Health & Wellbeing: Access to Green Space during COVID-19
The current COVID-19 crisis has helped many of us re-evaluate our priorities; in particular, most of us have really valued our green and open spaces like never before. For the lucky ones of us, extra time spent in our gardens, or in nearby countryside has been enjoyable, especially with the periods of nice weather. But […]
The Role of Maintenance in Successful Urban Tree Planting
Unfortunately, the maintenance-free tree has yet to be discovered. However, the correct species choice and an intelligent inspection regime can reduce long term liabilities massively. In this blog we discuss the needs of trees, and what happens if maintenance is skimped on. Once planted, the first couple of years of support and care are critical […]
Utilizing SuDS/LID Tree Pits for Micoplastic Filtration
Pollutants from our urban runoff reaching our oceans is becoming a global problem. Even the most remote areas of the world are seeing washed up detritus – much travelling thousands of miles before being deposited on far away beaches. But what about the pollutants that don’t get washed up? Some of these elements break down […]
Utilizing SuDS/LID Tree Pits for Microplastic Filtration
Pollutants from our urban runoff reaching our oceans is becoming a global problem. Even the most remote areas of the world are seeing washed up detritus – much travelling thousands of miles before being deposited on far away beaches. But what about the pollutants that don’t get washed up? Some of these elements break down […]
Continuing to Adapt to Change
Just 6 months in and 2020 seems to have been one of the most controversial in recent years, pandemic, recession, unrest now overshadow the deadly Australian wildfires at the start of the century. The three named storms “Ciara, Dennis and Jorge” that hurtled across the UK causing tragic flooding and crowning February as one of […]
Enabling Seamless Specification
Did you know GreenBlue Urban offers FREE Urban Tree Planting Design Services? At the start of any new project, planning correctly and including all pertinent parties is crucial to the success of any project. Including properly planned green spaces provide a wealth of benefits, long term tree canopy enables benefits not just for health but […]
Adapting to Change – Healthy Streets
In London and large cities like New York in North America, Nearly 80% public open space is comprised of streets and roads; thoroughfares that for over one hundred years have been dominated by motor vehicles. It wasn’t always so: early motor vehicles had to be preceded by a man with a red flag to ensure […]
What is an Urban Forest?
Guest Post – Kenton Rogers – Treeconomics Urban Forestry is a term which many of us will already be familiar with. But what do we actually mean when we talk about the urban forest? Understanding the definitions involved is important because people have different interpretations of what constitutes the urban forest. Do we mean the […]
Happy Healthy Communities
In our smaller communities Trees are more than just shade and protection, they are jungle gyms for children, a place for children to play and build tree houses. Trees provide beauty, a quintessential past time for many as walking down tree lined streets. The full range of benefits that urban trees bring to humanity is […]
Say Hello to Green Blue Gardens
Now you can simply order your preferred GBU landscaping products from a NEW ONLINE STORE! GreenBlue Urban (UK) Ltd are delighted to announce the launch of their E-Commerce platform:- Green Blue Gardens. Recent events have provided a perfect opportunity to improve our customer online experience. The new platform has enabled access to the most popular everyday […]