A series of Best Practice Guidance (BPG) Notes on a range of issues affecting the successful establishment of greenspace on contaminated and brownfield land.
The titles in this series have been refreshed in 2014 and expanded in 2015.
- Best practice guidance notes – Introduction (PDF-217K)
- BPG 1: Soil sampling derelict, underused and neglected land prior to greenspace establishment (PDF-3587K)
- BPG 2: Laboratory analysis of soils and spoils (PDF-2940K)
- BPG 3: Do you need to cultivate before woodland establishment? (PDF-1079K)
- BPG 4: Loose tipping (PDF-2049K)
- BPG 5: Imported soil or soil-forming materials placement (PDF-894K)
- BPG 6: Application of sewage sludges and composts (PDF-3242K)
- BPG 7: Fertiliser application (PDF-1961K)
- BPG 8: Native and non-native trees: why and how to choose (PDF-1910K)
- BPG 9: Maximising biodiversity (PDF-1957K)
- BPG 10: Tree seeding (PDF-2035K)
- BPG 11: Weed control (PDF-3498K)
- BPG 12: Protection of trees from mammal damage (PDF-2409K)
- BPG 13: Complete cultivation (PDF-2425K)
- BPG 14: Working with the historic environment (PDF-3558K)
- BPG 15: Wildflower meadow creation and management in land regeneration (PDF-1600)
- BPG 16: Lowland acid grassland creation and management in land regeneration (PDF-1776k)
- BPG 17: Lowland neutral grassland creation and management in land regeneration (PDF-3550k)
- BPG 18: Lowland calcareous grassland creation and management in land regeneration (PDF-1880k)
- BPG 19: Soil preparation for the creation of species-rich grassland habitats (PDF-3040K)
- BPG 20: Drought-tolerant tree species for land regeneration (PDF-273k)
- BPG 21: Climate change and land regeneration (PDF-383k)
Please visit the Forest Research Publications page to view all our additional publications on land reclamation and urban trees and greenspaces.