Nature and Nurture - Integrating Sustainability in Landscape Design

A Holcim Foundation Awards winner from 2023, the Urban Nature Project at the Natural History Museum in London opens to the public tomorrow, July 18. The project has transformed two-hectares of public garden space in central London to increase biodiversity, accessibility, scientific research, and best practice outdoor nature-learning. Through an ambitious education programme it also encourages people across the United Kingdom to re-engage with the natural world and urban wildlife.

Join us for an engaging evening in collaboration with Monocle’s The Urbanist. Enjoy a panel discussion and tour led by Editor-in-Chief and The Urbanist's host Andrew Tuck at London’s Natural History Museum. Here, you'll meet the design talent behind the Urban Nature Project, a five-acre, globally celebrated new green space, and learn about its pivotal role in educating the public on urban biodiversity. The event is part of the London Design Festival 2024.

Our webinar series shifts to Latin America, and we’re excited to hold our first webinar in Spanish!

Next up – on the topic Urban regeneration: Designing water- conscious cities – we’ll chat with Juan Carlos Cano (Utopía Estrella Iztapalapa, Mexico) and Laura Urueña Serna (Memories of Water, Colombia). They’ll shed light on ecological revival in cities, in a conversation steered by urban planning scholar Andrés Ramirez. Now, more than ever, it is crucial to focus on urban regeneration by strengthening ecological and hydrological systems so as to nurture harmony between the natural and the human made.