London Mayor Sadiq Khan has commissioned a formal review of the Garden Bridge project. The 367m long pedestrian bridge is to cross the Thames between Temple and South Bank and would be a ‘garden on the water”, containing an abundance of plants. Sprouting from an idea by actress Joanna Lummley, the bridge has been designed
Read Entire ArticleIn the wake of ever-growing threats to tree health in the UK, the Arboricultural Association (AA) has published the ‘Biosecurity in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry Position Statement’. It addresses the problems associated with the introduction and spread of tree pests and diseases as well as invasive tree species. The document defines basic and easy-to-follow principles
Read Entire ArticleAs part of the Capability Brown Festival 2016, which commemorates the designer’s 300th birthday, Historic England recently released a map displaying surviving Capability Brown landscapes with aerial photographs for each – click here to visit the site. To mark the celebrations, Royal Mail has also just issued a set of 8 stamps showing views of
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April is World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM) – an international celebration of Landscape Architecture. WLAM has been initiated by the American Society of Landscape Architects. If you’d like to get involved, go to their website where you can download a card to to go in a photo of your favourite piece of landscape architecture on social media
Read Entire ArticleThe government has issued new specific guidance on Green Infrastructure (GI) as part of their National Planning Practice Guidance. It’s been published to help with the implementation of the main national planning document, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England. The NPPF defines Green Infrastructure as a network of multi-functional green space, urban and
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