14 April 2024
This year 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, an act which secured access for everyone to open countryside whilst preserving and enhancing natural beauty; founded on the understanding…
1 April 2024
Lynn Kinnear who has died of cancer was one of the outstanding landscape architects of her generation. Her practice KLA was founded in 1991 and has been recognised throughout Europe as one of a small number in the…
27 March 2024
“The gnarled blackthorn bushes are covered in thousands upon thousands of white stars, their firework middles exploding in all directions. They won’t think of leafing for a while yet, and so there is only this dark and light,…
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.
8 February 2024
Accessible Gloucestershire will be auditing the streets of St Paul’s to assess and report on the quality of the pedestrian experience. They want to hear your views, so if you are a resident or a frequent visitor on…
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…
28 November 2023
Two current and local exhibitions Arctic Visions and the Frozen Continent are well worth visiting. Arctic Visions: Capturing the Uncapturable at Nature in Art (Twigworth) presents the paintings of Nicholas Jones which immerse the viewer in the vast…
10 November 2023
This year’s FOLAR Symposium will be on the subject of the Landscape of Communities. These are seen as amenity landscapes which respond first to the wishes and ways of the local community, whether local residents or workers. Speakers…