4 May 2024
Allium ursinum, wild garlic, is a very attractive plant with its cluster of white star-like flowers and lily-of-the-valley leaves. Also called ramsons, it is in full aroma for a couple of months each year. According to Richard Mabey…
26 April 2024
Rowan Middleton (eco-poetry lecturer) is arranging a trip next week to Slad, former home of celebrated writer Laurie Lee. You are invited to walk with him through the Gloucestershire countryside to experience the historic village setting of Laurie…
14 March 2024
The rain held off and we were treated to a friendly, informative visit hosted by Ian and his team who showed us around the stock areas and various operations of the main site, including the more extensive tree…
21 January 2024
In preparation for an introductory local walk for the Appraising Landscapes module, these two stunning images were offered as demonstrating a link between art and science or, in the case of landscape architecture, art and ecology. The first…
18 October 2023
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…
11 October 2023
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…
3 October 2023
The project site for the AD5604 Sustainable Technology module is within the Barnwood parish of Gloucester, formerly land owned by the Barnwood Trust and now administered by the city council with much management assistance from the local Friends…
2 October 2023
This was an all day coach based trip as part of the induction week programme for new landscape students, going to Stourhead https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/stourhead a large landscape park estate designed by Henry Hoare in 1750s, and Buscot Park Estate…
8 February 2023
Yesterday the Appraising Landscapes class ventured into the wide open country of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, undertaking a five-mile walk which took us up the back-slope from Seven Springs (source of the Thames) onto Wistley…
1 February 2023
Yesterday, 31st January 2023, the Appraising Landscapes class undertook some basic surveying practice on the front lawn of FCH campus. On our way there we spotted two interesting phenomena: one possibly disappearing from, the other becoming more common…