13th January 2023
Blogs
Connecting children to nature
Children and nature have always been connected, however, with increased urbanisation, many children around the world are growing up without experiencing what nature is and how it works....
7th December 2022
News
Rolling out more Rain Gardens in Waltham Forest
Consisting of over 110m2 of SuDS, as well as tree pits and planters, we've added further locations to their Coppermill scheme to boost its effectiveness, as well as working on new schemes....
13th November 2022
Blogs
Benefits of Office Plants
Adding plants to your work space has a number of benefits including reduced stress and improved productivity, improved air quality and reduced noise levels....
31st October 2022
News
Delivering Suds Planters to 100 of London’s Most Flood Prone Schools
We were awarded the Climate Resilient Schools contract by the Greater London Authority (GLA) to design, build and install approximately 800 planters across London's most flood prone schools. ...
13th October 2022
Blogs
Benefits of investing in a Green Roof
A green roof acts as a sustainable drainage system (SUD), helping to absorb and retain water. This provides an effective strategy for reducing water runoff in urban environments. ...
6th July 2022
News
Haringey’s first official Parklet
Haringey’s first official Parklet was installed in the past few weeks in partnership with Haringey Council, GrowN22 and is supported by the Mayor of London Grow Back Greener fund....
12th May 2022
Blogs
SuDS: the solution to our urban flooding problem?
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and are having a greater impact on our lives. Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin in February 2022 caused devastation to communities across the UK....
25th April 2022
News
Camden Healthy School Streets
We have recently completed several Healthy School Streets in the London Borough of Camden. The restriction applies to both school traffic and through traffic between 8:15am and 9:30am and 3-4pm. ...
5th July 2021
News
Meristem's Parklets Awarded UK's 1st Accredited Mobility Hub
We're delighted that our Parklets in Redbridge have been awarded the UK's 1st Accredited Mobility Hub....
11th October 2019
News
Meristem Projects Win 2 Awards at this year’s International Healthy Streets Summit in Glasgow
We’re delighted to announce that Hammersmith Business Improvement District and Live West Ealing Steer both picked up the coveted awards at this years International Healthy Streets Summit in Glasgow....
2nd October 2019
News
Kensington & Chelsea’s First Parklets Launched on Kensington High Street
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is the latest London council to adopt our parklets. We installed two parklets on the iconic Kensington High Street....
24th September 2019
News
Meristem Helped Deliver UK’s Biggest Ever Car Free Day
Meristem provided car free day packages to the Mayor of London, TfL, City of London, Waltham Forest, Lewisham, Haringey, Hammersmith, Thamesmead, and Tower Hamlets....
27th June 2019
News
Meristem Parklets wins “Global Good Award” for Hammersmith BID
We are delighted to announce that our Parklets in Hammersmith have won an award for its “wider commitment to delivering green spaces, cleaner air and promoting cycling”....
5th June 2019
News
Record-breaking week for Meristem’s Parklets!
Meristem Design further established our status as the leading designer and constructor of Parklets in the UK by installing Europe’s largest Parklet in Perth, Scotland, and beginning the role out of a series of six Parklets in Islington!...
7th February 2019
News
Derelict BT boxes receive a Green Makeover
With a fresh splash of BT red paint we have added a steel planter, 2 large Trachelospermum jasminoides, Vinca minor, Hedera helix and muehlenbeckia to two telephone boxes in Archway, Islington....
16th October 2018
News
Meristem's Business Parklets winner of the Healthy Street Awards
We are delighted our Parklets won a Healthy Streets Award last Friday for the Best Healthy Streets Improvement District Project. ...
26th July 2018
News
Meristem pick up award in recognition of On-Street Community Parklets
We were delighted to pick up an award in recognition of our ‘On-Street Community Parklets’ in the Healthier City category. ...
3rd July 2018
News
Four Hammersmith Parklets Launched this week!
This week we launched 4 of our new community Parklets on Hammersmith Grove, 2 of them even had 3m high Green Pergolas....
2nd July 2018
News
Meristem's Green Gateways into the UK's first ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone)
Hackney and Islington councils are leading the way against air pollution with the UK’s first scheme banning all but the cleanest vehicles from two zones in Shoreditch and Bunhill....
23rd April 2018
News
Meristem Starts Rolling Out Green Screens at Schools as Part of the Mayor's Air Quality Drive
As part of Sadiq Khan’s plans to improve pollution 50 ‘air quality audits’ for primary schools in the worst polluted areas in London have taken place to identify hard-hitting measures to protect the children from toxic air....
8th September 2017
News
Meristem Parklet Shortlisted for the Healthy Streets Awards 2017
We’re delighted to announce our Parklet has been shortlisted for the Healthy Streets Awards. The Parklet forms part of the Shoreditch Low Emission Neighbourhood scheme which is a Tri-Borough collaboration between Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Islington and the Mayor of London. ...
