Posts by Jonathan Coope
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Green Spaces Fact files – now available
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, […]
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New online exhibition now available
Our exhibition for the 2016 Nottingham Green Spaces project is now available online – to find out more about the history of Nottingham’s ‘enclosure’ parks CLICK HERE or click on […]
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’19th century urban trees: Britain and Europe’ – new article by Paul Elliott
Prof. Paul Elliott has just written a two-part blog entitled ‘Nineteenth-Century Urban Trees: Britain and Europe’ which may be of interest to readers of this Nottingham Green Spaces website. Click […]
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Enclosure Parks tree trail leaflet published
Nottingham City Council, in conjunction with the Nottingham Green Spaces project, has just published a new Tree Trail leaflet giving details of many of the most significant types of trees […]
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New video introductions to Forest and Arboretum
We’ve just produced two new video introductions to the history of The Forest and the Arboretum. They feature John Beckett, Professor of Regional History at the University of Nottingham. Watch […]
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Nottingham Arboretum – a video introduction to its history
A short video introduction to the history of Nottingham Arboretum with John Beckett, Professor of English Regional History, University of Nottingham.
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The Forest – a video introduction to its history
An introduction to the history of The Forest recreation ground in Nottingham, with John Beckett, Professor of English Regional History, University of Nottingham.
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Poetry Competition
The top three poems will each win a cash prize; a further seven will be commended, and all 10 will form part of an exhibition. Entrants can submit up to […]
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Parklands in WW2
By Malcolm Prosser and Jonathan Coope. Early roles for the parks As in WW1, Goose Fair was cancelled pretty much automatically. And in May 1940 the Council refused to overturn […]
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The new project, February to September 2016
The project will run from February – September 2016. The academic team is the same as the original (2013-14) project; the community partners have been expanded to include Framework, ‘Making […]
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