SuDS Slowing the Flow.
Stormwater management is close to the heart of GreenBlue Urban. This month has seen us assess the [...]
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GBU Canada RootSpace Litigation Announcement (28 May 2021).
GreenBlue Urban UK (then Greenleaf) pioneered the world’s first recycled plastic, load-bearing soil [...]
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The History of Urban Drainage & the Need for Change
Sustainable surface water management is not just a modern innovation, there is evidence from [...]
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Why the Water Industry is Better Together
Guest Blog:- Faye Gennard – World of Water Water is our most precious resource and it may [...]
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Are there Post Planting Constraints?
Many potential tree-planting schemes are cancelled because of misunderstandings over the long term [...]
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Trees in the Urban Realm – Legacy or Liability
As soon as tree planting is proposed in our congested urban areas, the full plethora of challenges [...]
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Planting Trees on Rooftops and Podium Decks
In our increasingly dense towns and cities, we are having to find new and creative ways to get [...]
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Myth busting Trees & Utilities
In a recent blog, we discussed how to overcome the constraints that we come up against when [...]
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Right Tree, Right Place
One of the best known arboricultural statements is Right tree, Right place – often used to [...]
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Urban Tree Planting Constraints
As soon as tree planting is proposed in our congested urban areas, the full plethora of challenges [...]
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Our Climate is Changing, are we?
In celebration of Earth Day – 22nd April, GreenBlue are proud to endorse our team as industry [...]
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Changing the Landscape of Flood Resilience
Giving Natural Flood Management Development a Boost Through Innovation Support Guest Blog: Hiatt [...]
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What is an Urban Forest Master Plan?
Guest Post – Keith Sacre – Treeconomics Following on from our recent blog from Kenton [...]
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Introducing StreetPark – Beautiful & Functional Furniture Collection
Over the years, GreenBlue Urban have widely echoed the numerous worldwide studies on the importance [...]
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Introducing ArborAdvance – Guaranteeing Long Term Planting Success
Is it all about “Right Tree, Right Place?” Or do we need to add “For the Right Reasons & In the [...]
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Are there enough “Green” Planners?
GreenBlue were delighted to see a DEFRA announcement dated 12th March for a government-led funding [...]
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Driving Green Infrastructure Policy Forward
GreenBlue are overjoyed when councils present a GI Policy / Strategy; even more so when we see the [...]
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Discussing Carbon Storage Potential
In June 2019, parliament passed a legislation requiring the government to reduce the UK’s net [...]
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Stormwater Made Simple
Stormwater is, in essence, just what is sounds like: water from a storm. Any precipitation that [...]
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Lets Become the Collaboration Generation
Different disciplines working together from early planning is often a hot topic discussed within [...]
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Festival of Ideas: Designing for Successful SuDS
SuDS, the acronym everyone is talking about. Smart planning for sustainable urban drainage system [...]
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Further Modelling Guidance Tools
With the recent success of last year’s publication detailing the methods of Sustainable Drainage [...]
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Looking after SuDS, Is Legislation Enough?
On paper, the idea of sustainable drainage (SuDS) has so much going for it for developers. It helps [...]
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Not all Super Heroes wear Capes. (Some wear Leaves).
Trees are the heroes of our landscape. A bold claim you think? Possibly. But look at the list of [...]
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Using Sustainable Drainage Systems to add Value to Development Projects
Using Sustainable Drainage features calls on developers, designers and planners to adopt a new way [...]
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