Category: Pictorial Meadows News
What’s happening at The Green Estate
From prestigious award-wins to exciting project updates – there’s always something happening at The Green Estate!
Creating Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems to improve flood resilience and support biodiversity Summary In collaboration with Severn Trent and various contractors, The Green Estate has been involved with the creation of a £80 million Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS) scheme in Mansfield as part of the town’s ongoing Sustainable Flood Resilience Project. Our Commercial Landscapes […]
On 17 October, The Green Estate was named Small Organisation of the Year at the 2024 Sheffield Business Awards! The Small Organisation of the Year Award recognises and rewards Sheffield-based companies with a turnover of less than £5 million who have demonstrated exceptional performance, growth and innovation. This award honours companies of all ages and […]
Sheffield-based social enterprise The Green Estate CIC has been honoured with the British Chambers of Commerce Green Innovation Business of the Year Award for their pioneering efforts in creating sustainable, resilient urban spaces that support both nature and people. This award recognises their innovative contributions to biodiversity and urban regeneration through projects that are transforming […]
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 […]