‘Finding the Life’ at Darsham Nursery, Suffolk

Students at Darsham Nursery

2^nd year undergraduate landscape architecture and garden design students met Artist and Gardener Jevan Watkins Jones at Darsham Nursery, Suffolk to learn about the forward thinking concept for a new nursery, restaurant and garden.  An artistic approach to planting design, café culture, cuisine and the sales area underpins food growing, and harvesting with an exquisite menu and supports the ideas of regionalism and local economies.  The unique vision for the nursey comes from owners David Kaleel and Willie Williams supported by the interdisciplinary team of growers, gardeners, artists, chefs, and retail experts. 

Nursery in the front garden

Students and lecturers enjoyed homemade cakes and a wonderful lunch, but had to ‘sing for their supper’ engaging in discussion and a fun workshop that considered design ideas for further expansion and developments of the nursery and gardens.  

For more information:

www.darshamnurseries.co.uk
www.instagram.com/darshamnursuries

Steve Terry
Senior Lecturer Landscape at WUC

Open Lecture Series: Ground Control Landscape Architecture Projects

Ground Control Director Matthew Nokes

In the Open Lecture Series 'Landscape Talks' Ground Control Director Matthew Nokes presented his office's philosophy and work approach through a wide selection of projects. Matthew explained their design process through stages for each project and gave valuable insights about the complexities and challenging issues during the process. The variety of the projects from maintenance, landscape construction to landscape architecture design projects showed students and staff that landscape architects are involved in a broad range of  projects and can choose their specialities throughout their careers.

Open Lecture: Thamesmead Development Project

Dr Phil Askew is explaining the project at the WUC design studio.

Dr Phil Askew gave an inspirational talk about the Thamesmead Development Project, London to our undergraduate and postgraduate landscape architecture and garden design students at the WUC design studio. As the director of Landscape & Placemaking at Peabody, Phil is leading the landscape design and management for Thamesmead, London's New Town. In his talk Phil talked through the development history of the Thamesmead and its current situation, challenges and issues. 150 Ha in size, this project is one of the biggest landscape masterplanning projects in the UK and will transfer the landscape into a multi-functional living landscape which is ecologically and socio-economically sustainable new town.

Phil talked about the importance of Natural Capital in his presentation.

Students had the chance to see how green infrastructure development, natural capital assessment and project management concepts were applied into a large masterplanning project. As it is a new project, we all look forward to hearing the next stages of this very important landscape project for the region.