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The Bench Project, Image © Esther Johnson
The Bench Project explored the use of benches in public spaces. Image © Esther Johnson
18 November 2020

The positive effects of benches in public spaces

Dr Clare Rishbeth's research into the use of benches gave her the title of the UK’s expert on benches. This week, she featured on the BBC One Show, as the programme considered the removal of benches in some cities in the UK.

Capability Brown, Royal Gardener
Cover Illustration: Harewood House from the south, J.M.W. Turner, 1798. Reproduced by courtesy of the Harewood House Trust.
2 November 2020

New book sheds light on Capability Brown’s role as Royal Gardener

Dr Jan Woudstra’s new book, Capability Brown, Royal Gardener: the Business of Place-Making in Northern Europe is published this week (Monday 2 Nov), by White Rose University Press.
Landscape Institute Awards 2020
15 October 2020

Sheffield students nominated for Landscape Institute Awards

Three students from the Department of Landscape Architecture have been nominated for Best Dissertation in the 2020 Landscape Institute Awards.
The four-year research project added ornamental plants to previously bare front gardens in economically deprived streets of Salford (Image: Anna Da Silva / RHS images)
The four-year research project added ornamental plants to previously bare front gardens in economically deprived streets of Salford (Image: Anna Da Silva / RHS images)
6 October 2020

Scientific research shows that greener front gardens reduce stress

Including a few plants in a bare front garden could reduce your stress levels as much as eight weekly mindfulness sessions, new research by the Department of Landscape Architecture in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has shown

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