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What’s happening at The Green Estate
From prestigious award-wins to exciting project updates – there’s always something happening at The Green Estate!
On 13 June, Sheffield Foyer celebrated the opening of its new outdoor space created by staff from The Green Estate CIC and funded in part by Brett’s Memorial Fund. Sheffield Foyer, which is run by The Guinness Partnership, provides accommodation, training and support for young people who have been affected by homelessness. The new outdoor […]
In 2024, The Green Estate CIC was successful in receiving a small pot of funding from the National Garden Scheme to help us establish a community forest garden in an underutilised area of the site. The funding enabled us to purchase plants and materials to establish the new forest garden, which was completed in June […]
Britain’s warmest May Day on record was more than just a meteorological milestone-it was an environmental, social and political wake-up call! The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) latest climate adaptation progress report was published in the same week. Its focus is deeply entangled with the May Day election results. Climate adaptation is a national wake up call […]
We’re pleased to announce that the restoration work on the Apothecary Garden at Sheffield Manor Lodge has now been completed! Funded by Tesco Stronger Starts in association with Groundwork, the restoration project has significantly improved the Apothecary Garden, which had started to fall into disrepair over recent years. The Apothecary Garden is very popular with […]
On 8–10 April, The Green Estate staff attended the 2025 University Horticultural Officers’ Conference at Nottingham Trent University. The event was hosted by Horgan Alan, Landscape Services Manager at Nottingham Trent University, and sponsored by Pictorial Meadows. The Green Estate’s Horticulture Innovation Manager, Owen Hayman, delivered a great presentation on the history of The Green […]
We’re delighted to see that photographs of the Grey to Green scheme in Sheffield have been featured as part of the Earth Stories exhibition at King’s Cross. These photos of our staff carrying out maintenance work on Grey to Green were taken last year by Alastair Johnstone-Hack as part of the Climate Visuals photography project […]
On 10 April, The Green Estate hosted Professor Suzanne Rastrick OBE, the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer of NHS England, and other Allied Health Professionals from across the Northeast and Yorkshire region. During their visit, the AHPs went on tours with Alice Jones, TGE’s Head of Green and Resilient Communities, and Owen Hayman, TGE’s Horticulture […]