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Today we were joined by Ed and Khos from @thepeoplesrecoveryproject We would like to say a huge thank you, especially to Khos who shared his personal story of experiencing homelessness and drug use. We feel very moved by the powerful stories they
Some Friday feeling plant palettes 🌺 What do you think about these two feature mixes that were working on for smaller areas on one of our schemes? The species were chosen for their sensory and structural qualities of colour, sound, taste, touch, s
One for this week's agenda: Bulbs 🌱 It's nearing the end of that time when we can plant for our future selves and get those bulbs in the ground ahead of the first frost. Short on space? Maybe try a bulb lasagna while you're at it and layer them u
Happy Halloween 🎃 Don’t be too afraid of this student’s drawing from our Young City Maker’s sessions of a Spooky tree. Here are three other spooky species to celebrate the evocative powers of plants: The deathly fungi stromata of
Ponds! In the UK we’ve lost over 500,000 of them in the last 100 years, that means that around 13% less wildlife are using the remaining ponds today. Ponds are integral to the functionality of an ecosystem, providing a sanctuary for a whole ra
Our plant of the week is chosen by Chash, who even dyed her hair to match it. It’s the rather special Taxodium distichum. We are lucky to have one of these growing out on the canal behind our office where these photos were taken at lunch last
Delighted (and a little late) to welcome Elliot (aka Els) to the team who joined us back in July as a Senior Landscape Architect. Great to have you with us Els!
Island Point With its central linear park forming an important space and a backdrop, Island Point’s landscape ambition sought to provide multi-functional, sensory and accessible spaces. The external spaces, designed in consultation with res
Farrer Huxley were invited back to R-Urban Poplar for a meal celebrating the completion of The Great Green Estate strategic design document. On behalf of Poplar HARCA, Farrer Huxley collaborated with residents and stakeholders to reimagine Poplar&r
These photos were taken at a visit to the Herbarium at Kew Gardens as part of the Open House Festival last weekend. The Herbarium contains around seven million preserved vascular plant specimens collected around the world over the past 170 years. The
Celebrating Paggy's Plant of the Week: the Centaura cyanus, Cornflower Also known as the bachelor's button because men used to wear it in their buttons and if the flower faded, their love had disappeared 💔 More heartbreakingly however, it is supp
Soham Eastern Gateway scheme has received planning permission We are dedicated to creating better places and we put people and nature at the heart of what we do which is why, when we took over the project at Soham, we sought to address emerging loca
The lush meadows of Barnfield TYPE Housing, Regeneration, Play, Health & Wellbeing, Masterplanning & Landscape Management CLIENT Royal Borough of Greenwich SCALE 5.4 (5,400 sqm) Landscape and amenity spaces within the estate regeneration
Projects Revisited Landmark Pinnacle Type: Housing, Landscape Management Client: Chalegrove Properties Limited Scale: 0.5 ha (5,000 sqm) Landscapes in the sky on the 27th and 75th floors of a residential tower comprising 822 units in London’s
Projects Revisited TYPE: Regeneration, Housing, Play, Masterplanning, Urban Design, Public Realm, Commercial CLIENT: U+I, Telford Homes SCALE: 1.28 ha (12,800 sqm) The landscape scheme for Equipment Works includes a semi-private residential courtya
Work Experience We recently had a very talented young guest join us in the office for work experience. During her time Beyza, age 17, designed a wetland planter as a nesting space for migratory birds. She created a metal water lily with space for pl
Today we got to pick the brains of the author of Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake. He spoke with us about native vs. non-native and invasive (or introduced) species of mycelium, assisted migration and landscapes in constant flux, biodiversity above v