Future Landscapes Trust

25/03/2026

02/12/2025

01/12/2025

🌊 Working WITH Nature to Stop Flooding!
Join the Future Landscapes Trust as we install cutting-edge river flow and level meters in Marsham Valley, East Sussex—a game-changer for predicting floods and protecting our community at Pett Level!

01/12/2025

Are our century-old methods of flood defence actually making the problem worse? For generations, we’ve treated our landscape like a raincoat—building concrete channels to flush water away as fast as possible. But as floods continue to devastate communities, the Future Landscapes Trust is proposing a radical shift: we need to stop fighting water and start working with it.

In this video, we explore the concept of Natural Flood Management (NFM). Instead of rigid engineering, NFM uses nature’s own toolkit—leaky barriers, woodlands, and healthy soil—to turn our landscape back into a giant sponge capable of soaking up the rain.