The speaker’s background and his motivation to carry out a research degree will be explained. Then the question of whether it has helped advance his career, and in what ways, is discussed. Last, the speaker addresses some ‘it would be better if’ questions,

My study is of the planting plan, as opposed to the garden plan. How and why did the planting plan become an essential tool to the professions of landscape architecture and garden design? As such, has it been influential in the historic progression of planting style

Charlotte embarked on her PhD journey in 2019, completing it in October 2024.  Her PhD was based at Manchester Metropolitan University although conducted from her home in Scotland where the Mark Turnbull archive was based. This necessitated a ten hour

Finland's post-war cities and reconstruction were influenced by garden architect Katri Luostarinen (1915–1991), who was also Finland's first landscape architecture professor. The PhD presentation focuses on her influences, early career and on nature-based design

I will share a reflective talk about how my time at the University of Sheffield shaped not only my professional life, but also my vision of cities and landscapes as spaces for people and nature. For more than 35 years, our office has carried forward the lessons learned there,

This talk gives an introduction to Inger Wedborn and Sylvia Gibson trained at Swanley, and Ulla Bodorff trained at Reading. Through their projects, writings, and other professional activities, I want to highlight their contributions to the Swedish welfare landscapes.

This talk gives an introduction to the first Swedish women working professionally as landscape architects, especially Ruth Brandberg, who trained at Swanley, and Ester Claesson who visited England several times, and their relation to British education and landscape architecture.

Saira Ali FLI is President Elect of the Landscape Institute and Team Leader of Landscape Design & Conservation at Bradford Council. An award-winning leader in blue-green infrastructure, co-design, and inclusive regeneration

Biodiversity is haemorrhaging while the urban habitat is expanding more rapidly than any other. In this man-made scenario why is there not more proactive focus on making it full of LIFE, when intuitively the multiple benefits of nature are understood?

Difficult early years gave both sisters an enduring appetite for the value of freedom and access to open ground, all based on the idea that the urban poor richly deserved access to nature. From this starting point, we can follow the strands that knit together