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Garden Places News - A Weekly Bulletin






News 7th May 2008, Issue No.17

A first for Britain

Town square wins urban public space prize

Also in the news...

Parks perk up

Gardens and parks enjoy £11 million lottery windfall

In The Green Room

Martha Schwartz on rethinking urban planning

Trees at the root of design

Trees should not be overlooked in any grand design

A common interest

Open Spaces Society launches Green Alert!

Kids pound the streets

Get ready for walk to school week

A green and pleasant land?

CPRE reveals true loss of England's Green Belt

Diary Dates

19 November 2008
Environment, Well-Being & Healthy Lifestyle
Best Western Stoke-on-Trent Moat House

2 December 2008
The Reality Of Creating Sustainable Communities
Westminster, London

2 December 2008
Landscape and Ecosystem Services
Reading Town Hall

3 December 2008
Remaking Places
76 Portland Place, London

12 December 2008
Wilderness
University of Kent, Canterbury