Urban Landscapes
The Connection Between Nature, Humans and City Fresh, healthy air was the most coveted commodity [...]
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New Looks for Urban Landscape in 2022
Green urban landscaping is all the rage…it’s the trend in urban development, but if not implemented [...]
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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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Global Climate Change – A Paradigm Shift Required
Adapting to Climate Change has never been so important; as the BBC reported just this week the past [...]
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Urban Tree Planting: Guaranteeing Long-Term Success
After almost 3 1/2 years after it was first published the Environment Bill has now been passed by [...]
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Making the case for Long Term Tree Health
One of the biggest challenges the landscaping industry face today is how we effectively combat the [...]
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Quotation to Seamless Installation
Green infrastructure is often described as a series of interconnected networks of multifunctional [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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