27 April 2023
Bob Bray gave this year’s John Simpson memorial lecture last Tuesday. It was delivered at a leisurely but satisfyingly comprehensible tempo, tracing the history of water management from the ‘Great Stink’ lowpoint of 1858, through the Victorian ‘engineered’…
5 April 2023
A public lecture given by Bob Bray (Robert Bray Associates, Bristol Studio) Tuesday 25th April 2023, 18:45 Room TC001 (FCH campus) University of Gloucestershire JOHN SIMPSON 1929-2013 The John Simpson memorial lectures are held in honour of a…
8 March 2023
Last week’s three-day workshop explored the possibilities of rewilding one of Cheltenham’s green corridors – the former elevated Honeybourne railway line, now a cycle and public footpath linking areas to the north of Cheltenham with the current mainline…
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…
3 February 2023
This three-day workshop aims to regenerate vulnerable areas through rewilding. We will develop rewilding scenarios aimed at mitigating barriers and challenges, alongside realising opportunities in different socio-economic and landscape contexts. 1-3 March 2023 Francis Close Hall campus, University…
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…
19 January 2023
According to Wikipedia, a dérive is an unplanned journey through a landscape, usually urban, on which the subtle aesthetic contours of the surrounding architecture and geography subconsciously direct the travellers, with the ultimate goal of encountering an entirely…
27 March 2022
A recent article in the Guardian by Alys Fowler recommends that we reassess our relationship with weeds. As rewilding is very much centre stage at the moment, should we go further than using just wildflower mixes and let…
4 November 2021
Texture and pH are important attributes of soils, determining infiltration capacity and availability of plant nutrients, among other things, arguably very relevant information for landscape architects determining suitable planting schedules. Analysis of various local soils was undertaken this…