens magazine. She believes that increasing the planting area in any potential design, reducing…
This year’s FOLAR Symposium will be on the subject of the Landscape of Communities. These are seen as amenity landscapes which respond first to the wishes and ways of the local community, whether local residents or workers. Speakers include: Leah…
“After just one pre-winter of mulching, I noticed an incredible difference in the structure of my soil. Moving mulch to one side ahead of planting plugs in April I saw a ‘storm’ of microarthropods on the soil surface. And worms!…
The sculptor Antony Gormley has refused to replace the felled sycamore on Hadrian’s Wall with a work of art. He agrees with Mark Wallinger that trees and sculptures are very different things and given a choice would always opt to…
An exhibition celebrating the work of pioneering landscape architect Brenda Colvin (1897-1981), her practice, Colvin and Moggridge, and the amazing women she worked alongside. Exhibition open from 9:30 to16:30, 9-27 September 2023 National Trust Buscot and Coleshill Estate, The Timber…