Pictorial Meadows and the Greening of Sheffield: A Grey to Green SuDs Success Story

Sheffield’s Grey to Green scheme stands as the UK’s largest retrofit Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS) project and inner-city ‘Green Street’ – a testament to innovative urban renewal. This ambitious initiative, developed in partnership with Sheffield City Council, reimagined a 1.6km stretch of dual carriageway reduced from four lanes to two, following the construction of […]

The Green Estate Shortlisted for Green Innovation Business of the Year

We’re happy to announce that The Green Estate has been shortlisted for Green Innovation Business of the Year in the 2024 Chamber Business Awards! The British Chambers of Commerce’s annual Chamber Business Awards are considered one of the UK’s most prestigious business awards, with hundreds of high-performing companies put forward every year for the specialist […]

A Vital Part of the City’s Ecosystem: Celebrating Sheffield’s Innovative Grey to Green Scheme

Last month, Tom Hocking from Now Then Magazine spoke to our Landscape Manager Owen Hayman and Roger Nowell from Sheffield City Council about Sheffield’s Grey to Green scheme – the UK’s largest retrofit Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS) project and inner-city ‘Green Street’. The Green Estate/Pictorial Meadows has been involved with the Grey to Green […]