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AWARD WINNERS

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INTRODUCTION

LANDSCAPING – A £6.8 BILLION FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH The 2018 BALI National Landscape Awards in association with headline sponsor Green-tech have once again provided a window to the outstanding achievements of members of the British Association of Landscape Industries – the UK’s premier trade body for landscape professionals.

BALI Registered Contractors, Designers, and Affiliates (product and service suppliers) across the UK, and internationally, are delivering some of the most innovative, inspiring and technically challenging landscape schemes in the World.

Their work impacts every strata of life, as evidenced by the variety of projects that have won BALI Awards this year.

horticulture sector, have shown the landscape services industry to be by far the largest in the horticulture sector in terms of its direct contribution to GDP £6.8 billion/annum; the number of direct jobs its supports – 196,300; and the tax revenues it delivers to the Exchequer - £880m/annum. Out of the seven industries included within the research report’s definition of the horticulture sector, Those of us working in the landscape services accounts landscape industry have never for 55% of GDP contributions, doubted the major contribution 53% of jobs, and 35% of tax it makes to the economic wealth revenues. Establishing the size and health and wellbeing of of our industry is key to our our country. Yet, despite the lobbying strength and we will industry’s size and impact, we use this up-to-date information have had to shout louder than to help us achieve the key ‘asks’ some other industries to be of Government detailed in the heard on issues such as the post-APPGHG Inquiry report. We skills shortage, training and are, most certainly, now a force recruitment, and the importance to be reckoned with. of providing adequate funding for the upkeep of public parks As we celebrate another and other green space. successful Awards ceremony we must offer our sincere This year, however, inthanks to the Chairman of the depth independent research Adjudication Panel, Greg Allen, commissioned by the and his team of judges who have Ornamental Horticulture Round spent countless hours travelling, Table Group, and the All-Party judging and deliberating to Parliamentary Gardening and reach their list of winners. It Horticulture Group inquiry into is their individual professional the future of the garden and reputations that encourage more BALI National Landscape Awards 2018

and more BALI members to enter each year.

And finally, without the financial support of headline sponsor Green-tech and our other industry sponsors listed on page 7 of this brochure, the wonderful celebration at Grosvenor House would not be possible.

We are indebted to you all and thank you for helping BALI to showcase its members’ work and raise the bar ever higher.

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ADJUDICATORS

Horticultural College in 1976 to study Landscape Management before joining Comtec (UK) Ltd in the role of Contracts Manager. Promoted within the Company to oversee Erosion Control projects on an international basis, operating in Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, Singapore & Malaysia.

GREG ALLEN CONSULTANT AND PAST SENIOR LECTURER Currently active in the wider industry as a consultant, Greg Allen was a Senior Lecturer in Landscape Studies at Writtle College in Essex for 25 years, specialising in plant knowledge, landscape construction and contract management. He was curator of grounds for 13 years at Writtle and played a key role in developing landscape teaching and the decorative gardens at the college. No stranger to Chelsea and Hampton Court, he has led many student groups to win a clutch of Gold and Silver Gilt medals for small and large show gardens. Greg plays an active role in BALI as the Chairman of the Adjudication Panel for the National Landscape Awards. He is also a former vetting officer and adjudicator in landscape disputes.

JOHN MELMOE FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MULTI AWARD WINNING WILLERBY LANDSCAPES, CONTRACTORS FOR THE OLYMPIC PARK AND JUBILEE PARK PROJECTS John attended Merrist Wood

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In 1984 he was recruited to assist former Colleagues in the establishment of a landscape contracting company trading as Willerby Landscapes Ltd. Working with a close knit Management Team the reputation & stature of the Company has grown year on year. Under his Stewardship Willerby’s have achieved an unprecedented six BALI Grand awards & numerous Principal awards. The Company regularly constructs Gold medal winning gardens at Chelsea Flower Show. In 2005, as recognition of his contribution to the industry, he was made an honorary member of the Kew Guild.

UK and internationally, more recently in the Ukraine, Poland and Crimea. The recipient of numerous awards including RHS Gold medals, Robin is co-director of the Garden Design School and also lectures on the subject of garden and landscape design.

He is a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers, a BALI Registered Designer and former BALI board director, and a certified member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (USA).

He has been on the BALI Awards adjudication panel since 2005.

JASON LOCK HEAD OF DESIGN AND BUILD, BOWLES & WYER Jason Lock recently joined Bowles & Wyer as Head of Design and Build, formerly director and owner of Deakinlock Garden Design he has has been working in the industry for 30 years. A former director of Notcutts Landscapes he has a wide ROBIN TEMPLAR WILLIAMS knowledge of both design AWARD WINNING and construction, he became INTERNATIONAL GARDEN a Registered Member of the AND LANDSCAPE DESIGNER, Society of Garden Designers in DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL 1994, servicing on it’s committee OF GARDEN DESIGN SCHOOL. for 2 years; Jason was also Robin’s career in landscaping Chairman of the Association of began in 1979 and after Professional Landscapers for 10 gaining ten years’ practical years and CEO for 2 years. He experience building and became a Registered Designer planting gardens he with BALI in 2010 and has taught progressed into design. at the London College of Garden As managing director of Design. Jason has also won Wiltshire-based landscape numerous awards throughout design practice Robin his career to date including Williams & Associates, he now RHS Chelsea, Hampton Court, specialises in private gardens Gardeners World, APL Awards and landscapes, both in the and Principal BALI Awards.

PETER JENNINS OBE PAST BALI NATIONAL CHAIRMAN & CURRENT CHAIR OF THE BALI CHALK FUND Peter has held many posts, both regionally and nationally, within BALI, including being national chairman in 1978-79. Since retiring from business he has also served as an independent dispute adjudicator and a BALI vetting officer. He is currently chairman of BALI’s training and education charity, the Geoffrey Chalk Memorial Award Fund, otherwise known as the BALI Chalk Fund. He was awarded on OBE ‘for services to charity and to the landscape industry in the North West’ in the Queen’s 2012 Jubilee Birthday Honours List.

MADGE MOORE FORMER DIRECTOR FOR ENGLAND WITHIN LANTRA Madge Moore is currently the chair of Yorkshire’s Food, Farming and Rural Network.

The Network acts on behalf of businesses, rural support agencies and trade bodies in Yorkshire to raise issues and concerns to central government. Formerly a national director for Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for the land based sector, Madge was responsible

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for developing close working relations between the Sector Skills Council, employers and a wide range of government departments, agencies and learning providers.

STEVE ROBERTS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, LECTURER, CONSULTANT AND AUTHOR ON FLOWERS AND DESIGN Steve trained in geography and geology, taking a postgraduate landscape course at Edinburgh.

As a landscape architect he worked for various local government authorities before joining the Welsh College of Horticulture in 1979 as a lecturer, rising to college marketing director. During his tenure he developed the threeyear national diploma course in interior landscaping. Winning Gold medals at Liverpool and Stoke Garden Festivals, in 1999 he established an event and design company, winning Gold and Best in Show at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2000, 2004 and 2006.

ANDREW LEGG BALI VETTING OFFICER Andrew began his landscaping career as an apprentice with

Liverpool Corporation before studying at Flintshire College of Horticulture and joining Gavin Jones. He ran his own landscape business for a number of years and then became contracts manager at Liverpool and Stoke Garden Festivals. He eventually took on the role of director of horticulture for the 1990 National Garden Festival at Gateshead. He joined Sport & Landscape Development (SLD) as senior consultant, during which time he was resident engineer for a landscaping scheme in Wales and a multimillion pound project at Canary Wharf. Following a period as senior lecturer in landscape studies at the Welsh College of Horticulture, Andrew returned to SLD as principal consultant for ten years before retirement. He was regional chairman for BALI North West and now carries out vetting for BALI in the South West region.

RICHARD BARNARD RHS SHOW JUDGE OF LONG STANDING, RECIPIENT OF THE RHS ASSOCIATE OF HONOUR ACCOLADE IN 2011, FORMER GOVERNOR OF PERSHORE COLLEGE AND MANAGING DIRECTOR RHS Show judge of long standing, recipient of the RHS Associate of Honour Accolade in 2011 and Managing Director of Hillier Landscapes.

Richard’s career in landscaping spans more than 50 years.

After studying at Pershore College and an initial three years with Lovejoy’s in Landscape Architecture he joined Hillier Landscapes

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eventually becoming owner and Managing Director.

Within this time Hillier’s have won principal BALI awards and the Grand Award in 2007. He has chaired the SW region of BALI and been on national council.

For the past 26 years Richard has been an RHS show garden judge and member of the Show Gardens Committee. As an ardent show garden contractor at RHS shows, fourteen gold medals and four best in show have been won. In 2015 he celebrated 50 continuous years at Chelsea Flower Show either as exhibitor or Judge. Richard was a Governor of Pershore College in the 90’s and is a former Board member of the HTA.

He has been the Chair for the BALI South Thames region on three occasions and on the committee for 20+ years.

He also held the National chairman’s job and was a BALI Awards judge for close to 5 years up to 2005. He’s passionate about plants and the Landscape Industry and has been a promoter of whole industry collaboration.

