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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There’s more to managing stormwater than ‘pipe to pond’
Looks all too familiar, doesn’t it? Far too often we are seeing images across our news channels on [...]
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The Conservation Volunteers: Let’s Get Planting
Mini Urban Forests – for people and green spaces Trees – we all know they are good for the [...]
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City of Trees: Let’s Get Planting!
City of Trees is the Community Forest for Greater Manchester and is one ten Community Forests [...]
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Introducing 9 Trees
9 Trees, as a concept, was formed in 2018 by Michael Cunningham, an experienced habitat and [...]
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Twenty Years of Soil Cells
Great cities are usually blessed with great trees; London, Paris, New York, Madrid, Buenos Aires, [...]
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The Story Behind GreenBlue Urban
It’s hard seeing something that you have planted die; many of us have experienced the [...]
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Value Management or Value Engineering
We all appreciate Value – today we look at the balance between benefit (outputs) and the cost or [...]
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Urban Gardens Assisting in our Canopy Growth
A report in the BBC at the weekend indicated that urban tree canopy cover is surprisingly [...]
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Who is responsible for Maintaining our Public Trees?
During times of economic crisis, budgets for local authority landscape maintenance have always been [...]
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Are you Celebrating Clean Air Day?
Back in June 2019, communities came together to ensure Clean Air Day was a huge success. Over 600 [...]
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The Barbican: Green Space in the Heart of London
Sited in the heart of the current City of London, the Barbican development represents a fascinating [...]
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The Case of Structural Soil & Sand vs Soil Cells
Have you ever grown a tree in rocks? Trees need appropriate amounts of nutrient-rich, moist, [...]
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Which Soil Cell do I use?
With an influx of Tree Planting mediums in recent years, we take a look at the history, benefits [...]
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Health & Wellbeing: Access to Green Space during COVID-19
The current COVID-19 crisis has helped many of us re-evaluate our priorities; in particular, most [...]
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The Role of Maintenance in Successful Urban Tree Planting
Unfortunately, the maintenance-free tree has yet to be discovered. However, the correct species [...]
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Utilizing SuDS/LID Tree Pits for Micoplastic Filtration
Pollutants from our urban runoff reaching our oceans is becoming a global problem. Even the most [...]
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Continuing to Adapt to Change
Just 6 months in and 2020 seems to have been one of the most controversial in recent years, [...]
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Enabling Seamless Specification
Did you know GreenBlue Urban offers FREE Urban Tree Planting Design Services? At the start of any [...]
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Adapting to Change – Healthy Streets
In London and large cities like New York in North America, Nearly 80% public open space is [...]
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What is an Urban Forest?
Guest Post – Kenton Rogers – Treeconomics Urban Forestry is a term which many of us [...]
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Happy Healthy Communities
In our smaller communities Trees are more than just shade and protection, they are jungle gyms for [...]
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Say Hello to Green Blue Gardens
Now you can simply order your preferred GBU landscaping products from a NEW ONLINE STORE! GreenBlue [...]
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Effective Pollutant Mitigation of Stormwater Run-Off Using ArborFlow
The ArborFlow SuDS Tree Pit system was developed as part of an integrated surface water management [...]
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