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On 8 November, our Parks Team celebrated the opening of the new Woodthorpe Ravine playground with teachers and pupils from Prince Edward Primary School. It was lovely to hear that most of the pupils had already started using the equipment at weekends and after school. The headteacher and form teacher were great advocates for outdoor […]
The Bonfire Night Celebration at Manor Fields Park started in 2010 when the park was beginning to mature as a well-loved and well-used landscape, almost ten years after it had been created. Bret Nuttall from The Green Estate Community Interest Company and Craig Judson from MASKK were two of the key instigators. At the time, […]
Update on SuDS installation in Manor Fields Park. It is designed to ease pressure on Sheffield’s watercourse and sewer network and will support the creation of 148 new homes in the Harborough Rise and Manor Park Avenue areas. It will also create a ‘wetland’ environment that will provide a haven for a diverse range of plants and animals and new walking trails for park visitors to explore.
In this article, Helen, our Head of Commercial Landscapes, highlights some of Pictorial Meadows’ bestselling perennial products over the past year. Pictorial Meadows’ bestselling perennial seed mixes Pictorial Meadows have a range of eight different perennial seed mixes. Each mix is designed around a colour theme or tailored to a specific site requirement. The perennial […]
First of all, we would like to thank you for your patience as we make improvements to the park. The site set-up to deliver the wetland project (Sustainable urban Drainage Scheme or SuDS) is complete and includes a temporary office and welfare facilities. You might have noticed that the fencing covers a large area of […]
The Green Estate Community Interest Company was the recipient of the prestigious Recycling Initiative of the Year award for their groundbreaking Green Waste Recycling Facility
In this article, our Landscape Manager Maddy explores the ways in which Pictorial Meadows’ perennial flower mixes can save you time and effort in gardening. Perennial flower meadows can add vibrancy and colour to any garden, but what is perhaps less well known is how time-efficient and low-effort they are when it comes to gardening. […]