January The industry responded favourably to the Government s consultation on the Sustainable Use Directive for the use of pesticides and parts of the regulation for placing plant protection products on the market. A Defra consultation outlining plans to phase out the commercial use of peat by...
January The Eden project s plans for a 20m power plant drawing natural heat from underground was passed by Cornwall Council. February The National Trust rejected the possibility of taking on responsibility for woodland managed by the Forestry Commission after the government announced...
January The Government announced that the Royal Parks Agency would become part of the Greater London Authority with management and power switched to the London mayor Boris Johnston Bristol City Council said it would sell off 41 green spaces under a 20-year parks and green spaces strategy....
January More than 60 landscape groups wrote to David Cameron urging the PM to give more political backing to the European Landscape Convention, developed to ensure greater protection and management of Europe s landscapes. Liverpool s Festival Gardens, one of the UK s most iconic international...
Richard Welburn retired recently as head of parks and green spaces at Leicester City Council, where he spent 18 years. He learned his craft and honed his skills with six local authorities, from the North East to the South East. But the GreenSpace trustee will not go quietly and sees peril and potential...
September saw the launch at the Global Green City Summit Forum in Xi'an of new green infrastructure guidelines.
The £6bn promised for road and rail projects should prove a welcome lift for the landscape industry but concerns remain about whether the benefit will extend to smaller companies, says Jack Shamash
The watchword for 2012 remains 'tough' but the Olympic Games and the Queen's diamond jubilee promise a confidence boost for many in the industry, Jez Abbott, Matthew Appleby and Jonathan Tilley report.
David Scott is a landscape architect and qualified town planner who spent more than two decades working on new town developments, specialising mainly in land reclamation.
These ornamentals have wide appeal despite complex cultivation regimes, says Miranda Kimberley.
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