MICK CALLAHAN MANAGING DIRECTOR, LINDEN LANDSCAPES DOMESTIC GARDENS Mick has degrees in Environmental Science and Landscape Architecture. He also studied landscape construction at Merrist Wood College in the NICK COSLETT 1980s. He has had a lifelong CONSULTANT, PAST BALI interest and engagement NATIONAL CHAIRMAN & in nature conservation and CURRENT TRUSTEE OF THE the environment, as well as BALI CHALK FUND experience in training people Well known across the industry with disabilities in the landscape Nick has curated Palmstead’s 11 industry. He was a long-term successful annual Soft Landscape member of the Landscape Workshops and brought together Training Group and was a judge designers, land owners and for Tunbridge Wells in Bloom. contractors. Having just retired to practise as a consultant, he looks With over 30 years’ experience forward to putting something in the landscape industry, he back as a: GoLandscape worked for some of the largest Ambassador, BALI Chalk trustee landscape companies in England and BALI Awards judge. before setting up Linden Landscapes. They have built Though initially trained as a hundreds of gardens, both large Landscape Architect he worked and small, and won numerous as a Landscape Manager in BALI and APL awards in that Local Authorities from Liverpool time. In 2016 Mick visited the to Stevenage and finally as the GaLaBau in Nuremberg where Parks Manager at Canterbury.

Linden Landscapes was awarded He then brought his customer the European Landscape experience to two Kent nurseries Contractors Association (ELCA) Coblands and for the last 15 International Trend Award years at Palmstead Nurseries.

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CONTENTS

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Winners and Sponsors

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Grand Award Winner

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Domestic Garden Construction - Under 30k

61 Grounds Maintenance) Private Value Under £50k

13 Domestic Garden Construction - Between £30k - £60k 17

Domestic Garden Construction - Between £60k - £100k

21 Domestic Garden Construction - Between £100k - £250k

65 Grounds Maintenance Private Value Over £50k 67 Registered Designer & Registered Contractor Joint Submission 69 Sports Grounds and Leisure Facilities 71

Interior Landscape Installation Only

25 Domestic Garden Construction - Over £250k

75 Interior Landscape Maintenance Only

30 Soft Landscaping Construction (nondomestic) - Under £300k

77 Green Roof Installations and Roof Gardens

33 Soft Landscaping Construction (nondomestic) - Between £300k - £1.5m

87 Design Excellence Award - Overall Scheme Under £50k

35 Hard Landscaping Construction (nondomestic) - Under £300k 39 Hard Landscaping Construction (nondomestic) - Between £300k - £1.5m 40 Hard Landscaping Construction (nondomestic) - Over £1.5m 45 Community and Schools Development 48 Regeneration Scheme Under £500k 50 Regeneration Scheme Over £500k 55 Grounds Maintenance Free Public Access

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79 International Award

89 Design Excellence Award Overall Scheme Between £50k - £125k 91

Design Excellence Award Overall Scheme Over £125k

93 Affiliate Exceptional Service 97 Employer Excellence Award - Turnover Under £2.5m 101 Employer Excellence Award - Turnover Over £2.5m 105 Special Award Best Newcomer to BALI 107 Special Award Design & Build 108 Special Award Best First-Time Entrant

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WINNERS AND SPONSORS

AWARD WINNERS Acre Landscapes Adam White MBALI Alfie Bines Gardens Atelier DYJG Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning and Design Institute Blakedown Landscapes (SE) Blakedown Sport and Play Bowles & Wyer Brambledown Landscape Services Buckland Landscapes Clifton Nurseries CORE Landscape Products Ecoland Planning and Design Corp.

Elaine Rutherford MBALI Eljays44 Endrick Landscapes Esse Landscapes Frosts Landscape Construction Garden Club London Gavin Jones Goddards (Landscape Contractors) Grace Landscapes Graduate Gardeners Greenfingers Landscape

SPONSORS Headline Sponsors

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Green-tech Ground Control Harrod UK HG Landscapes Horticon idverde John Nash MBALI John O’Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Kingston Landscape Group Land Design Partnership Landform Consultants Landscape Associates Landscaping Solutions Landstruction Langlea Garden Design & Construction Leicestershire Garden Design Company LockWood Landscapes London Stone Louisa Bell MBALI Makita UK Marian Boswall MBALI Matt Nichol MBALI Maylim Northumbrian Landscaping Nurture Landscapes

P. Casey (Land Reclamation) Patricia Fox MBALI PC Landscapes Planters Horticulture PWP Landscape Design Rob Flavell Landscapes Sandstone Design Solutions Scotscape Landscaping Talasey Group Talbot Farm Landscapes The Landscaping Consultants Tony Benger Landscaping Total Protection (Landscaping) Tsinghua Holdings Human Settlements Environment Institute Urban Landscape Design Valley Provincial Group Whiting Landscape Xiamen Urban Environment Design & Engineering Co.

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GRAND AWARD WINNER

BOWLES & WYER

PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN THE CHILTERNS 2018

Designer Wilson McWilliam Studio Maintenance Contractor Buckland Landscapes Suppliers Cotswold Stone Quarries, Deepdale Trees, Lovell Stone

Built for designers Gavin McWilliam MBALI and Andrew Wilson, this garden was full of challenges. The steeply sloping site is now terraced with substantial reinforced concrete retaining walls faced in brick or stone. The new levels, supported by the structural lines of pleached hedging, create greater privacy whilst the rejuvenation of hardscape and planting gives the garden a new lease of life. This is a relaxed and comfortable family garden that retains a sense of grandeur in keeping with the scale of the house.

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This total reconstruction of a high value private garden has been superbly executed with attention to detail dominant in every element of the landscape works. From the initial major earthworks and installation of attenuation drainage, to the high quality paving and walling used to create the new levels and terraces, the contractor has demonstrated the highest quality workmanship.

The stunning planting schemes throughout a series of garden ‘rooms’, which include sculptures and water features, have also benefitted from the expert horticultural hands of the contractor. The realisation of the design of this beautiful private garden is a credit to the contractor, who is a worthy recipient of the 2018 BALI Grand Award.

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LANGLEA GARDEN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION VICTORIAN FLAVOUR 2018

Architect/Designer Langlea Garden Design & Construction Suppliers Chandlers Building Supplies, Evergreen Exterior Services, Greensquares Products, Milestone Supplies, Precision Metal Products

This newly created garden successfully combines a Victorian flavour with contemporary materials to provide another ‘room’ for a newly renovated Victorian house. Gnarled, mature olive trees add presence and provide privacy from neighbouring properties, and Victorianstyle panelling, reflecting the style of the kitchen and bi-fold doors leading to the garden, cleverly conceals a generously sized bike store where the client, a keen cyclist, can store his six bicycles securely and safely. Porcelain paving with refined detailing defines two gravel ‘comfort’ areas for the client’s dogs and mesh beneath the ground-level planted areas prevents them from digging up the plants. An in-situ concrete raised planter provides a backrest to a porcelain-clad seat with Victorian-style feet made from reclaimed balustrades. A feature brass backdrop enhances the planting.

Despite the challenges presented by the severely restricted access, the contractor has totally fulfilled the client’s brief and provided a captivating atmosphere for an outdoor living and entertaining space that combines relaxation with a unique storage solution for bicycles and equipment, transforming the client’s daily life. The simplicity of this beautifully executed scheme should not undermine the obvious care, skill and attention to detail demonstrated by the enthusiastic contractor.

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DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION – UNDER £30K

SANDSTONE DESIGN SOLUTIONS UPLANDS COTTAGE 2018

Client Su and Jim Harwood Designer Sandstone Design Solutions Maintenance Contractor Client - Su Harwood Suppliers Grasslands, Lighting for Gardens, Provender Nurseries, Strata Stones, Travis Perkins

The small, north facing garden of this 400 yearold semi-detached cottage had proven to be a conundrum for the clients who wanted to maximise their living space. The contractor’s careful consultation, interpretation and engagement with the client throughout the design and build process opened up the garden, allowing it to be used all year round and at all times of day. An L-shaped seating area was created and a paved area at the top of the garden was laid to take advantage of the evening sun. Feature plants were carefully chosen to provide structure and to create a relaxed Mediterranean feel.

GRADUATE GARDENERS

PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN CHELTENHAM 2018

Designer Graduate Gardeners Suppliers County Building Supplies, Viridis

The clients wanted the space taken up by the derelict and redundant swimming pool in a courtyard of their Cotswold manor house returned to garden, making a more enjoyable and usable space. The contractor used waste rubble to infill the void and created a rill that cascaded into a smaller pond situated in a sunken seating area. Symmetrical planting to either side of the rill and around the outside of the courtyard softens the overall look of this new area of the garden.

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PRINCIPAL AWARD WINNER

DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION - BETWEEN £30K–£60K

THE LANDSCAPING CONSULTANTS ROSE BANK 2018

Client Chris Evangelou Designer Wendy Stokes Garden Design Maintenance Contractor Seasoned Gardeners

The transformation of the front and rear gardens of this Victorian property used both hard and soft landscaping to create a minimalist feel in line with the client’s aspirations and exacting wishes. The contractor worked with the designer to make adjustments to the original design to overcome potential root zone issues caused by an existing tree in the rear garden and a one hundred year old wisteria to the front of the house. The front garden is now a beautiful yet practical space. Almost 300mm depth of reinforced concrete had to be removed prior to work to create a resin-bonded permeable surface. Light stone pathways surround formal planting reflecting the symmetry of this double- fronted Victorian villa and giving access to a single car driveway.

