It's official! At the recent Learning Through Landscapes DESIGNS FOR LEARNING conference Ofsted's HMI Robin Hammerton said :
"Learning outside the classroom produces better academic outcomes for children as well as supporting personal development"
March 2010
Sustainable landscape architecture + design just got better. In parternship with Natural Solutions we now offer a full construction service for school grounds, residential, care home gardens, health care gardens, commercial and amenity spaces. Natural adventure play gardens remain a speciality.
School grounds renovation and redevelopment provides a learning opportunity where students can measure, design their sports field and control robotic equipment!
April 2010
Manchester City Council approves Greenstone Design UK as BSF school grounds designers and transformational education consultants.
May 2010
CLIMATE WEEK 21-27 March 2011
Sustainable landscape consultants Greenstone Design UK support Climate Week 2011. This international event will shine a spotlight on the issues, inspiring many more people to act. It will help create a culture of empowerment rather than passivity, responsibility rather than blame and ambition rather than tokenism.
Please encourage your workplace, community or school to run events or activities for Climate Week.
Greenstone Design UK are active within the community, organising tree planting events, speaking at environmental seminars, to local authorities and school groups, supporting social and therapeutic horticulture for at-risk young adults. Health care rehab sensory gardens are designed to suit the special needs of users and their carers. We offer adult education courses in sustainable landscape and interior design, teacher CPD workshops across all key stages and curriculum areas and training to industry.
We gain more when we give more.
Oct 2008 Frensham Heights School, Surrey - outdoor drama, playground and driveway redevlopment for Middle School
Nov 2008 National Spinal Injuries Centre, Buckinghamshire - rehab garden for occupational therapy unit
Jan 2009 Chilworth C of E Infants School, Surrey - Yr 1 & 2 outdoor learning playground
Jan 2009 Farnham Local Food Initiative - sustainable, wildlife-friendly community allotment site with communal BBQ and children's play area. Designed 2 acre gardens at Runfold, Surrey, to attract volunteer labour, beneficial wild life and prospering soft fruit and vegetables! (on behalf of Transition Town Farnham)
June 2009 Mary Rose School, Hampshire - special needs edible sensory garden and memorial garden
Feb 2010 An Islamic-Mediteranean garden for private clients in Buckinghamshire
March 2010 Museum of Farnham, historic gardens
March 2010 North Islington Nursery School - natural play area including wildlife gardens, stream, natural shade, sensory garden, outdoor theatre. ROSPA described the design as "A well designed and thought out site with good play and educational value. Among the best we've seen. Good use of planting and sensory items (especially pleased to see edible planting)
"While few commodities are truly recession-proof, the nature of the landscape services industry lends itself well to the label: Residentially, it is an upscale, moneyed, discretionary pursuit. Commercially, it is a nonnegotiable value expenditure. In both markets, investment in responsible landscaping is viewed as environmental stewardship. Win-Win-Win."
"Increased awareness in both the public and private sectors of environmental issues are a major driver of landscape installations, making landscaping a source of aesthetic, ecological, and financial improvements."
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