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Medal Awarded to Hal Moggridge

Colvin & Moggridge are delighted that Hal Moggridge has been awarded a medal by the Landscape Institute in recognition of his contribution to Landscape Architecture.  He was awarded the medal by current Landscape President, Adam White, during the Landscape Institute’s READ MORE
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Brenda Colvin & Women in Landscape Architecture

We are delighted to see the current debate taking place regarding Women in Construction and the Landscape Institute’s reference to the pioneering role that Brenda Colvin played; as a Landscape Architecture practice that was started by a woman, currently has a female director, and READ MORE
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What would Brown do today? Colvin & Moggridge joint competition winners.

The Capability Brown Design Ideas Competition is a national competition hosted by Natural England and run by the Landscape Institute. Winners were announced at the 2015 LI Awards. 2016 is the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, this READ MORE

Albion Lodge set to expand.

Albion Lodge is a retirement home run owned by the Darwent family. The acquisition of a neighbouring property gave rise to a fantastic opportunity for expanding the home’s facilities. Colvin & Moggridge Director Mark Darwent is in charge of the planning application READ MORE
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Hal Moggridge talks Brenda Colvin.

Colvin’s archive, donated by Hal Moggridge back in February 2014, now resides at MERL (the Museum of English Rural Life). MERL is part of the University of Reading and was most recently the location for a talk by Hal Moggridge on the subject of Brenda Colvin. Hal’s talk READ MORE
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William Morris’s Cotswolds garden featured in Country Life.

“Heaven on earth” was how William Morris described his home at Kelmscott Manor. The restoration of this magical cottage garden, led by Colvin & Moggridge, began in the 1990’s.  Now complete, this Country Life feature provides a fascinating insight into the READ MORE
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Brenda Colvin – A Career in Landscape by Trish Gibson.

Brenda Colvin was not a self-publicist.  She was more interested in doing great work and, as founder member and president of the Landscape Institute, fighting to ensure that landscape architects be involved from the very start – not called in as ‘exterior decorators’ after READ MORE
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