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From prestigious award-wins to exciting project updates – there’s always something happening at The Green Estate!
Congratulations – you’re engaged! What are the next steps? Below is a list of the first four things you should do once you’ve got engaged. (1) Announce your engagement Share the good news with family and friends. (2) Set a budget Determine how much you can afford to spend on your wedding. (3) Choose a […]
The Largest Flood Resilience Scheme in the UK The Green Estate and Pictorial Meadows have been dedicated to delivering innovative urban nature-based solutions for over two decades. Through our ongoing collaboration with the University of Sheffield’s Department of Landscape Architecture, we have gained the expertise necessary to implement these solutions alongside a suite of products […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We’re pleased to announce that restoration works to the pond area in Manor Fields Park were completed on 29 August by The Green Estate staff with help from trainees from the River Stewardship Company. The restoration works would not have been possible without the Friends of Manor Fields Park, who managed to raise £600 after […]