A stunning tiled pathway, with blue and cognac tiles, gives vibrancy to the front of the house. To the rear, two separate outdoor dining and relaxation areas have been created using porcelain ‘wood’ paving to complement the interior oak flooring on the ground floor. The brick boundary walls are a perfect backdrop for the formal, traditional planting palette.

The contractor has delivered a lovely scheme, which is an excellent example of quality landscaping, both hard and soft.

Client, designer and contractor worked closely together to achieve a finished result that delivered on every aspect of the client’s brief whilst showcasing the very considerable abilities of this new contractor to the BALI Awards.

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DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION - BETWEEN £30K–£60K

PWP LANDSCAPE DESIGN FARM HOUSE 2018

Architect/Designer PWP Landscape Design Suppliers Green-tech, Johnsons Wellfield, Nexus, Talasey Group, W E Leach Stone Sales

The clients’ 400 year old house is on a beautiful but exposed site and they wanted a garden that was in keeping with the period property, provided sheltered areas from the wind, and still retained the stunning views across the valley. Using local natural stone and recycling as many in situ materials as possible, the contractor constructed a series of walls and sunken seating areas using local Yorkstone, and built an arbor from recycled oak beams. The site has a culvert running through the garden into an existing natural pond. This was extended and slabs of Yorkstone used to create a surround.

LAND DESIGN PARTNERSHIP ELM PARK GARDENS 2018

Designer Green Cube Design Suppliers Landscapeplus, London Stone, Stark & Greensmith

The narrow outdoor space to the rear of this basement apartment near Earl’s Court has been completely transformed into a small but stylish Moroccan garden.

Travertine paving, tile clad brick walls and a water pool and fountain create a relaxing atmosphere. A complete drainage system with bespoke drainage channel incorporating a lighting strip adds interesting detail.

The contractor also constructed in-built seating and a timber clad covered area for relaxation. The scheme is completed with sympathetic planting.

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LAND DESIGN PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN GREENWICH 2018

Designer Green Cube Design Suppliers CED Stone Group, The Garden Trellis Company, London Stone, TreeBox, WWOO Kitchens

This complex project saw the contractor create an entirely new entertainment space to the rear of a Victorian townhouse in the Blackheath area of Greenwich, incorporating an outdoor kitchen, storage, play area, artificial grass and green walls. At the front entrance to the property the steps to the front door were refurbished with new Yorkstone treads and risers, artificial grass was installed, a bin store constructed, railings erected and soft landscaping completed. A delightful basement garden featuring Victorian-style tiles was also part of the project. With no exterior access to the rear garden, which is one floor lower than the front of the property, all materials had to be brought in and out through the house. The clients remained in residence throughout the build and so the contractor had to take up all dust sheets and floor protection on completion of each day’s work. Excellent communication between contractor, the clients and their neighbours ensured this simple yet lovely scheme was completed with minimum disruption.

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Despite the challenges posed by the difficult access, the sense of pride, passion and care taken by the contractor during this build is tangible and the standards achieved are extremely high.

This scheme exudes excellence with outstanding in-house craftsmanship across a broad range of skills, including beautiful brickwork, absolute precision with ‘cutting in’, and stunning detailing throughout.

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DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION - BETWEEN £60K–£100K

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PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN KENSINGTON 2018

Designer Neve Sanderson Garden Design Maintenance Contractor HG Landscapes Suppliers Everedge, The Garden Trellis Company, London Stone, Rolawn

This large, unusually-shaped rear garden of a terraced Victorian home has been completely redeveloped. What was formerly a building site and dumping ground has been transformed by the contractor, despite challenging access issues that required all materials to be craned onto site. Complex irrigation, drainage and lighting requirements were overcome and the garden now boasts an extensive ornamental lawn, summer house, potting shed, mower shed, paved areas, stepping stones, grass steps, gazebo, yew hedge and wilderness area, with soft planting throughout.

GRADUATE GARDENERS YORKSTONE TERRACE SCHEME 2018

Architect/Designer Graduate Gardeners Suppliers Rand & Asquith, Viridis, Winchcombe Reclamation

The existing terrace of this Cotswold manor house was too narrow and required extending to allow for entertaining larger groups of people. The new terrace had to blend in with the existing garden so that it looked as though it had always been part of the overall garden layout. To maximize space the contractor adjusted the levels using hidden blockwork construction detailing. Reclaimed York paving and Cotswold walling stone were incorporated with the existing York paving lifted from the original terrace to create a ‘weathered’ look, and a mixture of topiary and soft planting was used to link with the original formal garden below.

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DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION - BETWEEN £60K–£100K

GRADUATE GARDENERS AN ENTERTAINING COURTYARD 2018

Designer Graduate Gardeners Suppliers County Building Supplies, Oxford Planters, Rand & Asquith, The Stone Bake Oven Company, Westminster Stone

A large but uninspiring courtyard of Breedon gravel containing an isolated contemporary water feature has been completely transformed by the contractor to create a beautiful paved entertaining space for the client, complete with pizza oven and large Yorkstone preparation table cum breakfast bar. The design focuses on two central doors opening onto the courtyard from an oak corridor structure in the house. Four large beds with a catalpa and soft planting are laid out symmetrically in each corner of the paved area. The entrance to the house has been ‘framed’ using yews to one side and formal planters of topiary on the other.

LANGLEA GARDEN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION COURTYARD FOR THE SENSES 2018

Architect/Designer Langlea Garden Design & Construction Suppliers Evergreen Exterior Services, Milestone Supplies, Precision Metal Products, Roundwood of Mayfield, Urbis

This is an imposing courtyard created for a unique 15th century barn conversion. The design is sensitive to the historical sense of place whilst injecting new life and atmosphere. Reclaimed Yorkstone paving with yellow granite sett and copper detailing provides a stylish base for the courtyard. A bespoke oak pergola with glass roof leads out from the house to provide a space for alfresco dining. The central focal point is a copper bowl water feature. At the far end of the courtyard a spacious bespoke oak pergola with corrugated roof and antique mirror-clad fire table provides another lovely space for entertaining.

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PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WINCHESTER 2018

Designer Caroline Davey Studio Suppliers Garden House Design, Landscapeplus, London Stone, Southgate Timber

The contemporary design for the garden of this recently refurbished property overlooking the golf course in Winchester incorporates a series of entertaining spaces set amongst a cohesive planting scheme. Porcelain paving has been used to match the flooring in the kitchen area giving the impression, through bi-fold doors, that the garden and house are one. This large terraced area, complete with barbecue, extends to the width of the house and leads via wide, imposing steps up to an extensive lawn. There is a large gazebo area for relaxation that looks out onto beautiful planting and pleached hornbeams. A thoughtfully designed lighting scheme brings a new dimension to the garden at night.

This lovely design has been skillfully implemented by the contractor who has demonstrated excellent attention to detail in both the hard construction and soft landscaping aspects of the scheme. The clients are delighted with their garden and with the care and professionalism shown by the BALI contractor.

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TONY BENGER LANDSCAPING ST MICHAEL’S MOUNT – EAST DEVON 2018

Architect/Designer/Maintenance Contractor Tony Benger Landscaping Suppliers Aggregate Industries, Allgreen Group, Boningale Nurseries, Landers Quarry, Rolawn

The fall on the garden of this important Arts and Crafts house, situated in a conservation area, was huge and access for the contractor’s plant and machinery was extremely difficult. The project involved major soil moving, terracing, retention, stone facing, mortared stone walling, dry stone walling, the creation of two deep pools, timber work, steps, cobbling, turfing, wild flower area and substantial planting.

NORTHUMBRIAN LANDSCAPING FOR YOUR EYES ONLY 2018

Architect/Designer Northumbrian Landscaping Suppliers Jewsons, Johnsons Wellfield, Lindum Turf, Marshalls, Wilkinson’s Plant Centre

This is a neat and contemporary low maintenance garden for a new-build house, which includes a James Bond-style ski cabin set amongst a planting scheme inspired by the countries where the movie was filmed. The client visits only occasionally and therefore all materials, surfaces and plants were carefully selected to reflect his lifestyle. The design includes an orangery, a bespoke bike shed, and a green-roofed ski cabin, which all focus on a central water feature.

LANDSCAPING SOLUTIONS PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN BARNET 2018

Designer Jilayne Rickards Contemporary Garden Design Suppliers Champion Timber, Europlants UK, Lateral Design Studio, London Stone, Spadeoak

This is an attractive and transformative front and rear garden scheme. Using a ‘dry stone’ retaining wall, porcelain clad steps and paths facilitate movement around the garden to the resin driveway and new hedging, generous herbaceous planting and an attractive lighting system completes the scheme. The rear garden includes new boundaries, paved and tiled terraces, seating, a water feature, built-in barbecue, fire-pit, a metalwork arch, bespoke Corten features, irrigation, and a broad range of trees and planting.

