Over 20 years of innovation & expertise
We design innovative and impactful nature-based solutions demonstrated in our place and delivered through Pictorial Meadows. Through transforming our own place and working closely with Sheffield University and other landscaping industry partners, The Green Estate team have become nationally-acclaimed experts in nature-based solutions and resilient urban landscaping.
Pictorial Meadows seed and turf products offer expert designed, visual, ecological and robust planting that you can try for yourself. Alongside these premium products we offer landscape consultancy, specialising in biodiverse and resilient Pictorial Meadows, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems, green roofs and rain gardens.
We accept green waste which we use to produce peat-free compost and specialist substrates, used in projects such as ‘Grey to Green’.
Pictorial Meadows
Our customers have been enjoying our range of annual and perennial meadows for over 20 years. They offer a longer season of successional flowering, improved support for biodiversity, and outstanding visual impact.
‘As pioneers in green innovation, The Green Estate are transforming urban spaces with sustainable solutions.’
British Chamber of Commerce, announcing The Green Estate’s as the Nation Winner of the 2024 Green Innovation Award
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Through transforming our own place and working closely with Sheffield University and other landscaping industry partners, The Green Estate team have become nationally-acclaimed experts in nature-based solutions and resilient urban landscaping.
Case Study
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 an outer ring road.
The low-maintenance scheme mitigates flood risk, utilising innovative planting design and specialist substrate, developed and supplied by Pictorial Meadows. The Green Estate & Pictorial Meadows has been involved with the Grey to Green scheme since its inception in 2014 and continues to be maintained by our brilliant Nature-based Solutions Team.
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