Quotation to Seamless Installation
Green infrastructure is often described as a series of interconnected networks of multifunctional [...]
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Maintenance – Who is Responsible?
One of the most frequently asked questions when planning Green Infrastructure in our urban areas is [...]
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Good Design Starts Below Ground
It’s all too easy when designing an urban space, to begin with, what we have at or above ground [...]
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Multi-Functional Blue-Green Developments
The 25-year Environmental Plan (2018) and more recently The Environment Bill (2020) has been a [...]
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Building for a Healthy Life
Building for a Healthy Life (BHL 2020) updates England’s most widely used design tool for creating [...]
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Designing a 15 Minute City
Before COVID 19 and the need for working at home became essential, a ’15 minute City’ concept [...]
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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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