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Plant of the month

Our Good, Bad and Useful plants of the month.

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17 February, 2026
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Building with Nature: Practical design principles for resilient infrastructure

An article by Land Studio Director and Landscape Architect Kate Richards.

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17 February, 2026
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Planning permission for housing project

We have been working on a sensitive and historic site in Bangor, North Wales, which has recently gained planning approval.

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17 February, 2026
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Land Studio's 10th anniversary

Simon Richards, founder of Land Studio, reflects on the company's first decade as our 10th anniversary approaches.

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29 January, 2026
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Kate interviewed by Pro Landscaper magazine

Kate discusses how she champions natural landscapes that bring together people, habitats and communities in the magazine's Public Spaces special.

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15 December, 2025
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Do you need an otter or water vole survey?

Our specialist ecologists can conduct an otter survey at any time of the year to support your development plan, while the optimal survey time for water vole is April - September.

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15 December, 2025
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Plan your 2026 ecology survey now

Our free Ecology Calendar is organised by month and by species with key dates for a variety of ecological surveys and the time to do them for each species.

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09 December, 2025
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New CIRIA SuDS guidance

Land Studio Director Lisa Sawyer was asked to speak at the launch of the new CIRIA SuDS Guidance, Enabling Development: getting SuDS right from the start.

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28 October, 2025
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Public Spaces Expo

Lisa was invited to give a talk about the future of SuDS at Public Spaces Expo, which took place earlier this month at Excel London. 

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28 October, 2025
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Land Studio to talk at The Future of SuDS

Land Studio's Director of Civil Engineering Lisa Sawyer has been invited to join the panel at FutureScape to explore the challenges, opportunities, and best practices for designing SuDS that truly deliver for nature

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01 October, 2025
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Bat survey with extra guest

Our ecology field study was interrupted by an inquisitive visitor

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30 September, 2025
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Welsh garden design revisited

Kate has been back to see how a garden she designed the masterplan for is progressing.

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05 August, 2025
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The service we received was prompt and professional. Lisa efficiently and accurately defined our requirements for a suitable sustainable drainage strategy to serve a proposed new-build dwelling on a unique mountainside site, quickly progressing to a resolved design and successful submission of a SuDS application to the Local Authority SAB.

Amber Yorke, Architect & Director, Yoma Architecture