Landscape of Communities - FOLAR Symposium 2023

0:00:00 Introduction to FOLAR, Annabel Downs
0:04:12 Introduction and Symposium Chair, Carolin Göhler
0:10:18 Leah McNally
0:51:26 Guy Redmond
1:30:05 Jan Woudstra
2:13:45 Helen John
2:54:30 Sarah Cooke
3:11:09 Questions and Answers
This FOLAR Symposium is on Landscape of Communities. These are seen as amenity landscapes which respond first to the wishes and ways of the local community, whether local residents or workers. The speakers are Leah McNally of the London Wildlife Trust on their community involvement; Guy Redmond of Leaves of Green on their work for schools and parish councils on nature based green space; Jan Woudstra on the work of the landscape gardener Robert Marnock and his concept for the Ladbroke Grove Housing development in the mid nineteenth century; Helen John on the Crossbones Graveyard and Garden of Remembrance, an intergenerational legacy concerning her work for the Bankside Open Spaces Trust in Southwark; and Sarah Cooke from the Groundwork Trust on their work with communities in North London. One theme for the FOLAR symposia is how the past can inform the present and the future. This symposium offered full opportunity for discussion with question time after each talk and a general discussion with the speakers at the end of the day, so everyone can have the opportunity to speak.