{"id":5253,"date":"2024-09-23T12:28:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T12:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/?page_id=5253"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:39:01","slug":"activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#787e6e\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1428\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2019\/04\/thecitadel-scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:48% 29%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"48% 29%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2019\/04\/thecitadel-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2019\/04\/thecitadel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2019\/04\/thecitadel-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2019\/04\/thecitadel-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2019\/04\/thecitadel-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2019\/04\/thecitadel-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching and learning activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The main blog includes many and various examples of successful activities undertaken as part of the standard course programme such as field visits, laboratory sessions, extra-curricular events, student clubs and major public lectures. Of note are those listed under the John Simpson memorial and Sustainable landscape series (shown below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Simpson memorial lecture series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A series of lectures in memory of the former colleague of the Cheltenham landscape architecture course. Recordings available via Planet E-stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Eleanor Rawling:&nbsp;<strong>Walking Gloucestershire with Ivor Gurney<\/strong>&nbsp;(12\/11\/24)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=108524~64~DFg696lVk2Ij\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=108524~64~DFg696lVk2Ij<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Bob Bray:&nbsp;<strong>Celebrating rainfall through design \u2013 an exploration of SuDS<\/strong>&nbsp;(25\/4\/23)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=97434~5o~hueBrcz9K5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=97434~5o~hueBrcz9K5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sue Illman: <strong>Landscape &amp; engineering &#8211; a civil partnership? (5\/2\/14) <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=1270~4k~jCaGVlFN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=1270~4k~jCaGVlFN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Carmen Fiol &amp; Andreu Arriola:&nbsp;<strong>Water, topography &amp; city construction \u2013 Parc Central de Nou Barris&nbsp;<\/strong>(29\/5\/2015)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=1970~4r~SzdFPEeT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=1970~4r~SzdFPEeT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Rasmus Astrup:&nbsp;<strong>Urban nature&nbsp;<\/strong>(11\/10\/2016)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=3160~4k~jEaFVkFN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=3160~4k~jEaFVkFN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Kathryn Moore: Landscape &amp; infrastructure (9\/10\/18) <a href=\"https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=6315~4p~QgzxunJt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=6315~4p~QgzxunJt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sustainable landscape lecture series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>The sustainable landscape series was a free public lecture series by leading practitioners in the field of sustainability and landscape.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The series explored various innovative approaches and themes connected with the creation of landscapes to enhance the health and wellbeing of people and planet.&nbsp;Access to the recordings is through Planet E-stream (<a href=\"https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/estream.glos.ac.uk\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">24&nbsp;NOVEMBER&nbsp;2015:&nbsp;<strong>Emily Haysom (Artist and landscape architect)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hml.glos.ac.uk\/Play\/4948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">02 FEBRUARY&nbsp;2016:&nbsp;<strong>Jenifer White (National Landscape Adviser, Historic England)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hml.glos.ac.uk\/Play\/5435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">09 FEBRUARY&nbsp;2016:&nbsp;<strong>Sue Illman&nbsp;(Founder Illman-Young, PPLI)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">16 FEBRUARY&nbsp;2016:&nbsp;<strong>Chris Bodle (Landscape Architect\/Artist)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hml.glos.ac.uk\/Play\/5568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">01 MARCH&nbsp;2016:&nbsp;<strong>James Conway (Landscape Architect, Arup)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hml.glos.ac.uk\/Play\/5673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">08 MARCH&nbsp;2016:&nbsp;<strong>Julie Fleck OBE (Project Lead, Built Environment Professional,&nbsp;Education Project Office for Disability&nbsp;Issues | Department for Work and Pensions)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hml.glos.ac.uk\/Play\/5823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/landscapearchitecture\/2013\/10\/18\/arup-to-give-first-sustainable-landscape-lecture-6th-nov-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6th NOVEMBER 2013:&nbsp;<strong>Tom Armour &amp; Austin Brown (ARUP)<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 NATURAL CITIES: FUTURE PROOFING OUR URBAN AREAS<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hml.glos.ac.uk\/Play\/686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">4th DECEMBER 2013:&nbsp;<strong>Professor Gabriel Scally<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>Director WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments) \u2013 UNFORTUNATELY CANCELLED (to be rescheduled 2014)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">22nd JANUARY 2014:&nbsp;<strong>Kyle Morrison (Associate Director, Landscape Architecture, AECOM)&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 THE BLUE GREEN DREAM: DELIVERING WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hml.glos.ac.uk\/Play\/1317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">19th FEBRUARY 2014:&nbsp;<strong>Fiona Sharman (Landscape Architect, ECOTRICITY)<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hml.glos.ac.uk\/Play\/1586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">12th MARCH 2014:&nbsp;<strong>Dr Val Kirby (Landscape &amp; Heritage Consultant) \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>THE EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hml.glos.ac.uk\/Play\/1805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">2nd OCTOBER 2012: Damien McCloud (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arup.com\/Services\/Landscape_Architecture.