Glasgow City Council has adopted the Open Space Strategy for the city - a document that will identify and guide how open space can be used to improve health, liveability and the resilience of Glasgow. Read more
Bumper edition - essential reading and the place to keep updated on all things greenspace, including news, funding, events and research. Read more
Our Feb Project of the Month tells the story of an urban community buy out and how committed volunteers are bringing a heritage house and landscape back to life. Read more
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With the dawn of the new decade, the next generation of landscape talent are encouraged to cast their minds to the future and apply with original and well-researched proposals that showcase a passion for landscape. Read more
A campaign has been launched to create a new great park around Cambridge to protect green belt land. Read more
Parks Community UK have launced a new website to support Friends of Parks across the UK. Read more
The Costa Rican Ministry of Culture and Youth project seeks to improve the quality of life of communities surrounding the park through its economic, social and environmental development, offering opportunities for technical, artistic, cultural and environmental training. Read more
In response to the climate and biodiversity crisis RSPB Scotland are looking for a range of biological recorders to get involved in the City Nature Challenge project to compete with other cities around the world to get the most records submitted through the app INaturalist. Read more
The Glasgow Food Growing Strategy will help citizens who wish to grow their own fruit and vegetables. It will include an action plan setting out how the council can support city residents over the next five years. Read more
Scottish Allotments in and around the top 20% of Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation areas can apply for £500 worth of good quality communal tools. Read more
The latest update of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2020 published by Scotland's Chief Statistician. SIMD is a tool for identifying the places in Scotland where people are experiencing disadvantage. Read more
National Lottery Heritage Fund publish rapid evidence review of benefits of parks and greenspaces for people and communities Read more
CHOICES Energy Centre in Owen Square Park in Bristol is a valuable example of where a public park serves as a community energy generator. Read more
As a fore-runner, not just in Scotland but across the UK, Saughton Park in Edinburgh was the original ParkPower project and embodies the newly emerging model of a ‘Low Carbon Park’. Read more
A new natural capital resource launched by Defra today - Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) is a free-to-use online natural capital resource was launched on 22 January Read more
Proposals for an active travel overhaul Pollok Country Park will promote walking, cycling, bus and train travel and are to be delivered in time for the re-opening of the Burrell Collection in 2021. Read more
The Glasgow and Clyde Valley (GCV) Green Network Partnership, together with the Central Scotland Green Network Trust (CSGNT), have launched the Planning for Green Infrastructure brochure. Read more
A report from University College London suggests serious design flaws in many new housing estates including lack of greenspace Read more
Planning Aid Scotland have published a Local Place Plan Guide to share how they think formal Local Place Plans could work. Read more
The Presidio of San Francisco has become the first park in the United States - and America’s first national park site - to achieve the international Green Flag Award® Read more
The Friends of Craigtoun are about to sign a lease with Fife Council to run Craigtoun Park for the next 25 years. Read more
Research shows green choices more common in people who lived in greener neighbourhoods – regardless of where they lived, their age or social background. Read more
SNH publication provides an overview of how nature-based solutions can contribute to Community Planning Partnership Priorities. Read more
More spaces have been made available for the ParkPower Conference on 26 February. Book now! Read more