We had a great day on 20th July as part of our #LI90 celebrations! The day started off with a design workshop, where attendees made models out of natural and recycled materials. We followed this with guided walks around Bute Park and the Secret Garden plant nursery, and ended the day with a LI members social and plenty of cake! Thank you to everyone that was involved and attended the event. … Read full story
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FollowSubmit your images of your favourite landscape or landscape project to mail.wales@landscapeinstitute.org Closing date for submissions is Wednesday 1 April 2020 Images can be urban or rural, historic or present day The Photo Gallery will appear on the LI Wales website. A ‘People’s Choice’ Award will be open for votes for on the website after 1 April 2020 and awarded a mystery prize at the AGM in April 2020 The best images will also images displayed at the AGM in … Read full story
Dear LIW members, The Landscape Institute is celebrating its 90th birthday this year. I’m contacting you on behalf of the LI’s Wales Branch (LIW) to let you know about our celebration event. LIW is inviting every branch member to plant a tree, with the aim of having at least 90 trees planted across Wales. We’ve written to registered landscape practices in Wales and nurseries in Wales and England to ask for donations of trees, stakes and ties. We’ve requested … Read full story
A conference to be held by kind permission of the newly re-opened Garden Museum Monday 5th June 2017, London For more information on the event please click on the following link: GTC20FlierFinal For booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mid-to-late-c20-designed-landscapes-overlooked-undervalued-and-at-risk-tickets-29044240104 … Read full story
!! SAVE THE DATE !! LI WALES AGM and PUB QUIZ Tuesday 25th April 2017, from 6:00pm Central Cardiff (venue to be announced shortly) We will be hosting our Branch Annual General Meeting on the 25th April for LIW members, and to bring a little fun to the occasion we will also be hosting a Pub Quiz with prizes, FREE drinks and a buffet after the meeting. At the AGM we will be voting in LI members to the … Read full story
About this event The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and The Landscape Institute Wales (LIW) are co-hosting this lecture. Greener Grangetown is sustainable drainage scheme located in an existing urban area of Cardiff, South Wales. The design maximises the use of green infrastructure to future proof the drainage network; providing climate change resilience whilst also delivering enhanced public spaces, promoting sustainable travel, and improving ecology. An integrated approach to drainage design stems from a unique collaborative … Read full story
One of the School of Geography and Planning’s 50th anniversary celebration events, ‘Changing Landscapes: people, places and politics in the Valleys’ will open a debate about the changing socio-economic, environmental and political landscapes of the Valleys. Professor Kevin Morgan, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, will chair this event and speakers from Cardiff University, the Bevan Foundation, The University of South Wales and Welsh Government will explore the present state and future options for the Valleys. When: … Read full story
UKELA is running an event on the evening of the 20th September in Cardiff on the Planning Act / future of planning law. With talks by: Huw Williams, Geldards The Implementation of the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 Charles Mynor, The Law Commission The Future of Planning Law in Wales DOWNLOAD FLYER: Planning Event WWP BOOKING: http://ukela.sym-online.com/walesplanning2016/default.htm … Read full story
In partnership with Bay Art and Ruthin Craft Centre, the Design Commission for Wales will be running an exhibition at Bay Art gallery in Cardiff Bay from 10th – 24th September. DOWNLOAD FLYER: Captured Moments Reflected Spaces Please join the DCfW for the opening of the exhibition at 4pm on Saturday 10 September, with architect Chris Loyn. And on Wednesday 21st September at 5.30pm, Rhian Hâf and architects featured in the exhibition will be in conversation with Carole-Anne Davies. … Read full story
Join us and the LI’s President to help celebrate the 300th anniversary of Capability Brown’s birth with a lecture and tour detailing Brown’s controversial works at Cardiff Castle. Lancelot (Capability) Brown has become known as “England’s greatest gardener” through his work as a landscape architect. He designed over 170 parks, many of which still exist, and the anniversary celebrations are being held throughout the UK. The green of Cardiff Castle is one of the few sites Brown worked at in … Read full story