| Landscape Architecture
| Landscape Architecture
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…
The name Temple Meads derives from the nearby Temple Church, which was gutted by bombing during World War II. The word “meads” is a derivation of “mæd”, an Old English variation of “mædwe”, meadow, referring to the water meadows alongside…
It wasn’t ideal weather for viewing long distances, but the day was mild and we managed to see a good range of landscapes, townscapes and other local features on this introductory visit to the Forest of Dean. The route we…
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…
“Olives with Sarah” – you are invited to a talk on olive farming in Sicily on Wednesday 4th October in CL253 Clegg Building, Francis Close Hall campus at 1.30pm. There will also be advice on where and how to buy…
David Trapnell leaves a remarkable legacy, only eight miles west of Cheltenham and of particular interest to landscape architects with ecological and artistic leanings. Nature in Art, the world’s first museum and art gallery dedicated to fine, decorative and applied…
Paraphrased from the Guardian obituary: in the 1960s Alice Coleman led the work on the Second Land Use Survey of Britain, the first comprehensive attempt since the 30s to record the use of land, using volunteers to map urban and…
For students interested in plants and planting, historic gardens and traditional techniques, then viewing the television series The Victorian Kitchen and Flower Garden will be very worthwhile, even dating from a number of years ago. It was mainly thanks to…
These photos were taken today at Cam Peak in the southern Cotswolds: a warm, sunny day presenting the wild bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) at their best. The location of the carpark at the foot of this hill is 51.6926, -2.3384. Google…