The interaction between human activities and the natural world presents never-ending challenges to conserve, create and maintain a high quality environment in which to live.

We can provide the skills to survey and assess the features and character of landscapes. We can design creative solutions to conserve or enhance the landscape, meeting the needs of users of new development whilst respecting existing environmental resources.

We have specialist skills in landscape assessment, the masterplanning of major projects, landscape design, river restoration and urban design. In addition we are one of the leading historic landscape appraisal consultancies in the UK (please see our Historic Landscape page), and can provide advice on Heritage Lottery Fund. and other grant sources (please see Grants and Funding page).

Our computer aided design and graphics software (please see our Digital Design page) allows us to produce very high quality plans, maps, graphics and photomontages to illustrate our proposals.

The skills we can provide include:

• Masterplanning, urban design and landscape masterplanning
• Landscape and vegetation surveys, assessments and appraisals
• Landscape Character Assessments
• Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments
• Public Inquiry expert witness
• River restoration advice and design
• Advice on sustainable urban drainage ('SUDs') design
• Historic landscape advice
• Hard and soft landscape design including bioengineering
• Preparation of landscape specifications and contract documentation
• Landscape contract administration and site supervision.
• Preparation of landscape management plans
• Computer generated photomontage preparation

We are fully conversant with the requirements of the CDM Regulations.

Our projects include:

• Priory Vale, Swindon; a 260 hectare mixed use development
• Bath Western Riverside; a major urban regeneration project
• Toome Bypass; a strategic new road in Northern Ireland
• Meadowbank Quay; a high quality riverside regeneration project
• Bristol Zoo Gardens; the enhancement of one of the city's leading attractions
• Calne Town Centre; a sensitively restored river and associated urban environs
• Tunes Offshore Wind farm; a proposed major renewable energy source