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Greenstone Design UK are active within the community, organising tree planting events, speaking at environmental seminars, to business leaders and school groups, supporting social and therapeutic horticulture for at-risk young adults. Hospital rehab sensory gardens are designed to suit special needs users and their carers, for minimum cost. We gain more when we give more.
13.01.09 Designed community allotment garden site at Runfold, Surrey for Farnham Local Food Initiative. Provided advice for design of 2 acre gardens to attract volunteer labour, beneficial wild life and prospering soft fruit and vegetables! Drawing up the plan to present at a public meeting on 4th Feb. '09 (on behalf of Transition Town Farnham)
Frensham Heights School, Surrey - outdoor drama, playground and driveway redevlopment for Middle School
National Spinal Injuries Centre, Buckinghamshire - rehab garden for occupational therapy unit
Mary Rose School, Hampshire - special needs edible sensory garden and memorial garden
Chilworth C of E Infants School, Surrey - Yr 1 & 2 outdoor learning playground
"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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Join us for a one day INSET day seminar, full of activities, ideas and resources for teaching outdoors. Held in conjunction with the Forestry Commission at their education centre in the Alice Holt Forest, Bucks Horn Oak, Farnham. Cost £100, including all activities, lunch and refreshments. Suitable for KS1 or 2 . For bookings or more information, please email or phone Helen Wallace on 01420 23 666.
March 29th 2009 Earth Hour
Click here to see how you can be involved in the great switch off Earth Hour 8pm
March 18th : INSET day training for KS1-2 teachers interested in environmental education, Learning Outside The Classroom, and grounds design to support LOTC . Sessions on Setting Up & using Your School grounds, taking the classroom outdoors,Health & Safety & Playground Design. In conjunction with Forestry Commission and First Partnership. LOCATION Alice Holt Forest, Bucks Horn Oak, Surrey, Forestry Commission classroom.
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April 7th: Growing Schools Growing Schools Conference 08 Birmingham
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June 2nd : Andover College INSET Day Grounds Design to support the new Land Based Diploma, in conjunction with Sparsholt College, First Partnership and the Countryside Service. Topics included: The productive and working environments
Central to this theme are the components and finite resources of our natural environment, the influences upon them, how they influence us and how these resources are used.
Water is a finite resource that will become increasingly precious. Using water butts is a good way to show how much water is used on various plant types. As a finite resource butt levels can be directly measured, and plant growth rates can be compared.
Plants and animals
The theme will also consider the care of plants and the care and welfare of animals, and show how their interdependency is manifest in wildlife, recreational and commercial resources.
Simple activities like weeding and pest control in a garden provide opportunities for students to understand the concept of interdependence and potential economic impacts. Field trips will likely still be required, depending on size of school grounds available for livestock.
Theme C Developing the sustainable environment
This theme will explore the impact of people and businesses on our environment, the importance of the sustainable use of our finite resources and how sustainable practices can be implemented.
Sustainability must be at the centre of every school grounds' design. With best practice local examples students will see and live sustainability and thus better incorporate it into their daily lives.
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National School Grounds Week - make the most of your outdoor space and celebrate learning outdoors. Grab your share of the funding, with school grounds high on all political agendas, they are finally being valued as they should be once more.
October 12th Time to end cotton wool culture and get young people out of the classroom
More children and young people will be able to go on educational school trips thanks to new measures slashing red tape and giving teachers more support, Children’s Secretary Ed Balls and Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan said today.
October 14th Learning outside the classroom – how far should you go?
Ofsted’s October 2008 report evaluates the importance of learning outside the classroom and demonstrates that high quality learning outside the classroom is a significant factor in raising standards and improving personal development.
INSET day training for KS1-2 teachers interested in environmental education, Learning Outside The Classroom, and grounds design to support LOTC . In conjunction with Forestry Commission. LOCATION Alice Holt Forest, Bucks Horn Oak, Farnham, Surrey, Forestry Commission classroom. Bookings Phone Helen Wallace: 01420 23 666
November - December 2008 - National Tree planting Week - 26 November to 7 December. This is the best time of the year to plant new trees and large shrubs.
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March 1st 2007: Seminar at Red lion Hotel, Basingstoke for all those interested in sustainable landscape design. If interested in participating or presenting, please contact Gayle Souter-Brown t: 01420 520 960
March 2nd 2007: INSET day training for KS1-2 teachers interested in environmental education, Learning Outside The Classroom, and grounds design to support LOTC . In conjunction with Forestry Commission and First Partnership. LOCATION Alice Holt Forest, Bucks Horn Oak, Surrey, Forestry Commission classroom.
March 22nd 2007: INSET day planning meeting at Woolton Hill School, Newbury, Hampshire. If interested in participating or presenting, please contact Gayle Souter-Brown t: 01420 520 960
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24th April: Speaking at business Seminar, Tadley Chamber of Commerce, Bishopswood Golf Course. Tadley, Hants. Using design to enhance corporate image. Book through www.basingstokenetworking.co.uk |
1st May: Speaking at business Seminar, Basingstoke Networking, Red Lion Hotel, Basingstoke, Hants. Using design to enhance corporate image. Book through www.basingstokenetworking.co.uk
24th May: St Nicolas Infant School, Guildford, Surrey, outdoor classroom presentation
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2ND July: INSET day LOTC training. "Grounds design and how to use them" for KS1 & 2 Surrey, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire schools
in conjunction with First Partnership.
Venue: Woolton Hill School, Newbury. Cost £80. Date TBC. |
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November 22nd-3rd December 2007: National Tree Week is the Tree Council's festival to mark the start of the tree planting season, and a nationwide celebration of trees and woods. National Tree Planting Year 1973 (with its slogan of "Plant a Tree in 73") led to the founding of The Tree Council to bring together organisations working for trees. It ran the first National Tree Week in 1975. Now, up to a million trees are planted each year as a result of this winter festival
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Special Needs Schools need help! Events aimed at this group will benefit anyone in education and environmental design. Topics include sensory garden design - using planting, surfacing, appropriate play structures and interactive features such as water, sound and light (sensory gardens can be designed as environmental study gardens, to suit even modest budgets and tiny spaces) the importance of Sensory Integration and the Mental Health Benefits from Going Green. Other topics by request. Contact us for more details.
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