SITE LOCATION

The Firs Botanical Garden is located in Fallowfield, 3 miles south of the main university campus.

PLANTING STRATEGIES LECTURE

Through a tutorial with Andy Sinclair from Vector Design Concepts, the Event will provide an overview into planting strategies, and how planting can be used to create atmosphere. It is important to consider how the planting will vary with the seasons as well as how it will change over time.

Image references:

Oudolf, P. Planting Strategy. [Online image] [Accessed 18th March 2020]
http://www.diptyqueparis-memento.com/en/the-gardens-of-piet-oudolf/


Oudolf, P. Wildflower Planting. [Online image] [Accessed 18th March 2020]
https://www.gardenista.com/posts/10-garden-ideas-to-steal-from-superstar-dutch-designer-piet-oudolf/

PAVING STRATEGIES LECTURE

Groundcover is a very important, and often overlooked, aspect of landscape architecture. Through a tutorial from Andy Sinclair, from Vector Design Concepts, the Event will cover the different forms of paving and the impact of materiality.

LANDSCAPE TUTORIAL: ANDY SINCLAIR, VECTOR DESIGN CONCPETS

One of the Event’s landscape workshops will be run by Andy Sinclair, a landscape architect, who is kindly joining us from Vector Design Concepts. Andy has a varied design portfolio, ranging from gardens and commercial development sites through to large scale masterplanning and public realm schemes. His presentation will provide a ‘crash course’ in landscape design that will assist in the development of our proposal.

Image references:

Vector Design Concepts. Sweet Street, Leeds. [Online image] [Accessed 18th March 2020]
https://www.vectordc.com/2018/10/11/sweet-street-leeds/

Vector Design Concepts. Andy Sinclair. [Online image] [Accessed 18th March 2020]
https://www.vectordc.com/team-member/andy-sinclair/

EXTERNAL CRITIC: JOREN HEISE, URBED

Joren Heise is a landscape architect at Urbed and a LULU design tutor at the University of Manchester. Joren has kindly agreed to attend our mid-event pin up; he will critique our work and offer important advice on how to best progress the project.

Image references:

URBED. Joren Heise. [Online image] [Accessed 18th March 2020]
http://urbed.coop/team/joren-heise

URBED. Hulme Community Garden Centre. [Online image] [Accessed 18th March 2020]
http://urbed.coop/projects/hulme-community-garden-centre-0