Imagine a meadow brimming with wildflowers, bees humming between blossoms. If a new development is planned there, BNG ensures that the habitat is not only replaced but improved elsewhere—perhaps through rewilding a nearby plot, planting new woodlands, or restoring wetlands.
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is reshaping the way we think about development. It’s a principle that ensures any new project—whether a housing estate, a retail park, or a road expansion—leaves the natural environment in a better state than before. But
Atmosphere is a kind of mood felt within an environment, a characteristic feeling that encapsulates the space, like a sphere of meaning or identity.
Landscapes have feeling. Gardens have atmosphere. Our experience of space is essential to our creation and evaluation of it. In these regards, the philosophy of phenomenology provides a salient perspective.
Landscapes have feeling. Gardens have atmosphere. Our experience of space is essential to our creation and evaluation of it. In these regards, the philosophy of phenomenology provides a salient perspective.
Plant communities for you and me. In light of our need to be immersed in plant-life and for it to be ubiquitous, how can we achieve this on a sustainable level? How does landscape and garden design need to respond?
The impact of changing weather patterns on landscapes and gardens will encompass a broad range and some gardeners may view them as favourable in some respects, while others will disagree.