Category: Pictorial Meadows News
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 […]
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 […]
On 12 July, 27 members of the Professional Gardeners Guild spent a day with the Pictorial Meadows team learning about all aspects of wildflower meadow establishment, design and maintenance. The day started with an introductory presentation by our Production Manager, followed by talks on the principles of meadow maintenance and the sustainable use of herbicides […]
On 16 April 2024, The Green Estate was officially presented with the King’s Award for Enterprise trophy by Dame Hilary Chapman DBE, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire. During the celebration, Dame Hilary was introduced to staff from The Green Estate’s five main departments: Hospitality, Parks, Commercial Landscapes, Heritage, and Business Services. Afterwards, the official […]
In February, Garden Designer Emily Crowley-Wroe won the Society of Garden Designers ‘Fresh Designer’ Award for her Modern Cottage Garden project, which featured Pictorial Meadows’ Purple Haze and Woodland Fringe turf. The turf was used in the garden to create a ‘meadow maze’ designed to ‘encourage slow movement through the fruit trees to a curved […]
Over the past few months, The Green Estate’s Landscape Team have been working hard installing SuDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) in various locations across Mansfield as part of the town’s Sustainable Flood Resilience Project. In collaboration with Arup and Severn Trent, the project aims to improve flood resilience in Mansfield via the creation of rain […]
We’ve been absolutely delighted to have all our hard work and achievements recognised by five different awards this year. Below is a quick rundown of what awards The Green Estate has won in 2023… The King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development On 21 April, it was announced that The Green Estate had been awarded […]