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DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION - BETWEEN £100K–£250K

GRADUATE GARDENERS PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN PAINSWICK 2018

Designer/Maintenance Contractor Graduate Gardeners Suppliers Chalford Building Supplies, Viridis, Westminster Stone

Having demolished a property and repositioned the new house to maximise the view, the clients wanted a continuation of the garden into the wider landscape. A ‘serpentine’ paved terrace reflects the natural contour lines of the landscape beyond. The lawn rolls off this to the infinity edge where the boundary line blurs with the neighbouring field. A natural pond with a stream run and rocky outcrops is linked with Breedon gravel paths to a sitting area looking over the pond, surrounded with wildflower borders to imitate the adjacent landscape. The formal front garden with deep borders gives a Cotswold feel whilst softening the house and hard landscaping.

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PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN ASHSTEAD 2018

Designer Greenarden Design Suppliers Country Supplies, HSP Buildings, Landscapeplus

The gardens of this new-build house were completely redesigned to create a series of functional spaces.

The existing paving was cleaned and re-used to form individual room areas for dining and relaxation. A section of dry stone walling defines a small raised area and a combination of hard materials, including Vande Moortel bricks as specified by the designer, have been used to define seating areas and walkways, complete with steel edging. The planting palette gives year round interest and colour and softens the house.

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DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION - OVER £250K

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PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN THE CHILTERNS 2018

Designer Wilson McWilliam Studio Maintenance Contractor Buckland Landscapes Suppliers Cotswold Stone Quarries, Deepdale Trees, Lovell Stone

Built for designers Gavin McWilliam MBALI and Andrew Wilson, this garden was full of challenges. The contractor was faced with a 10m slope from one side of the garden to the other, requiring major earthworks and the creations of terracing using substantial reinforced concrete retaining walls faced in brick or stone.

Traditional Chiltern Bovingdon bricks and contemporary Corten weathered steel have been sensitively used in the design. A comprehensive drainage and irrigation system was installed to allow the mature planting and wildflower areas to flourish. The new levels, supported by the structural lines of pleached hedging, create greater privacy whilst the rejuvenation of hardscape and planting gives the garden a new lease of life. This is a relaxed and comfortable family garden that retains a sense of grandeur in keeping with the scale of the house.

The contractor’s wide skill base has been put to excellent use in this challenging scheme. From the initial major earthworks required for the site’s preparation and the hardscaping techniques used, to the different soft landscaping areas including superb formal and wildflower planting, this garden showcases every possible skill required by the complete landscape contractor. An utterly beautiful scheme expertly delivered.

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LANDFORM CONSULTANTS PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN LEEDS, KENT 2018

Architect James Wright Designer Space Hub Main Contractor Cardy Construction Suppliers Bourne Amenity, Crowders Nurseries, Geosynthetics, London Stone, Wildflower Turf

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This new country house is set in 34 hectares close to the village of Leeds, in Kent. The designers developed an environment that provided a biodiverse landscape, including areas of woodland, hedgerows, orchards, meadows, gardens and biodiverse roofs. This was not your usual landscaping project; it is landscaping on a biodiverse and natural level with the landscape wrapping up and around the building.

BUCKLAND LANDSCAPES FROM PIT TO PICTURE 2018

Architect/Designer John Nash Associates Maintenance Contractor Dave Parrott Suppliers AJ Lighting, Boot & Dart, CED Stone Group, Europlants UK, Watermatic

The contractor has constructed a two-acre steeply sloping garden incorporating a woodland garden, Japanese garden, pond, lawn, living wall, roof terrace garden, outdoor kitchen/ dining, leisure and relaxation areas. The steeply sloping rear bank leads to open country and is transitioned with irregularly shaped beds with grasses and bisected with bands of mown grass. Topiary, augmented with boulders, leads into a Japanese-style garden featuring a meandering diamond path over a stream cascading down into a pond.

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PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN KENSINGTON 2018

Designer Landscape Architecture and Garden Design Main Contractor Capital Interiors Suppliers Kinley Systems, Rand and Asquith, Tillers Turf Company

This project comprised hard and soft landscape construction to the front and extensive rear garden of a private house.

The rear garden is built over a new basement and all heavy plant and materials were either craned over the roof or moved through the building - 600m3 of soil was brought in by conveyor. 12 large specimen trees and several very large Cumberland stepping stones were lifted over the house. Works included drainage, Stratacell system, soils, stone paving and walling, stepping stones, semimature trees and shrubs, turf, irrigation, trellis and lighting.

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AWARD WINNERS

DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION - OVER ÂŁ250K

ESSE LANDSCAPES TICKERAGE MILL 2018

Architect John D Clarke Designer Amanda Patton Landscape & Garden Design Suppliers Barcham Trees, Chelmer Valley Brick Company, Horsham Stone, Palmstead Nurseries

The contractor created four distinct gardens to the north, south, east and west of the property, immediately surrounding the house and bounded by the large lake, driveway, woods and fields. The landscaping has provided a more fitting entrance to the house, reduced the visual impact of parking, restored the original water garden, returned the lakeside gardens closer to their historic layout, and created a formal garden to the east.

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PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WOKING Designer CM Garden Design Suppliers AHS, Clifton Nurseries, Drainfast, Johnsons Wellfield, Landscapeplus 2018

The contractor carried out the complete rebuild of both front and rear gardens, developing the design details with the client during the build process and creating a beautiful scheme that complements the style of the house. The works included: the relocation of the swimming pool; construction of formal and informal lawns; creation of lounge and dining areas and a table tennis area; installation of a resin-bound driveway; construction of a garage and hardwood pergola; creation of a pond, and all soft planting. A comprehensive lighting and irrigation system was installed throughout.

LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATES PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN LONDON 2018

Designer Harris Bugg Studio Maintenance Contractor Landscape Associates Suppliers Allgreen Group, Bamber Wallis, Hortus Loci

The garden design required exceptionally high standards and finishes, reflecting the architecture and newly refurbished interior of the building. A generous natural stone dining and entertaining terrace leads to a lawn area. Large trees provide privacy and screen views to the clients’ mews apartment.

Seamless glass balustrades set into the stone finishes protect two large light wells without detracting from the finishes and views into the garden.

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SOFT LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION (NON-DOMESTIC) - UNDER ÂŁ300K

FROSTS LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION LONDON WALL PLACE 2018

Client/Main Contractor Multiplex Construction Europe Architect Make Architects Designer Space Hub Maintenance Contractor Frosts Landscape Construction Suppliers Bourne Amenity, Smits Nurseries, Tamar Nurseries, Taylors Bulbs, Tiller Turf Company

A 500,000 ft2 development of two landmark commercial buildings is set within an area of over two acres, 50 per cent of which is public realm. A unique destination and major amenity has been created through a series of new gardens set amongst the historic landmarks of the Roman city wall and St Alphage church tower ruins. Located on London Wall, between Moorgate and the Barbican, the gardens draw direct inspiration from the surrounding open spaces of the Barbican, St Alphage Garden, Salters Rose Garden and beyond. The urban setting creates varied microclimatic conditions across the site with the tall buildings casting intricate patterns of sun and shade, which change throughout the year. The lawns are located in the sunniest locations and planting design reflects varying levels of light and shade. The contractor supplied and installed all subsoil, topsoil, tree sands, trees, hedges, shrubs, herbaceous plants, bulbs, turf and mulch to bring the scheme to fruition. Close monitoring by the landscape architect and contractor post completion has ensured a high success rate for plant establishment.

This was a complex project for the contractor requiring excellent ground preparation because of the steep slopes involved. The soft landscaping looks beautiful and the area is a pleasure to sit in. Some extremes of shade and very high footfall present considerable challenges but the impressive selection of semimature tree specimens supplied, their careful planting and aftercare has created a lovely scheme.

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SOFT LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION (NON-DOMESTIC) - UNDER £300K

GRACE LANDSCAPES

NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM – HEROES’ SQUARE AND THE BOYES GARDEN

2018

Client/ Main Contractor Stepnell Construction Architect/Designer Fira Maintenance Contractor Grace Landscapes Suppliers Green-tech, Hillier Nurseries, Johnsons of Whixley, Wildflower Turf

The landscaping for Heroes’ Square and The Boyes Garden acts as a transition from the Visitors’ Centre into the wider arboretum utilising a sensitive selection and detailing of natural materials, textures and colours to enhance the visitor experience. The planting scheme incorporates perennial mixes designed to provide seasonal interest. Quercus palustris was selected as the principal tree for its autumn colour and form.

GODDARDS (LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS) LILLIE SQUARE PHASE 1-1A 2018

Client Sir Robert McAlpine / Capital & Counties Architect/Designer Andy Sturgeon Design Main Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine Maintenance Contractor Goddards (Landscape Contractors) Suppliers AHS, Boughton Loam, Lorenz von Ehren, Robin Tacchi Plants, Tim O’Hare Associates

This soft landscape installation required all materials to be craned into position over the roof, including lightweight topsoil, void formers, semi-mature trees, yew hedging, specimen shrubs and herbaceous plants. The contractor also constructed formal reinforced grass areas. Built largely on a podium base, requiring careful planning of weight limits, drainage and irrigation, the finished project has attracted much praise.

