Education Landscape Architect Design
- Ruskin College – In 2008, Portus + Whitton were appointed to design a new garden around the proposed refectory in the historic kitchen garden with its unique 18th century crinkle crankle wall.
The design recreates elements of a working kitchen garden with food plants and herbs in an informal contemporary layout as a setting for the café terraces.
Following the success of this project, Portus + Whitton were appointed to masterplan the entire college grounds as part of a redevelopment project. Ensuring the retention of protected and cherished veteran trees has been an important element of our work within this multi-disciplinary project.
Both these projects have been managed from outset with stringent sustainability targets and accessibility as a priority. - Dinosaur Garden, Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock - Implementing the design and build of this exciting project, opened in May 2009. The historic walled garden provides a setting for the display of fossilised megalosaur footprints discovered and relocated from Ardley Quarry, near Bicester, along with appropriate Jurassic planting, to be complete with a commissioned life-size model dinosaur to awe and inspire young visitors.
- Springfield School, Witney, Oxfordshire - Planning and landscape design for an innovative combined primary and special needs school, with W S Atkins for Oxfordshire County Council.
- Sydenham Family Centre, Bridgewater - Hard and soft external design for community educational / recreation centre for children and parents, with architects David Hutchison Partnership.
- Beechen Cliff School, Bath - soft landscaping scheme for new science block, with architects David Hutchison Partnership.
- St Johns School, Marlborough - outline proposals for new £5 million Arts and Sports facilities for community use, with architects David Hutchison Partnership.
Community Landscape Design
- Westminster, London – External design for prestigious government offices for planning and listed building approvals.
- Law Courts, Salisbury - External design for prestigious magistrates court for planning approvals.
- Cirencester town centre - Redesign and refurbishment of pedestrian spaces, street furniture and planting.
- St Aldates Church, Oxford – design and implementation of new public open space and enhanced street frontage to city centre historic site.
- Bristol – Urban Design Statement, landscape and infrastructure proposals for a 15 Ha development.
- Cirencester, Glos - Masterplan competition winners for Pedestrianisation scheme for town centre.
- Lechlade, Glos – redesign of town centre for improved Traffic and environmental improvement scheme.
- Cirencester, Glos – detail design comments and drawings for improvements to road system approaching Town Centre for Cirencester Civic Society.
