14 July 2024
According to the Tatton website, the Long Borders competition is an opportunity for designers and gardeners of any experience to showcase their talent on the big stage but by focussing on smaller spaces. This year they have been…
13 July 2024
Progress report: We have just finished the first day of the build of the long borders for this year’s Tatton Park show. It’s a visual record of the work undertaken by our team. Link to list of all…
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…
13 February 2024
But there’s lots of kinds of bees that aren’t honey bees and Harry and Lorraine from Harry’s Bees told us all about them. There are more than 20,000 species of bees in the world and, unlike the iconic…
9 February 2024
Tuesday 13th February 5pm CL220. Free honey tasting. Watch bees in a windowed hive. Pollination and hive care explained. Members free. Non-members £2.
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…
16 November 2023
Amber Hine, currently studying for her Masters in Landscape Architecture at the University of Gloucestershire and advocate of biophilic design, has been published in Homes & Gardens magazine. She believes that increasing the planting area in any potential…
8 November 2023
“After just one pre-winter of mulching, I noticed an incredible difference in the structure of my soil. Moving mulch to one side ahead of planting plugs in April I saw a ‘storm’ of microarthropods on the soil surface….
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…
2 October 2023
“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…