GODDARDS (LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS) OLYMPIC WAY ZONE A TREE PLANTING, WEMBLEY 2018

Client Quintain/VolkerFitzpatrick Architect/Designer Gross. Max Main Contractor VolkerFitzpatrick Maintenance Contractor Goddards (Landscape Contractors) Suppliers Bourne Amenity, GreenBlue Urban, H. Lorberg, Lorenz von Ehren, Van den Berk

The planting scheme for this approach to London’s iconic Wembley Stadium from Wembley Tube Station comprises ten matching pairs of 70cm girth trees sourced from three German nurseries. A Silva Cell system runs the entire length of the avenue on both sides and the contractor had to backfill each tree pit with manufactured subsoil and topsoil, position the trees with cranes and heavy plant, and secure each tree using the Deadman system. Despite the extremely heavy footfall along the Olympic Way during events, the trees are thriving.

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SOFT LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION (NON-DOMESTIC) - BETWEEN £300K–£1.5M

FROSTS LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION HOLLAND PARK VILLAS 2018

Client/ Main Contractor Multiplex Construction Europe Architect/Designer Gillespies Maintenance Contractor Frosts Landscape Contruction Suppliers Green-tech, Tamar Nurseries, Taylors Bulbs, Waterwise Solutions, Woodhort Sharpham

The private landscaped grounds of this high-end, gated, residential development draw inspiration from nearby Holland Park, providing a green, naturalistic setting. A woodland belt of retained and new trees wraps around three sides to integrate the development with the adjacent park. A resplendent 30‑year‑old acer palmatum creates a grand and dramatic entrance with pleached hornbeams, ornamental planting and clipped hedging all adding to the sense of grandeur and elegance. A beautiful central courtyard, designed to feel mature and natural, provides a secluded and tranquil space. Off the central path, stepping stones meander through the naturalistic ornamental planting with concealed reflection pools. Externally, private planted and lawn terraces step up to the surrounding communal woodland walk with bluebells and ferns. Other landscaped areas include hedges to the private balconies and a number of bio-diverse green roofs. The contractor supplied and installed/planted all subsoil, topsoil, tree sands, Silva Cells, trees, hedges, shrubs, herbaceous plants, bulbs, turf and mulch, and constructed the green roofs. The design, supply and installation of a fully automatic irrigation system also formed part of the contract.

This truly is a beautiful residential scheme that includes mature specimens, lush planting around the seating areas, and paths created through a lovely woodland environment. The contractor has completed an excellent project using a range of horticultural techniques, where trees and plants are thriving and providing residents with a green oasis of calm in the midst of a city landscape.

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SOFT LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION (NON-DOMESTIC) - BETWEEN £300K–£1.5M

ALFIE BINES GARDENS BUXMEAD 2018

Client/Main Contractor Harrison Varma Designer Capita/Alfie Bines Gardens Maintenance Contractor Alfie Bines Gardens Suppliers Europlants UK, Joseph Rochford Gardens, Mobilane, Palmstead Nurseries, Thompsons of Crews Hill

The contractor has created a beautifully appropriate soft landscaping scheme providing a degree of privacy, interest and different themes for residents to enjoy. The front driveway and middle section are quite ornamental in style, moving into a shaded woodland area to the rear. Challenges included working around a large existing mature oak tree, which was in close proximity to the buildings and, in parts, over an underground car park with only 300mm of soil.

KINGSTON LANDSCAPE GROUP COLINDALE GARDENS 2018

Client/Main Contractor Redrow Homes Architect Heidi van Kotze Maintenance Contractor Kingston Landscape Group Suppliers Freeland Horticulture, Hilliers Trees, Johnsons of Whixley, ZinCo Greenroof Systems

This large residential development in North West London covers nine acres, providing 2,900 new homes, cafés, restaurants and retail facilities within communal landscaped gardens. The objective was to create an inner city parkland atmosphere with the emphasis on outdoor space. Communal ground level gardens around a central boulevard are complemented by a raised grassed podium. Larger family townhouses benefit from their own private gardens.

KINGSTON LANDSCAPE GROUP STREATHAM HILL 2018

Client/Main Contractor London Square Architect Townshend Landscape Architects Suppliers AHS, Everedge, Paynes Turf, Robin Tacchi Plants, Tarmac Building Products

The south facing communal courtyard garden measuring c. 1,228m2 is enclosed on three sides by 5 and 6-storey apartments with planting selected to provide year round interest. Height and structure has been created with 60 semimature trees, under-planted with over 6,000 spring bulbs.

Residents can enjoy scented plants and herbs and a Mediterranean-themed area. The garden was constructed at first floor level above a car park with a second floor above a new retail unit.

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PRINCIPAL AWARD WINNER

HARD LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION (NON-DOMESTIC) - UNDER £300K

BLAKEDOWN LANDSCAPES (SE) THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL 2018

Client The Royal Ballet School Architect Bell Fischer Landscape Architects Suppliers CED Stone Group, Crowders Nurseries

The Royal Ballet School at White Lodge, to the north east of Richmond Park, is a Grade I Listed building located in a conservation area. It has a distinctive character that is sensitive to change. The main entrance to the school, reached through a sliding gate from Richmond Park, is used for car parking and deliveries.

The changes to this area needed to reflect the historic building and the surrounding landscape, as advised by English Heritage, and both the layout and materials chosen had to be sympathetic to the setting.

The works undertaken by the contractor included creating an interface between the building and the tarmacadam area, using low planting to help resolve drainage issues; the creation of a new parking area screened from view by hedging; and the opening up of views of the building and framing it with new planting. Challenges included ‘no dig’ construction under existing mature trees. The new scheme integrates beautifully with its local surroundings.

Although a relatively straightforward scheme, the contractor has embraced the sensitivity of the site and its surroundings to provide an entirely appropriate and impressive entrance to this prestigious facility. The groundworks and the installation of the hard landscaped parking areas and drive, including tarmac, gravel and setts, have been very competently executed, providing a sound framework for the soft planting.

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BRAMBLEDOWN LANDSCAPE SERVICES SEGEDUNUM ROMAN FORT 2018

Client Tyne and Wear Museums Architect Nick Wright Designer Place on Earth Maintenance Contractor Brambledown Landscape Services

This was an incredibly sensitive scheme with the contractor carrying out a number of landscape improvement works to this ancient Roman fort site to improve its visual appeal and restore its place as a hub for tourism and education. Works included construction of a new, fully accessible access way from the Hadrian Cycleway route; installation of new hard landscape elements within the existing car park areas to improve access for disabled visitors; a Roman-themed play area for young pre-school children; and new surface treatments across the entire Fort to make the excavated areas stand out when viewed at ground level and from the viewing tower.

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HARD LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION (NON-DOMESTIC) - BETWEEN £300K–£1.5M

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THEATRE SQUARE, THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE 2018

Client The Royal National Theatre Architect Haworth Tompkins Designer Gross. Max Suppliers Advanced Steel Fabrication, BBS Granite Concepts, Capri Mechanical Services, Kingsley Roofing (London), Tuffbau Steintec

Located on London’s South Bank and busy thoroughfare The Queen’s Walk, the Royal National Theatre is one of the UK’s three most prominent, publicly-funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. As part of the NT Future project, the refurbishment of Theatre Square followed the removal of The Shed, a monolithic red box clad entirely with rough-sawn timber boards that served as a temporary theatre. The contractor carried out all external works, including the design of reinforced concrete security barriers, surface water drainage systems, liquid-applied tanking/waterproofing, new waterproofing above existing basement slab, new steps and handrails, the refurbishment of existing banner masts and paving, furniture and mechanical and electrical installations, including the lighting of banner masts. The project presented the contractor with complex access constraints as the theatre remained in operation throughout the works, requiring deliveries of all materials to be completed either early in the morning or late at night as nothing could be stored on site.

The deceptively simple design of this scheme belies the logistical planning and contractor competence required to bring it to fruition. Maintaining public access throughout the works, dealing with ‘ just in time’ deliveries, and maintaining high standards in the installation of all hard landscaping elements has been very successfully achieved to the client’s complete satisfaction by an extremely competent contractor.

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PRINCIPAL AWARD WINNER

HARD LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION (NON-DOMESTIC) - OVER £1.5 MILLION

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RATHBONE SQUARE 2018

Client Great Portland Estates Architect Make Architects Designer Gustafson Porter + Bowman Main Contractor Lendlease Maintenance Contractor Willerby Landscapes, TFW & Rathbone Square Suppliers Druck International Stone, Fountain Workshop, Kent Stainless, Miller Willerby Landscapes, Woodscape

Built on land previously occupied by Royal Mail’s central delivery office, close to Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road in London’s popular shopping and theatre districts, Rathbone Square is one of Central London’s largest mixed-use developments in recent years and home to Facebook’s UK headquarters. The 1800m2 publiclyaccessible podium garden, designed

by Gustafson Porter + Bowman, lies at its heart. The landscaping works were carried out alongside ongoing building construction work and comprised the design development of two large water tables, the design of water channels and integration with the Canadian Picasso granite planters, reinforced concrete structures for raised planters, construction using Azul European granite paving, and retaining structures on different levels for planting and paving. Climbing plants grown off site were installed on stainless steel trellis. With no storage available on site all materials were delivered on a just-in-time basis to off-loading areas.

