Woodland school at Arnos Vale, Bristol

We have been working on an idea for a small woodland school at the local Victorian cemetery.  The idea is to get more people into Arnos Vale Cemetery, which is located close to the centre of Bristol.  A woodland school will provide a location for teaching and practical work with young people.  Activities such as  green woodworking, woodland management and nature exploration will be centred around a shelter, woodyard and new accessible wildlife habitats.  The sketch below shows our inititial ideas, which have yet to be approved by the Trust.

Arnos Vale is an amazing landscape to visit, with something for everyone.  There is an absolute treasure trove of history, with many prominent Bristol people buried there in Victorian mausoleum.  There are war graves of many nationalities, as poor seaman injured at sea sadly died in local hospitals.  There are areas of ancient woodland, woodland flowers, reptiles, butterflies, rare lichens on grave stones, many birds, including buzzards, owls and sparrowhawks, there are badgers, foxes and rumours of deer. 
There are lots of events as well - for more information, go to www.arnosvale.org.uk

Sustainable drainage at Knowle Park Primary

We are just about to start work on drainage and hard landscape design for a new play and allotment garden at Knowle Park Primary.  Last year we designed and obtained planning permission for the garden.  The ground has since been enclosed, slow worms excluded and the ground cleared.  We are now looking to drain the site into a series of planted rain gardens and a wildlife pond.  The photo of the model shows our intentions for the site.

New Project section

We have just launched a 'New Project' portfolio section.  Visit our website for details of exciting and engaging schemes that we are currently working on:
http://www.afla.co.uk/NEW/broad.html