Tom’s previous blog quite rightly warned that we shouldn’t be too quick to cut down trees. Well what have I been up to this winter?… Read the rest
Author: Alison Galbraith
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The self-renewing power of trees by Isla Denton-Thompson
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‘A little Taste of Tuscany’ by Isla Denton-Thompson
Read Time:1 Minute, 53 SecondWhen you think of Tuscany what do you picture? Rolling hills draped with vineyards, neat rows of gnarled olive trees, pretty stone villas glimpsed through lines of sculptural pines and pointed cypress trees, oak laden hilltops where khaki clad locals hunt for boar, ridges with dusty jagged open mines bitten into their sides? … Read the rest
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Lawns: what are they good for? by Paul Strugnell
Read Time:3 Minute, 43 SecondEvery man’s home is his castle and every man’s lawn is his bowling green/golf course/football pitch/nemesis (depending on your choice of sport, or lack of it).… Read the rest
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Important changes to BS relating to trees by Bernie Harverson
Read Time:4 Minute, 32 SecondArboriculturist Bernie Harverson who works independently from our offices (but is a frequent Terra Firma sub-consultant) has offered some useful insights into the latest BS on trees; these are inevitably important considerations for landscape architects:
Without much prior warning or pre-issue seminars on 30th April 2012 we in the ‘Arb World’ had British Standard 5837:2012 thrust upon us and for a while there was a mad panic to get our heads around it.… Read the rest
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The Merry Month of May
Read Time:1 Minute, 20 Secondby Alison Galbraith
May is always my favourite month of the year. There is my birthday, the FA cup final, the cricket season gets going in earnest, the days are getting longer and the weather is often quite beautiful. … Read the rest
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First ten years at Terra Firma! by Alison Galbraith
Read Time:1 Minute, 22 Second‘Twas a crisp winter day in 2002
When the Galbraiths came to town,
From the high desert plain (via the New Forest) they came,
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Poetical Design? by Paul Strugnell
Read Time:2 Minute, 36 Second“I started off on these town tours, some months ago, full of hope. I come back at the end of them sadly depressed”.… Read the rest