Environmental solutions
Increasing the provision of quality greenspace helps people and planet. We have experience in planning and delivering these environments to enable placemaking in the areas that need it most.
What we do
Every greenspace site is different, which is why we specialise in delivering projects according to the needs and opportunities of each. Read more about our expertise across five core areas.
We have been at the forefront of creating, enhancing and managing greenspace across Scotland for the last forty years. We create vibrant natural spaces, specialising in addressing environmental inequality in those urban areas that need it most.
Many existing outdoor spaces, while valuable, too often provide poor levels of amenity and biodiversity. By enhancing these sites, we connect people to nature, offer richer habitats and help to address climate change.
It’s all very well creating fantastic natural spaces but the benefits are limited if they are not easily accessible by all.
We create projects that connect local residents and visitors to valuable greenspace. A central part of this process is to ensure these links cater for people of different abilities and needs.
This might involve broadening pathways, using contrasting colours, or altering gradients. No matter what the requirements are, we’ll listen to people’s needs and factor these into the finished result.
Greenspace that offers facilities for communities to come together to grow their own food has huge benefits for mental and physical health, as well as creating sustainable local produce.
We therefore actively support the creation and development of community growing initiatives and the wider Good Food Nation plans and objectives.
In addition, each year we manage the Scottish Government’s Growing Food Together Fund, distributing grants to help develop community growing projects across Scotland. Since 2010 we have distributed over £2M to nearly 100 different groups across Scotland.
When a key project outcome is better physical and mental health, we can draw on a range of facilities and features, and work them into a new or existing greenspace project.
We design and deliver multifunctional spaces, which help people take exercise, relax in nature, be sociable or learn outdoors. From sports facilities to seating, teaching circles to mixed use paths, incorporating these features adds another dimension to enhancing green spaces for communities.
We work with partners to support them in the development of Green Network, Greenspace and OpenSpace Strategies, translating National and Regional policy frameworks into a local context.
Whether you work in local authority or property development, we can develop your greenspace strategies and deliver the projects to implement them, working closely with communities and local stakeholders to co-design green spaces and networks, secure funding and ultimately deliver them on the ground.
Featured Greenspace Project
This large open space on Avenue End Road in Glasgow had limited value as a featureless mown area. We worked with Glasgow City Council and Seven Lochs Wetland Park to turn this into a community asset that would have real value for people and biodiversity.
Low amenity and biodiversity value
Layout & features
Protecting the water vole population
Wetland & Woodland
The end result
Our Greenspace Services
If you are looking to plan or deliver a greenspace project, we can help. Our services range from individual specialisms to full project delivery and longer term partnerships.
We can provide a complete end-to-end solution, from inception to delivery and ongoing evaluation. This puts us in a unique position to help you develop your initial project idea, maximise its potential, and see it through to completion.
If you’re looking to add expertise or capacity in specialist areas, rather than across a whole project, we can provide services on a stand-alone basis across a number of specialisms.
We can provide key elements of your project, such as contract and grant management, feasibility studies, GIS data analysis and mapping, or any component part of our complete end-to-end solution. Contact us to discuss your requirements.
A great deal of our work is done with long-standing partners, who trust us to advise and deliver on long-term strategies to help achieve big goals on climate, biodiversity and social change.
If you have a vision or long-term objective and need an environmental partner to nurture it over years, not months, we’ll be happy to discuss this with you.
From advice on developing a proposal, to putting spades in the ground, it all starts with a conversation. Contact us to get the ball rolling.
Project examples
We’ve worked to create and enhance greenspace across the country for four decades. Browse the gallery for a selection of our work and visit the projects page for more in-depth examples.
Blogs
Read our selected blogs and project stories related to this area of our work, or browse all articles on our Blogs page.
From feasibility studies to forests, grant management to greenspace, we can help to make your project a reality. It all starts with a conversation, so contact us now to get started.