Although the contractor had to work on a tight, restricted site, often at night, with building construction work continuing and with no room to store materials, the finish on this hard landscaping scheme is superb and perfectly reflects the high standards demanded by an exacting client. Technically faultless, the project bears all the quality hallmarks for which the contractor is renowned.

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AWARD WINNERS

HARD LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION (NON-DOMESTIC) - OVER £1.5 MILLION

ENDRICK LANDSCAPES DARGAVEL VILLAGE, BISHOPTON 2018

Client BAE Systems Architect/Designer CASS Associates Maintenance Contractor Endricks Landscapes Suppliers Deepdale Trees, Green-tech, J.A.Jones, Mcnairs Building and Timber Merchants, William Thompson & Son (Dumbarton)

The contractor carried out extensive infrastructure landscape works across a 2,300 acre site. Hard landscaping aspects included the creation of three village squares, link pathways, woodland play areas, feature ‘site won’ sandstone walling, and boardwalk decking. A number of items on the site have been retained within the landscape to reference the area to it’s past.

BLAKEDOWN LANDSCAPES (SE) NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 2018

Client Natural History Museum Client Project Manager Artelia Architect Níall McLaughlin Architects & Peter Wilder Associates Suppliers CED Stone Group, Parex

The museum entrance, once an obstacle to wheelchairs and pushchairs, has been reconfigured with ramps that abut the Grade I Listed building. The large bastions to either side of the main entrance steps have been transformed into planters displaying flora. The museum’s large forecourt, once a sea of tarmac, has been paved in elegant arcs of porphyry stone setts. Beneath the new stonework lies a great deal of new technology, including attenuation tanks, irrigation systems, lighting and extensive re-engineering.

BLAKEDOWN LANDSCAPES (SE) QUEEN’S SQUARE

Client Crawley Borough Council Architect Burns and Nice Suppliers Fountains Direct, Hardscape 2018

First opened in 1958, Queen’s Square lies at the heart of Crawley town centre. Once a deteriorating space, which was inflexible and showing its age, it has been transformed by the contractor into a high quality, inviting, distinctive and enjoyable public area. Executed to a very high level, the improvements include high quality paving, new and improved lighting, new seating, new bespoke street furniture, new planting and a water feature/fountain. The scheme has encouraged new businesses to open and existing retailers and property owners to improve the appearance of their own buildings.

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FROSTS LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION LONDON WALL PLACE 2018

Client/ Main Contractor Multiplex Construction Europe Architect Make Architects Designer Frosts Landscape Construction Maintenance Contractor Frosts Landscape Construction Suppliers CED Stone Group, Cornish Concrete, Fountains Direct, Kinley Systems, Marshalls

The hard landscaping works carried out by the contractor on this prestige public space included the supply and installation of sub-bases, foundations, Yorkstone and granite paving and setts, scramble terrace, gravel trims, concrete formwork and cladding to staircases. An irrigation system and water feature with bridge and two cascades was designed, supplied and installed by the contractor. Timber and granite benches, cycle hoops, sculpture bases and PAS rated bollards were also installed, together with elements including Corten steel raised planters, edgings and sleeves, moveable GRP planters, and a SUDS drainage system with slot and grated channels, connections and recessed covers.

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KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK TIGER TRAIL 2018

Client Lord Derby Estate Designer Horticon Maintenance Contractor Knowsley Safari Park Suppliers CLM Services, Eric Charlesworth (Electrical Contractors), ESK Industrial Roofing, Henry Williams and Sons, Simpson Gore

The Tiger Trail is a new habitat for two Amur tigers and a fun and learning experience for visitors to the safari park. The contractor designed and constructed the 10,000m2 enclosure and adjoining visitor area, utilising the existing natural stream and ponds to create an environment similar to the tigers’ home in the Amur forest. The adjacent ‘Tiger Trail’ enables visitors to experience the Russian-themed habitat and learn about threats to the Amur tigers’ survival.

Hard landscape works included excavation and earth movement to redefine contours, drainage, footpaths, boardwalks and decking, fencing and gates with integrated fixtures and fittings, construction of stone escarpment, buildings and bridges.

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CALVERLEY ADVENTURE GROUNDS, ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS 2018

Architect/Designer LUC Maintenance Contractor Ground Control Suppliers Alpha Rail, Boningale Nurseries, Redlynch, Timberplay, Trustseal

Calverley Grounds is an historic and popular public park in Tunbridge Wells. The original bowling green that was added as an extension to the Grounds in 1923 had been disused since 2005 and became gradually more dilapidated. The local community unanimously agreed that a children’s play area would be the best use for the land. Each stage of planning, design and fundraising to create Calverley Adventure Grounds has been carried out by members of the community and in just one year they raised £250,000 to build a bespoke play area based on the evolution of the town. So successful was their fundraising model that they have made it widely available to other community groups. The works undertaken by the contractor, who worked extremely closely with the community representatives, involved site preparation, provision of a new water supply from the existing pavilion to feed the new playground pump with soakaway, path and safety surface construction works, topsoiling to create planting areas integrating site won and imported materials, turfing, supply of shrubs to be planted by volunteers from the community, installation of a timber bridge, boulders, timber feature steps, fencing and gate for the play area, and installation of all play equipment.

The contractor’s project team is to be congratulated on embracing this unique community project; it is an absolutely cracking scheme. The landscaping construction and installation works have been carried out to an excellent standard with the contractor going the extra mile to reflect the community’s determination to make this playground as good as it could be.

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COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT

BOWLES & WYER

TRAUMA REHABILITATION COURTYARD, ADDENBROOKE’S HOSPITAL 2018

Client Cambridge University Hospitals (Addenbrooke’s Hospital) Designer Bowles & Wyer Maintenance Contractor Cambridge University Hospitals (Addenbrooke’s Hospital) Suppliers Deepdale Trees, Green-tech, Harrod UK, Marshalls, Provender Nurseries

The clients’ brief was to create an accessible, wheelchairfriendly breakout space where both patients and visitors could relax in the fresh air. A simple but high quality pallet of materials was chosen in an attempt to create a calming environment that isn’t too visually complicated. Mild steel raised beds have been used to increase the sense of enclosure and add a second vertical element to the space.

VALLEY PROVINCIAL GROUP STAR PRIMARY SCHOOL 2018

Client Star Primary School Architect/Designer Valley Provincial Group Suppliers A E Evans, CLD Fencing, DCM Surfaces, Rockwell Solutions

A depressing tarmac-clad Victorian school playground has been completely transformed into a bespoke space for active and inspired learning, exercise and teambuilding by the installation of playground features, surfacing and multiuse games area to delight and aid delivery of key curriculum targets. Works included open play areas, wet pour surfacing, artificial grass, bespoke fortress and castle play features, multi-coloured canopy, resin bound stone surfacing, eco play garden and planting.

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EARLSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL NATURE PLAYGROUND 2018

Client Earlsfield Primary School Architect/Designer Davies White Suppliers Bio Dome Systems, FHS Holztechnik Play Structures from Jupiter Play, Sureset

The contractor worked with landscape architects Davies White and staff, parents and pupils at the school to develop a design that would reconnect the children with nature.

The boundaries are now functional and playful, the new tree and shrub planting weaves through the space, and the bespoke play equipment offers risk and challenge. The geodome greenhouse, inspired by a pupil’s visit to the Eden Project, has led to the setting up of a new gardening club and children are now growing a variety of plants from seed, many pollinator-friendly.

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WHITING LANDSCAPE THE PETWOOD HOTEL 2018

Client The Petwood Hotel Architect/Designer Park Hood Maintenance Contractor Whiting Landscape Suppliers Crowders Nurseries

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Famous as the home of the legendary RAF 617 Dambusters Squadron in 1944/45, The Petwood Hotel also boasts gardens designed in 1912 by celebrated designer Harold Peto. Although located in the heart of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, for over 100 years the historic gardens had fallen into disrepair and been subject to vandalism and theft of original seats, sculptures and urns. Only basic maintenance was being undertaken to ensure safety. The owners wanted to restore and upgrade the historic gardens as they had been designed and originally realised in 1913/14. With the hotel remaining open throughout the works, the contractor rebuilt the Temple of Atalanta, installing a new stone temple with cast iron domed roof, new floor slabs and steps. The Long Walk paving was removed, restored and blended, and the Horley Festoon was reinstated, drainage installed and lawns re-laid. Flowerbeds were re-established, the fountain refurbished, paving re-laid and balustrading rebuilt on the rear terrace.

Paving was also removed and re-laid to install drainage in the Dutch sunken garden, turf was replaced and the fountain here also refurbished. The contractor worked solely from historical photographs to resurrect the gardens.

Undertaken in part within tight time frames with the contractor working around the demands of a functioning hotel, this project has benefited from very sympathetic restoration work that reflects quality workmanship, good re-use of existing materials, and careful attention to reinstating the theme of the original gardens from good historical records.

