Andrew Cottage CMLI & Howard Gray

Host 



Andrew Cottage CMLI, Associate Director, Urban Edge 

Andrew is a Chartered Landscape architect with some 28 years’ experience within the private sector. He has worked on a wide range of projects including gateway developments on high profile sites in London; new Forest Schools; urban renewal and historic landscape restoration schemes. More recently he has been working on a new piece of public realm which will act as a catalyst for the development of a brownfield site in Lincoln. This will become phase 2 of a Science and Innovation Park. He has also been working on a new visitor destination in Lincolnshire set within the walled garden of a historic landscaped estate.

 

Speaker 



Howard Gray, PR & Specification Manager, GreenBlue Urban

Howard Gray is the PR & Specification Consultant Team Leader for GreenBlue Urban. He has been planting trees in urban areas for over 40 years and is passionate about ensuring that every tree has the same opportunity of realising its species potential. Understanding the many conflicts, both financial and engineering, with planting in our congested towns and cities, Howard works with designers and contractors to achieve the best result. Having worked on a number of SuDS schemes across Europe, Howard is uniquely positioned to present the GreenBlue Urban vision - enabling sustainable cities through the use of green and blue infrastructure.