News & Blogs

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....
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7th December 2022
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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....
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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....
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31st October 2022
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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. ...
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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. ...
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6th July 2022
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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....
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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....
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25th April 2022
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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. ...
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5th July 2021
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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....
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11th October 2019
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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....
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2nd October 2019
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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....
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24th September 2019
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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....
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27th June 2019
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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”....
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5th June 2019
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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!...
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7th February 2019
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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....
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16th October 2018
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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. ...
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26th July 2018
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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. ...
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3rd July 2018
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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....
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2nd July 2018
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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....
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23rd April 2018
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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....
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8th September 2017
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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.  ...
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