Our Green & Pleasant Town
by Karen Winyard “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade” as the saying goes, (although in my house we make G&T instead). And that’s just what FONA did when handed […]
by Karen Winyard “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade” as the saying goes, (although in my house we make G&T instead). And that’s just what FONA did when handed […]
Plans to transform and re-wild the land formerly occupied by the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre and bus station in Nottingham supported by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust in consultation with Influence Landscape […]
The Nottingham Green Spaces Project has now launched 5 Fact Files about different green spaces in Nottingham. The green spaces covered include the Arboretum, the Forest, smaller parks, the walks, […]
The current coronavirus crisis has highlighted the crucial role of green spaces play in our daily lives – whether for exercise, meeting people, relaxation or wellbeing. In recent weeks, some […]
In July 2016 the Green Spaces Project staged performances of Breathing Spaces, a play specially commissioned for the project, written by Andy Barrett, produced by members of Excavate and performed by […]
Here’s a selection of some of the events that happened during the Green Spaces Project.
continue reading →The photograph above shows crowds on the Forest in 1897 attending diamond Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria (with grateful acknowledgement to www.picturethepast.org.uk). This theme includes: horse racing, the development of […]
continue reading →The illustration (above) was part of a controversial leisure centre proposal, suggested for siting on The Forest in the 1990s. The project was much contested at the time and never […]
continue reading →The photograph above shows the bell tower in Nottingham Arboretum. Designed by Nottingham’s borough engineer Marriott Ogle Tarbotton in 1857, the monument features two cannons captured in 1853 during the […]
continue reading →The photo above is taken near the bird cages in Nottingham Arboretum (with grateful acknowledgement to www.picturethepast.org.uk). This theme includes: green lungs as a counter to industrial pollution, cemeteries, influence […]
continue reading →The photograph above shows a selection of the trees in Nottingham Arboretum. This theme includes: the ‘picturesque’, importation of exotic trees and plants, the role of commercial nurserymen, the influence […]
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