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LANDSTRUCTION

WILD WORLDS GARDEN FESTIVAL 2018

Client Chester Zoo Architect Landstruction/Urban Wilderness Designer Landstruction/Studio Unwired Maintenance Contractor Chester Zoo Suppliers Armordillo, Big Hedge Co., CED Stone Group

Chester Zoo collaborated with artists, landscape designers, scientists and entertainers to create 14 individual interactive installations, each inspired by the work of their conservationists and scientists as well as amazing wildlife. The contractor constructed three of the installations, one of which they designed exclusively for the zoo. The Dormouse Garden was inspired by the zoo’s work to compare the ecology and demographics of dormouse populations; The Botanist Lab invites visitors into a wild, exciting and educational picnic experience in an edible garden laboratory; and The Pheromone Zone introduces visitors to animals and science through the magical world of pheromones, which affect the way we all interact.

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GROUND CONTROL

ELEPHANT PARK, ELEPHANT & CASTLE, LONDON 2018

Architect/Designer Gillespies Maintenance Contractor Ground Control Suppliers BBS Granite Concepts, Bourne Amenity, Freeland Horticulture, PlayEquip, WildFlower Turf

Elephant Park sits on the site of the former Heygate Estate. The flats were demolished between 2011 and 2014, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Elephant and Castle area of South London. Green space is at the heart of this £2.3 billion regeneration project and the contractor’s work at Elephant Park forms part of Phase One of the green space development. Once complete it will be the largest new green space in Central London for 70 years and will support the sustainability goals of the regeneration. Works undertaken by the contractor included path construction with surfacing and paving, play surfacing, installation of FSC certified timber sleepers and Corten sleeper borders, installation of play equipment and street furniture, creation of rain garden areas, tree planting, soft landscaping, and the installation of irrigation, lighting, power and CCTV services.

The good working relationship between the client, landscape architect and contractor has produced a high quality scheme. Despite the challenges of shared access routes for site deliveries with other contractors and a complex working environment, the contractor has completed all hard and soft landscaping works to a very high standard creating a beautiful urban park that has already begun to regenerate this formerly deprived area of London.

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ENDRICK LANDSCAPES DARGAVEL VILLAGE, BISHOPTON 2018

Client BAE Systems Architect/Designer CASS Associates Maintenance Contractor Endrick Landscapes Suppliers Deepdale Trees, Green-tech, J.A.Jones, Mcnairs Building and Timber Merchants, William Thompson & Son (Dumbarton)

The contractor carried out extensive infrastructure landscape works across a 2,300 acre site. Following remediation and decontamination of the site, the landscaper created three village squares, laid link pathways, constructed woodland play areas, built ‘site won’ sandstone walling, and constructed boardwalk decking. A number of items on the site have been retained within the landscape to reference the area to it’s past.

P CASEY (LAND RECLAMATION) CLIFFE CASTLE PARK RESTORATION 2018

Client/ Maintenance Contractor City of Bradford MBC Architect Norfolk Property Services Designer P. Casey (Land Reclamation) Suppliers Barton Grange Landscapes, Cambridge Hok, Fountains and Features, Heritage Masonry, Maude Construction

A grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund has helped give Cliffe Castle Park a new lease of life with the refurbishment of the Glass House Café and botanical gardens and the construction of an animal sanctuary. Restoration of the park’s landscape comprised the reconstruction and surfacing of the footpaths throughout the park and the recreation of grassed areas and flowerbeds.

BLAKEDOWN LANDSCAPES (SE) HUNSTANTON HERITAGE GARDENS Client Borough Council Kings Lynn West Norfolk Architect Wynne Williams 2018

This Heritage Lottery-funded project involved extensive upgrading to a range of landscape features and building elements along the sea front gardens and cliffs whilst remaining open to the public throughout. Key features include the refurbishment of Victorian shelters, an Edwardian pavilion, and some 1960s concrete shelters of distinctive butterfly shape; repair of two scheduled monuments; installation of a new playground and two new memorials, and recreation of the original Victorian and Edwardian planting schemes.

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IDVERDE

PROJECT PILGRIM, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL 2018

Client Gloucester Cathedral Designer New Leaf Studio Suppliers Boningale Nurseries, Larsen Building Products, Marshalls, Pierre Heritage

Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, trusts and individual donations, Project Pilgrim is an ambitious ten-year programme of capital development, regeneration and community engagement for Gloucester Cathedral.

Works undertaken by the contractor included the installation of a gravel car park edged with salvaged granite setts; construction of a raised terrace leading to the West entrance, with steps incorporating planters, constructed with imported French limestone; construction of a new public open space incorporating hard and soft landscaping elements around a central spiral arrangement; groundworks including drainage, with bespoke slot drains within circular paving bands, to have minimal aesthetic impact on the scheme; installation of in-ground spotlights, wall lights, column lights and bollards, and soft landscaping.

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KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK TIGER TRAIL 2018

Client Lord Derby Estate Designer Horticon Maintenance Contractor Knowsley Safari Park Suppliers CLM Services, Eric Charlesworth (Electrical Contractors), ESK Industrial Roofing, Henry Williams and Sons, Simpson Gore

The Tiger Trail is a new habitat for two Amur tigers and a fun and learning experience for visitors to the safari park. The contractor designed and constructed the 10,000m2 enclosure and adjoining visitor area, utilising the existing natural stream and ponds to create an environment similar to the tigers’ home in the Amur forest. The adjacent ‘Tiger Trail’ enables visitors to experience the Russian-themed habitat and learn about threats to the Amur tigers’ survival. Works included excavation and earth movement to redefine contours, drainage, footpaths, boardwalks and decking, fencing and gates with integrated fixtures and fittings, construction of stone escarpment, buildings and bridges, and soft landscaping.

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COLCHESTER CASTLE PARK 2018

Client Colchester Borough Council Main Contractor idverde Suppliers EM Jacobs & Sons, Fresh Acre Nurseries, Rigby Taylor

Originally opened in 1892, Castle Park has a rich cultural heritage and is Grade II* Listed in the Historic Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Importance. The contractor has been responsible for grounds maintenance in the park since April 2016. The park extends to 11 hectares and experiences high footfall, hosting between 60 and 65 public events throughout the year, including music concerts. A head gardener and his team of five gardeners and a cleansing operative maintain the extensive (70,500m2) grassed areas and shrub borders, plant and maintain 38,800 bedding plants, maintain the many hanging baskets, cut and clear wildflower areas, and carry out hedge cutting and tree maintenance. Litter picking, bin emptying, path sweeping, maintenance of the boating lake, toilet block cleansing, and locking and unlocking of the park gates each day are also the contractor’s responsibility. Castle Park is renowned for its seasonal flower displays, especially the elaborate annual three-dimensional bedding display that graces the park entrance each year. This display is cosponsored and co-designed by idverde and Colchester Borough Council, with a new theme each year.

This fantastic park with its extensive historical background is well maintained and reflects a great partnership between client and contractor. Despite the climatic challenges presented by this year’s extremely hot summer and the volume of people using the park, the park is maintained to a high standard and reflects collaborative solutions to budgetary restraints.

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GREENFINGERS LANDSCAPE CAE GLAS PARK 2018

Client Oswestry Town Council Main Contractor Greenfingers Landscape Suppliers Baginton Nurseries

This seven acre park in Oswestry town centre is a true community facility and regarded as one of the town’s major tourist attractions. The contractor is responsible for the maintenance of the entire park, which has been awarded Gold in Britain in Bloom for the past five years. The site includes large areas of carefully maintained open space, the ‘Sports Village’, a bowling green, children’s play area, the Memorial Gates and large areas of spring and summer bedding displays. In addition it has a traditional bandstand, public conveniences, a pavilion, greenhouses and a house. The contractor’s full time Park Keepers are responsible for the locking/ unlocking and manning of the park during daylight hours, 365 days a year.

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JOHN O’CONNER (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE) THE EMERGENCY PLANNING COLLEGE, THE HAWKHILLS 2018

Client Serco (Defence Academy) Main Contractor John O’Conner (Grounds Maintenance)

The Hawkhills in the Vale of York has a fascinating history and is home to The Emergency Planning College, which is approved by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat of the Cabinet Office to deliver training to assist with organisational resilience. Operated

by Serco it is also a popular venue for weddings, conferences, team building and corporate away-days, training events, charity functions, social events and meetings. The grounds maintenance contract comprises grass cutting, bedding displays, hedge and shrub maintenance, tree maintenance, leaf clearance, weed control, road sweeping, and snow and ice clearance and gritting.

The site is maintained by one operative and an apprentice who, despite a limited budget, are reinvigorating formerly neglected areas through a programme of shrub and plant replacement, with a number of the plants being propagated on site. Additionally, overgrown woodland areas are being slowly opened up for walkers and runners.

The contractor has done a great deal to improve standards in the grounds of this important venue. Client satisfaction is high and they are aware that as standards increase so staffing and budgets must follow to maintain the overall look of the site. Regardless, this is a very impressive scheme and a credit to the efforts of the contractor’s on-site staff.

