Lets welcome nature back into the city – Gary Grant

Welcoming nature back into the city is urgently needed. This theme was central to Gary Grant, of the Green Infrastructure Consultancy Ltd, who provided a demonstration of this works in practice.Gary provide simulation of a sever storm on an industrial unit with and...

John Little – urban festival host talks joy of wicked people

The urban festival host John Little, amidst the wildflowers of his garden, talks loveliness. The festival idea was to bring a range of ‘important’ people and other ‘wicked’ people to a gathering in his garden. The purpose to make connections,...

Let’s make brownfield gardens part of urban landscapes

The brownfield gardens at Hilldrop are a key element of the Festival of Urban Landscapes to be held in July 2018. The venue, of course, is the home of GRT. Designing landscapes for people and wildlife is key to John Little’s (co-author of the online guide) work....

Festival of Urban Landscapes for Nature and People

Gathering to celebrate resilient cities filled with nature. A great line-up of UK and international experts and activists including Ed Snodgrass, Dusty Gedge, Laura Gatti, Arit Anderson, Gary Grant, Sara Venn, Wendy Allen and John Little. We will be celebrating ways...

Shed green roof in WA – an update

A shed green roof enters it second spring in Ridgefield, Washington State, USA. Originally built in 2016 I was lucky enough to visit during the construction in October of that year. What soil and what plants for a shed green roof in Washington State In the absence of...

A sod roof in Nebraska

A sod roof in Nebraska appeared in our facebook feed the other day. And what a good looking green roof it is. Yet there is more to this than looking good. Firstly sod houses in the mid-west of North America are historically important. And secondly in the soil and...