Welcoming Neil Blackmore, Senior Landscape Architect
Welcoming Neil Blackmore, Senior Landscape Architect, an insight into some of his career highlights and the valuable experience he brings to the team… Please can you tell us about your career journey so far: What drew you to landscape architecture? My journey into landscape architecture began with a love for…
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Valuable insights at JBA – developing practical skills
At JBA, we provide regular work placements and experience for students and aspiring landscape architects, ecologists, and future arboriculture experts. These opportunities allow us to nurture potential talent while enabling students to gain hands-on experience and practical skills in a professional environment. In this blog, a West Suffolk student shares…
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Creating Serene Spaces: The art of landscape design in retirement communities
James Blake Associates works with clients specialising in the retirement living sector, including Churchill Retirement Living and Planning Issues. We are regularly commissioned as their lead Landscape Architect to assist with the planning process through to construction completion. This includes initial concept and strategic level landscape constraints and opportunities, detailed…
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Weed Eradication – Combatting the dreaded Japanese knotweed!
Japanese Knotweed, an invasive species, can quickly take over your property, ruin a development scheme and cause major damage to native plants, structures and landscapes and costly delays on a project. It can single-handedly make or break buying or selling a property so call our rapid response professional weed control…
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JBA’s case study is featured in this year’s RIBA London directory
We are thrilled to be featured in @RIBALondon RIBA London 2024 directory out this week alongside our friends CZWG Architects and Vistry Partnerships on the Oaklands Rise scheme #London. Our landscape design team were proud to be part of this major regeneration scheme – the first of its kind within…
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An interesting insight into working in JBA’s ecology team – bats, invertebrates, butterflies and irrigation issues!
What are you studying and how do you feel your time at JBA has benefitted you? I am currently in my final year at the University of Suffolk studying BSc (Hons) Wildlife, Ecology and Conservation Science. During my time with James Blake Associates Ltd, I have gained a wide range…
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A Birds Eye View from our ecology team…
This month we are taking a bird’s eye view of our ecology team and track down what they’ve been up to and homing in on and where they really want to be to catch the next wildlife spectacle! Field ecologist at James Blake Associates, Harry Hirst, tells us about the…
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Don’t let planning freeze on trees
– warm wishes from our arb team
Top tips for greater planning success with our expertise on trees. Hopefully with the cold weather behind us, we extend some warm words from our friendly arb team here at James Blake Associates. Call us for a free quotation to meet your arboricultural needs and achieve greater planning success With…
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A Christmas message from our Chairman, James Blake – our founder reflects on fond memories on the business as he embarks on his semi-retirement..
As the end of the year is nigh and our Chairman, James Blake, will be taking a step back from the business, although still on hand for training, advice and support. Our Founder reflects on his fond memories and how it all began here at James Blake Associates (JBA) and…
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