Malvern Springs Uncovered: Nature's Secrets in Landscape Design with Carly Tinkler

Carly is an independent Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). She specialises in high-quality sustainable planning and design informed by landscape and environmental assessment and has done so for over 40 years.

Carly has been responsible for the design and management of projects in the UK and abroad. She advises and acts for governments, LPAs, National Park/Landscape partnerships, commercial clients, organisations, communities, and individuals. She acts as an expert witness at inquiries, sits on design panels, produces landscape/planning design guidance documents, and provides bespoke landscape and visual assessment training. She is a member of Natural England LI and other groups working to influence national policy and judges awards and competitions for the LI. Much of Carly’s work is in neighbourhood planning, helping people develop a more in-depth understanding of landscape and its value.

0:00 Introduction
2:30 Why is Carly opposed to solar farms on agricultural land
4:50 How does Carly go about getting people to understand their landscape
9:40 Carly’s journey
13:00 Malvern Springs, it’s story and activities
23:40 Working with different communities and cultures
29:10 Getting to know your backyard
32:55 Foraging- what, how, when, why
43:50 Churches and other sacred spaces
48:15 Indigenous trees of England
55:00 Environmental Colour Assessment