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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 […]
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The history of Nottingham’s green spaces supports a vision for re-wilding the city and Broadmarsh land, taking it back into Sherwood Forest
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 […]
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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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coming soon – Green Spaces fact files…
The Nottingham Green Spaces Project will shortly be launching a series of 5 Fact Files about different green spaces in Nottingham. The green spaces covered include the Arboretum, the Forest, […]
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Breathing Spaces – the script
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 […]
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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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The Ten Films for Breathing Spaces
Following on from the performances of Breathing Spaces, Excavate made a series of ten short films for the project. Some of these characters could be seen in the show, some […]
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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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