#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)

This is episode 2 of 6 in the podcast series on urban rewilding.My guest is Sophie Thompson, a landscape architect and Director at LDA Design.In this episode we discuss:How wild nature can be brought into city streets and public spacesThe importance of working closely with local communitiesExamples of LDA’s transformations of highly urban spaces into places for people and nature.How to manage the complexities and constraints of working in cities.More about LDA Design and the projects we discuss: LDA WebsiteGreening London's West EndAlfred Place GardensPrinces CircusCambridge Lawn to Meadow projectConnect with Sophie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-thompson-51b4748/Further listening:Listen to all the urban rewilding episodes.Listen to my previous episode with LDA on their Strand Aldwych project: #81: Reimagining Roads as Public Space, with LDACover image of Princes Circus, London by LDA Design. Photo by Studio Maple, used with permission from LDA Design. - - -Subscribe to the Green Urbanist NewsletterPodcast WebsiteWork TogetherGet in touchUrban Wilding HubGatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping toolThe Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.