Activities
Teaching and learning activities
The main blog includes many and various examples of successful activities undertaken as part of the standard course programme such as field visits, laboratory sessions, extra-curricular events, student clubs and major public lectures. Of note are those listed under the John Simpson memorial and Sustainable landscape series (shown below).
John Simpson memorial lecture series
A series of lectures in memory of the former colleague of the Cheltenham landscape architecture course. Recordings available via Planet E-stream.
Sue Illman: Landscape & engineering – a civil partnership? (5/2/14) https://estream.glos.ac.uk/View.aspx?id=1270~4k~jCaGVlFN
Carmen Fiol & Andreu Arriola: Water, topography & city construction – Parc Central de Nou Barris (29/5/2015) https://estream.glos.ac.uk/View.aspx?id=1970~4r~SzdFPEeT
Rasmus Astrup: Urban nature (11/10/2016) https://estream.glos.ac.uk/View.aspx?id=3160~4k~jEaFVkFN
Kathryn Moore: Landscape & infrastructure (9/10/18) https://estream.glos.ac.uk/View.aspx?id=6315~4p~QgzxunJt
Bob Bray: Celebrating rainfall through design – an exploration of SuDS (25/4/23) https://estream.glos.ac.uk/Default.aspx?catid=2438
Sustainable landscape lecture series
The sustainable landscape series was a free public lecture series by leading practitioners in the field of sustainability and landscape.
The series explored various innovative approaches and themes connected with the creation of landscapes to enhance the health and wellbeing of people and planet. Access to the recordings is through Planet E-stream (https://estream.glos.ac.uk/)
- 24 NOVEMBER 2015: Emily Haysom (Artist and landscape architect) VIDEO AVAILABLE
- 02 FEBRUARY 2016: Jenifer White (National Landscape Adviser, Historic England) VIDEO AVAILABLE
- 09 FEBRUARY 2016: Sue Illman (Founder Illman-Young, PPLI)
- 16 FEBRUARY 2016: Chris Bodle (Landscape Architect/Artist) VIDEO AVAILABLE
- 01 MARCH 2016: James Conway (Landscape Architect, Arup) VIDEO AVAILABLE
- 08 MARCH 2016: Julie Fleck OBE (Project Lead, Built Environment Professional, Education Project Office for Disability Issues | Department for Work and Pensions) VIDEO AVAILABLE
- 6th NOVEMBER 2013: Tom Armour & Austin Brown (ARUP) – NATURAL CITIES: FUTURE PROOFING OUR URBAN AREAS – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- 4th DECEMBER 2013: Professor Gabriel Scally (Director WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments) – UNFORTUNATELY CANCELLED (to be rescheduled 2014)
- 22nd JANUARY 2014: Kyle Morrison (Associate Director, Landscape Architecture, AECOM) – THE BLUE GREEN DREAM: DELIVERING WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- 19th FEBRUARY 2014: Fiona Sharman (Landscape Architect, ECOTRICITY) – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- 12th MARCH 2014: Dr Val Kirby (Landscape & Heritage Consultant) – THE EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- 2nd OCTOBER 2012: Damien McCloud (Arup) – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- 30th OCTOBER 2012: Kathryn Lwin (River of Flowers) – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- 27th NOVEMBER 2012: Finlay McNab (Sustrans Liveable Neighbourhoods) – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- 22nd JANUARY 2013: Blanche Cameron RESET – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- 19th FEBRUARY 2013: Sue Illman (Landscape Institute President / Illman Young Landscape Design) – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- 19th MARCH 2013: David Finch (Grant Associates) – VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
- THE BENEFITS OF LARGE TREES IN URBAN AREAS – Mark Job (Arup Landscape)
- GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE: LAND, PEOPLE & LOCALISM – Annie Coombs (Independent Consultant)
- 2012 OLYMPICS: THE LANDSCAPE LEGACY – Tom Armour (Arup Landscape) & Neil Mattinson (LDA Design)
- SOIL, SOUL, SOCIETY – Satish Kumar (Resurgence)
- THE DEMOCRATIC LANDSCAPE – Noel Farrer (Farrer Huxley Associates)
- OUR BREATHING PLANET – David Richards (GROSS.MAX)
- BIG QUESTIONS, ORDINARINESS & DELIGHT – Bill Gething (RIBA Sustainability Advisor)
- A COMMUNITY APPROACH TO REGENERATION – Pam Warhurst (Incredible Edible Todmorden)
- LANDSCAPE: BALANCE, OPPORTUNITY & TRANSFORMATION – Andy Middleton (Ecosapiens)
- SUSTAINABILITY IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION – Paul Johnson(Arup Global)
- DRIVERS OF CHANGE – Jennifer Greitschus (Arup – Drivers of Change)
- RENAISSANCE THINKING FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS – Dr Mike Wells (Biodiversity by Design)
- ECO-URBANISM: WHOLE-SYSTEM THINKING – Luke Engleback (Studio Engleback)
- RESILIENT LANDSCAPES & COMMUNITIES – Ben Brangwyn (Transition Network)
- NATURE INSPIRED PLANTING – Noel Kingsbury (Planting Designer, Horticulturalist, Writer)
- LANDSCAPES OF BEASTS AND SENSES – Andrew Grant (Grant Associates)
- THE ECOLOGICAL AGE – Tom Armour & Neil Marlow (Arup Landscape)
- RESILIENCE – Kim Wilkie (Kim Wilkie Associates)
- Peter Wilder (Wilder Associates)
- SWIM UPSTREAM – David Jarvis (David Jarvis Associates)
- SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES: AN EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN PERSPECTIVE – Frazer Osment (LDA Design)