Coppice landscapes

Urban Nature Based Solutions

This article first appeared in Landscape Middle East magazine, in May 2025, worded slightly differently. There is a new opportunity arising within landscape/urban design, of delivering Nature Based Solutions (NBS or NbS) to both our urban and rural landscapes.  The design of urban parks, commercial developments and streetscapes need an uplift to become ‘ecosystem communities’

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Coppicing Hazel for Landscape Use

When we talk of coppicing, we think of traditional woodland management, with acres of an evenly aged monoculture of coppice stools. These would be cut in cyclical coupes, typically on a seven to twenty year rotation, dependant upon species and intended use. There is, however, another way to use the method of coppicing (cutting a

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