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arup<\/a>) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lpuG-SRwFhM&amp;feature=g-upl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">30th OCTOBER 2012: Kathryn Lwin (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverofflowers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">River of Flowers<\/a>)&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lxgvZk3IAYs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">27th NOVEMBER 2012: Finlay McNab (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustrans.org.uk\/what-we-do\/liveable-neighbourhoods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustrans Liveable Neighbourhoods<\/a>)&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vxSQevqHK1M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">22nd JANUARY 2013: Blanche Cameron&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/reset-development.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RESET<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5UYf1s_Tl8Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">19th FEBRUARY 2013: Sue Illman (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.landscapeinstitute.org\/news\/index.php\/news_articles\/view\/sue_illman_becomes_li_president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Landscape Institute&nbsp;President<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.illman-young.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Illman Young Landscape Design<\/a>) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/MeKmTAKIZNQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">19th MARCH 2013: David Finch (<a href=\"http:\/\/grant-associates.uk.com\/projects\/85-gardens-by-the-bay\/4777-gardens-by-the-bay.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grant Associates<\/a>) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/STDpsdA-U2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">THE BENEFITS OF LARGE TREES IN URBAN AREAS \u2013 Mark Job&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arup.com\/Services\/Landscape_Architecture.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arup Landscape<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE: LAND, PEOPLE &amp; LOCALISM \u2013 Annie Coombs (Independent Consultant)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">2012 OLYMPICS: THE LANDSCAPE LEGACY \u2013 Tom Armour (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arup.com\/Services\/Landscape_Architecture.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arup Landscape<\/a>)&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Neil Mattinson (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lda-design.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LDA Design<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">SOIL, SOUL, SOCIETY \u2013 Satish Kumar (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.resurgence.org\/satish-kumar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resurgence<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">THE DEMOCRATIC LANDSCAPE \u2013 Noel Farrer (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fha.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farrer Huxley Associates<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">OUR BREATHING PLANET \u2013 David Richards (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grossmax.com\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GROSS.MAX<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">BIG QUESTIONS, ORDINARINESS &amp; DELIGHT \u2013 Bill Gething (RIBA Sustainability Advisor)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A COMMUNITY APPROACH TO REGENERATION \u2013 Pam Warhurst (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Incredible Edible Todmorden<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">LANDSCAPE: BALANCE, OPPORTUNITY &amp; TRANSFORMATION \u2013 Andy Middleton (<a href=\"http:\/\/ecosapiens.squarespace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ecosapiens<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">SUSTAINABILITY IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN &amp; CONSTRUCTION \u2013 Paul Johnson(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arup.com\/Home\/About_us\/A_people_business\/People\/Paul_Johnson.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arup Global<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">DRIVERS OF CHANGE \u2013 Jennifer Greitschus (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.driversofchange.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arup \u2013 Drivers of Change<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">RENAISSANCE THINKING FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS \u2013 Dr Mike Wells (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversitybydesign.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biodiversity by Design<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">ECO-URBANISM: WHOLE-SYSTEM THINKING \u2013 Luke Engleback (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.studioengleback.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Studio Engleback<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">RESILIENT LANDSCAPES &amp; COMMUNITIES \u2013 Ben Brangwyn (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitionnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transition Network<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">NATURE INSPIRED PLANTING \u2013 Noel Kingsbury (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.noelkingsbury.com\/57\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Planting Designer, Horticulturalist, Writer<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">LANDSCAPES OF BEASTS AND SENSES \u2013 Andrew Grant (<a href=\"http:\/\/grant-associates.uk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grant Associates<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">THE ECOLOGICAL AGE \u2013 Tom Armour &amp; Neil Marlow (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arup.com\/Services\/Landscape_Architecture.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arup Landscape<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">RESILIENCE \u2013 Kim Wilkie (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimwilkie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kim Wilkie Associates<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Peter Wilder (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilder-associates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wilder Associates<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">SWIM UPSTREAM \u2013 David Jarvis (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidjarvis.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Jarvis Associates<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES: AN EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN PERSPECTIVE \u2013 Frazer Osment&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lda-design.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LDA Design<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activities Teaching and learning activities The main blog includes many and various examples of successful activities undertaken as part of the standard course programme such as field visits, laboratory sessions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5253"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6045,"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5253\/revisions\/6045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}