Rip It Up (and start again)
I’ve always felt that different sectors should collaborate and share expertise far more than they do. Seeing how someone else completes a task might just be the trigger you need to solve a problem in your practice, or simplify a process. There may not be an...
Take Me to the River
I love this beautiful and thought provoking film about river restoration by Canadian charity Central Westcoast Forest Society based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. They really seem to have understood the complex mix of ecological and cultural issues tied up...
Beautiful Day – World Water Day
Today marks the 20th World Water Day, an annual event held on 22nd March. Designated by the United Nations the day is designed as “a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater...
Absolute Beginners
I first met Bernie Mitchell at a Be2camp event and I’d always felt that he was about ten steps ahead of me in his use of social media. If it took signing up for a course to find his secret it was a price I was willing to pay. So this week I found myself in the...About Me
My name is Claire Thirlwall and I’m a chartered landscape architect. I run Thirlwall Associates, a landscape architecture consultancy based in Oxfordshire.
I work with architects, engineers, planners, project managers and other construction professionals. I also work as a sub-consultant to other landscape architects.