Great article about a fantastic organisation. The King's Award is well deserved.
I regularly litter the city centre Grey-to-Green planting. More needs to be done to protect this in the longer term as a key feature of Sheffield City Centre's regeneration programme. After the 3 year core investment period where it is managed and maintained by Green Estate the maintenance will be handed over to Amey. They will sub-contract it back to Green Estate on a reduced budget. Which means there will be less money for hand weeding and plant replacement. Sheffield City Council does not have a volunteer strategy for the city centre and one is needed so people can help maintain the green spaces and apply for funding to supplement SCC's shrinking budgets. This will help ensure that the much valued schemes like the Grey-to -Green will be kept to their current standard, continue to benefit the environment and be there for us all to enjoy.
It's remarkable how slowly I am getting used to "King" meaning our reigning monarch. I went into this article imagining that Green Estate were somehow channeling the spirit of Elvis.
Great article about a wonderful place. You can walk up through Norfolk Park, cross the road through the cemetery and up to the Green Estate flowers and the brilliant rhubarb cafe. Re Gray to Green: the planting in town is actually very detailed not carpets of wild flowers round the law courts and below the castle etc. it’s all plants which can withstand drought and is pretty amazing and varied.
This best kept secret of Sheffield deserves wider recognition and consideration in the context of sustainability and how to manage the urban countryside - ten lovely photos - particularly like the artist portrait and log piling. From joy riders to the threat of celeb’ chefs, that’ll make the King sit up and take notice, surely.
Lupins: good. They are leguminous (= capable of taking nitrogen out of the air and fixing it in their roots and subsequently in the earth.) This can aid soil fertility, and is especially useful if you are caring for your soil and your diet by way of crop rotation. Crop rotation is good in so many ways: but notably it lessens the presence of blight and parasites.
Great piece from David and thanks very much to Ted, Roz and the team for blazing a trail with Green Estate. Pleased to see it succeeding in its ambition and being recognised for such. Congratulations to everyone involved. PS hope some of that £2.9m is being spent on repairs & maintenance to the Manor Lodge ( We don’t want another Rose Garden Cafe !) 😉
A King's award from a king who is deeply passionate about the environment to a city that has so much beautiful green space, and the green estate which seems to be such a force for good. A very good news story.
Great article about a fantastic organisation. The King's Award is well deserved.
I regularly litter the city centre Grey-to-Green planting. More needs to be done to protect this in the longer term as a key feature of Sheffield City Centre's regeneration programme. After the 3 year core investment period where it is managed and maintained by Green Estate the maintenance will be handed over to Amey. They will sub-contract it back to Green Estate on a reduced budget. Which means there will be less money for hand weeding and plant replacement. Sheffield City Council does not have a volunteer strategy for the city centre and one is needed so people can help maintain the green spaces and apply for funding to supplement SCC's shrinking budgets. This will help ensure that the much valued schemes like the Grey-to -Green will be kept to their current standard, continue to benefit the environment and be there for us all to enjoy.
It's remarkable how slowly I am getting used to "King" meaning our reigning monarch. I went into this article imagining that Green Estate were somehow channeling the spirit of Elvis.
Great article about a wonderful place. You can walk up through Norfolk Park, cross the road through the cemetery and up to the Green Estate flowers and the brilliant rhubarb cafe. Re Gray to Green: the planting in town is actually very detailed not carpets of wild flowers round the law courts and below the castle etc. it’s all plants which can withstand drought and is pretty amazing and varied.
This best kept secret of Sheffield deserves wider recognition and consideration in the context of sustainability and how to manage the urban countryside - ten lovely photos - particularly like the artist portrait and log piling. From joy riders to the threat of celeb’ chefs, that’ll make the King sit up and take notice, surely.
Bob
Lupins: good. They are leguminous (= capable of taking nitrogen out of the air and fixing it in their roots and subsequently in the earth.) This can aid soil fertility, and is especially useful if you are caring for your soil and your diet by way of crop rotation. Crop rotation is good in so many ways: but notably it lessens the presence of blight and parasites.
As per usual the photography is of excellent standard and does the subject justice.
Great piece from David and thanks very much to Ted, Roz and the team for blazing a trail with Green Estate. Pleased to see it succeeding in its ambition and being recognised for such. Congratulations to everyone involved. PS hope some of that £2.9m is being spent on repairs & maintenance to the Manor Lodge ( We don’t want another Rose Garden Cafe !) 😉
love this article - wonderful to read about all the aspects of our greenest of green cities- so much more than the lovely parks…
Bob's comments are spot on.This is good stuff!
Fascinating stuff, some great photos as well.
A King's award from a king who is deeply passionate about the environment to a city that has so much beautiful green space, and the green estate which seems to be such a force for good. A very good news story.
God Save King Charles.Most certainly my King.
Does the project to grow food for a food bank not still have a plot there? I believe it was called FoodWorks.