Leeds School of Arts

Landscape Bursary Award

Congratulations Emily Rushby our post graduate conversion student in landscape architecture who has been awarded one of the Landscape Design Associates (LDA) bursaries which celebrates their 40th anniversary.

Emily Rushby

With her ambitious written proposal for urban gardens, Emily Rusby seeks to help owners understand the collective role all this land plays in flood protection, air quality and biodiversity. Owners are invited to ‘lease’ their private garden and monitor its contribution. An app helps them relate its carbon storage capacity to their household’s carbon generation. It also builds community. The judges said: “Emily makes a powerful statement about connecting people and place through landscape. Gardens account for a quarter of urban land, and maximising their environmental value is a trick we are missing.”

Trudi Entwistle

Senior Lecturer / Leeds School Of Arts

Trudi is a senior lecturer in Landscape Architecture. Currently she teaches mainly on the undergraduate programme, and is Level 4 coordinator. Her particular teaching interests lie in the exploration of place through art and spatial design, and the crossing of boundaries within landscape architecture through interdisciplinary teaching.

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