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Celebrating 300 years of landscaping genius Throughout 2016 the work of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown will be marked with a festival of events, celebrating his life, work and legacy in the year of the 300th anniversary of his birth. Brown’s rich legacy of work ranges from Highclere Castle, the fictional home of Downton Abbey to the well-known estates of Chatsworth, Blenheim and Stowe, to hidden gems such as Milton Abbey, Weston Park and Compton Verney. In 2016, there will be a range of events for everyone to enjoy - from the most ardent of fans, to those that know nothing of his work but simply enjoy stunning landscapes. Some highlights include the opportunity to tour the grounds of Belvoir Castle, where a lost Brown design was recently rediscovered
and implemented; his first and last known commissions; his longest commission; and some of his crowning achievements. The Capability Brown Festival 2016 has been funded by a £911,100 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and is managed by the Landscape Institute. Festival Director Ceryl Evans said: “Brown’s work was groundbreaking. He blended art and engineering, and moved mountains of earth and villages, to create beautiful naturalistic landscapes which are still much admired today, 300 years after his birth. “ A prolific landscape architect, Brown is associated with more than 250 sites across England and Wales, with many more parks and gardens around the world inspired by his work.
Zaun opens gates to Thames Water Perimeter fencing expert Zaun has installed trackless bi-folding automatic speed gates at a Thames Water administration building. The vehicle gates – which incorporate live-monitored safety edges, dual height safety photocells and manualdisengaging vertical infill bars – have replaced old rising
arm barriers at Kemble Court, Thames Water’s Operations Management Centre in Reading. Zaun also installed an adjacent pedestrian turnstile with a passage for bicycles and integrated the installation into existing fencing with 1.8m high HiSec fencing. Zaun
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Capability Brown is a name well-known in gardening and landscaping circles, but among the general public his work and influence is less well-known. The Festival aims to address that gap as many of our best loved country houses are set as jewels in the wonderful landscapes he created, but often we recognise them for their architecture but sideline what makes them even more splendid – their amazingly landscaped and seemingly natural settings. Three centuries after Brown’s birth, the Festival presents a unique opportunity to take a fresh look at how the father of landscape architecture shaped the nation’s countryside. Capability Brown Festival Enquiry 1
Growing concern from industry after Spending Review The Chancellor’s Spending Review proposals on welfare and housing may have grabbed the lion’s share of headlines, but the impact on the ground care industry is no less significant. As Mark Camley, chair of The Parks Alliance, the national voice of UK parks, said the review puts even more pressure on Local Authority budgets and their ability to provide and maintain the quality parks that we all rely upon. “The concern of everyone that loves, uses and runs their local park is the impending risk of closures, sell-offs and a drastic
drop in quality of our green spaces, which have improved so much over the past 20 years,” he added. “The Parks Alliance wants to work with the Government, local authorities and others to tackle this crucial issue and protect our parks for future generations.” James Allen, head of policy at the Sport & Recreation Alliance, pointed to some good news - the Sport England grant in aid budget will increase and the 2017-21 budget will be very similar to 2013-17, which represents a much more positive scenario than many had anticipated;
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UK Sport budget will rise significantly; UKAD’s funding will be maintained; and funding for the Sports Grounds Safety Authority will be increased. “There are some notes of caution – first, let’s wait and see more of the detail and secondly we need to wait to hear more about what happens elsewhere – including in local government and public health spending (with likely cuts of around 4% a year announced),” he said. “The point we have been making through the #GetYourKitOn campaign and for much longer than that is that sport, recreation
and physical activity should have a more prominent role in government policy. “Getting the population more active is not a ‘nice to have’ and we have made the argument that the long term investment in our ‘hard’ infrastructure should be matched with equal attention and investment in our most important infrastructure asset of all – our population. Without tackling the inactivity crisis, we cannot have a more productive, skilled, higher wage workforce.” The Parks Alliance Enquiry 3