21 March 2018
In anticipation of a more detailed presentation on this blog and not wishing to preempt any specific highlights of the recent international trip to Italy, I have made a quick selection of my top ten memories and…
31 January 2018
A visit to Gloucester: from the Cathedral to the Docks On Tuesday 30th of January, we had very inspiring visit of the city centre of Gloucester. The students of the module AD5602: Landscape Urbanism discovered the site of…
23 November 2017
Dr. Carla Molinari who gained her PhD from Sapienza University in the city and Bob Moore will be guiding students on a trip to Rome.
23 November 2017
Half-way through the first semester, it is time to address the main project for our first-year students in the module Appraising Landscapes. So far we have looked mainly at things scientific: soils, rocks, microclimate, ecology… These are some…
26 October 2017
The forecast said it would be overcast and dry, but the trip to Lightmoor in the Forest of Dean turned out to be rather damp. In fact we measured the relative humidity at over 95%. Pretty damp. Partly…
26 October 2017
The best way of fully appreciating a landscape, its physical make-up, the wild-life, the character and hidden meanings, is to walk through it. So much more detail can be seen, there’s an intimate experience of the small scale,…
26 October 2017
FINDING YOUR FEET an induction week walkabout Although early morning mist seemed a bad omen, by late morning the sun had warmed up the Cheltenham air and the induction class was blessed with near perfect weather to undertake…
7 April 2017
The latest visit of the professional practice module was to the recently restored walled garden within the Museum in the Park, Stroud. We were met by Ann Taylor of the museum and Rachael Austin who was responsible for…
27 March 2017
Last Friday (10th) the group visited the Illman Young practice in Cheltenham. Sue Illman is a former student of ours and a recent president of the Landscape Institute. Her practice embraces all kinds of work but they have…