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BROMPTON BARRACKS - ROYAL SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGINEERS 2018

Client Holdfast Training Services Defence/ Land Babcock International Group Main Contractor Babcock International Suppliers Eagle Plant, Sherriff Amenity, Stuart Canvas, Tudor Environmental, Weed Management

Home to the Royal Engineers, Brompton Barracks is steeped in military history, beautifully accompanied by attractive planting. This fascinating estate boasts subtle flowerbeds and is home to more than two thousand trees, including a 113 year old holm oak planted by HM King Edward VII in 1905. The Barracks is a distinctive estate where nature is encouraged to cohabit alongside military training and everyday life. With the outside environment being somewhat built up the estate is a safe haven for wildlife.

The contractor has actively incorporated nature trails and outside recreation areas, introducing new tree stock and installing bird boxes and hedgehog homes to areas that can be left to the wildlife.

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GROUNDS MAINTENANCE - PRIVATE VALUE UNDER £50K

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PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WENTWORTH Designer/Main Contractor Clifton Nurseries 2018

The maintenance of this extensive private garden is undertaken by a dedicated head gardener and assistant gardener who attend on only one day a week. The client visits the property infrequently but sets very high standards for its upkeep and is kept informed of the garden’s condition with regular photographs. The maintenance team’s tasks include care of the ornamental lawns, yew and laurel hedging, shrub and flower borders, hard standing areas and the irrigation system.

This is a very neat and well-presented scheme, which befits the type of property in the area. Good horticultural practice is in evidence throughout, meeting the client’s exacting expectations.

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Client The Glenmorangie Company Main Contractor Rob Flavell Landscapes Suppliers Macplants, Rigby Taylor, STS

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VIRGINIA PARK, VIRGINIA WATER, SURREY 2018

Main Contractor Gavin Jones Suppliers Sherriff Amenity, Tudor Environmental

This gated private residential development comprises a Grade I Listed building converted into apartments and surrounding new housing on a 24 acre site.

The landscaped areas reflect the heritage of the buildings and are maintained by the contractor using two full-time staff who work closely with the Gardens Committee in order to meet their strict maintenance specification and achieve a high class maintenance regime to improve the grounds, rather than carry out simple maintenance of an existing scheme.

The grounds of this lovely exclusive residential estate comprise wellmaintained mature tree and shrub borders with neatly edged lawns and attractive planters. There is very good communication between the contractor’s dedicated on-site staff and members of the Gardens Committee, whose strict specification outlines existing and future improvements to be met within the allocated budget. The contractor’s team takes great pride in their work, re-using composted materials around the site and installing beehives. The grounds are well used and appreciated by the residents.

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REGISTERED DESIGNER & REGISTERED CONTRACTOR JOINT SUBMISSION

JOHN NASH MBALI AND BUCKLAND LANDSCAPES FROM PIT TO PICTURE 2018

Maintenance Contractor Dave Parrott Suppliers AJ Lighting, Boot & Dart, CED Stone Group, Europlants UK, Watermatic

This two-acre garden slopes steeply up from an unmade track. The design had to include a swimming pool, tennis court, woodland garden, Japanese garden, pond, lawn, living wall, roof terrace garden, outdoor kitchen/dining, leisure and relaxation areas. A journey through linked areas provides views and surprises. Part of the design concept was inspired by classical Italian/Roman, particularly Villa Adriana, which ‘framed’ large rectangular areas with elevated terminal features. The steeply sloping rear bank leads to open country and is transitioned with irregularly shaped beds with grasses and bisected with bands of mown grass. Contemporary entrance gates between pillars echo a nearby church and lead, via a resurfaced drive, into the front garden and up to the front of the house.

Spring bulbs, pine and birch trees augment existing planting and the sides of the drive now boast an avenue of whitebeam and rhododendron. The contemporary front of the house is planted with topiary, augmented with boulders, leading into a Japanese-style garden featuring a meandering diamond path over a stream cascading down into a pond. Mounds formed from excavated material from the house reconstruction contain grasses.

The excellent collaboration between designer and contractor on this extensive and beautiful scheme is clear to see.

Working with exacting clients, and at the same time as the house was being re-built, the contractor has executed the design with great care and attention to detail, achieving incredibly high standards. The designer has interpreted the client’s eclectic brief in an imaginative and creative way, delivering a scheme that is full of interest.

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LOUISA BELL MBALI AND ESSE LANDSCAPES WOODSIDE 2018

Client Rachel & Richard Gordon Maintenance Contractor The Lovely Garden Suppliers Barcham Trees, Collingwood Lighting, Marshalls, Palmstead Nurseries, Wealden Oak

The original garden layout of this large contemporary house has been transformed to serve the needs of a growing family and provide a place of refuge for the clients’ friends and military colleagues recovering from serious illness. The tree canopy was reduced, the soil improved throughout and drainage installed.

A large terrace in sawn sandstone and a network of level paths surfaced in resin-bonded gravel were constructed. The route through the garden includes an extended pergola, a large summerhouse with veranda, raised accessible vegetable beds, occasional seating areas, lawns and a small meadow. Bold planting blends with traditional in the woodland areas. The garden is subtly lit throughout.

ADAM WHITE MBALI AND LOCKWOOD LANDSCAPES EARLSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL NATURE PLAYGROUND 2018

Client Earlsfield Primary School Architect Davies White Maintenance Contractor LockWood Landscapes Suppliers Bio Dome Systems, FHS Holztechnik Play Structures from Jupiter Play, Sureset

The designer and contractor worked with staff, parents and pupils at the school to develop a design that would reconnect the children with nature. The boundaries are now functional and playful, the new tree and shrub planting weaves through the space, and the bespoke play equipment offers risk and challenge. The geodome greenhouse, inspired by a pupil’s visit to the Eden Project, has led to the setting up of a new gardening club and children are now growing a variety of plants from seed, many pollinatorfriendly. The scheme is within the school’s capacity to maintain it and meet the requirements of its syllabus and the National Curriculum.

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SPORTS GROUNDS AND LEISURE FACILITIES

BLAKEDOWN SPORT AND PLAY ARCHBISHOP PARK 2018

Client London Borough of Lambeth Architect Blakedown Sport and Play Designer The Sports Construction Consultancy

A public park for over a century, Archbishop Park’s sports facilities were looking tired and scruffy and were not being used. The client, the London Borough of Lambeth, prepared the initial design brief and following public consultation it was then tendered with the successful contractor taking final responsibility for completing the design and undertaking the works. These comprised demolishing and removing the existing sports facilities; stripping out the existing building to a shell, ready for a complete re-fit; organising and providing new incoming mains services; creating a new landscape setting for the facilities with LED overhead lighting, hardwood bespoke seating, paths, access road, turfing and planting; installing a life-size bronze sculpture of Lizzie Lambert, who once ran a tuck shop on the site, to symbolize human kindness; completely refitting the old building to provide changing facilities, showers, toilets, a kitchen, community facilities with an external deck for functions and seating; installing a thirdgeneration sand and rubber all-weather sports pitch to FIFA and World Rugby standards, floodlit and with a sports fencing system to include spectator and storage areas; installing a separate tennis court, fenced and floodlit; and providing facilities for cricket practice with a 3-bay, fully netted bowling and batting area.

What a transformation! This project has revitalized the park and the sports facilities are now incredibly well used.

The contractor has gone the extra mile to engage with the project and deliver a community facility that meets a host of needs and uses. All elements have been very professionally installed and showcase the range of skills required of today’s specialist landscape contractor.

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SPORTS GROUNDS AND LEISURE FACILITIES

TALBOT FARM LANDSCAPES REGENT’S PARK HYBRID PITCH 2018

Client The Royal Parks Designer TGMS Maintenance Contractor Talbot Farm Landscapes Suppliers Acorn Tractors and Machinery, Talbot Turf, Topsport - Tarmac Building Products

This project, which was initiated though The Royal Parks with Sport England support, aimed to increase usage of the sports pitch area of Regent’s park by replacing the soil-based natural turf pitch with a state-of-the-art hybrid carpet football pitch, the first constructed for ‘grass roots’ football. The contractor worked with sports surface consultants TGMS on its construction and the new pitch has exceeded all expectations, retaining its green aesthetic appearance throughout its first winter and continuing to be a good consistent playing surface.

As all works were undertaken while the park was open, careful traffic management was vital to ensure safe project completion with minimal disruption to the park’s operation.

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PLANTERS HORTICULTURE APRONS & HAMMERS, LA MER 2018

Designer Objekts of Design Maintenance Contractor Planters Horticulture Suppliers Green Fortune

Aprons & Hammers is an award-winning, upscale seafood restaurant situated on the north side of Dubai in a prime location on a newly opened world-class leisure and entertainment hub by the beach called ‘La Mer, Jumeirah’. The restaurant is an inspiring venue, with its uninterrupted views of the Arabian Gulf and the iconic Dubai city skyline. The client’s brief was to provide two curved living green walls with a combined area of 40m2. They wanted a green wall that would have a beautiful mix of colours, a lush feel without being too busy, and that would blend with the industrial design concept of the space, creating a main focal point without taking up valuable floor space. The contractor completed the wall in 30 days, well ahead of schedule.

This is a very nice scheme that uses the living walls to line the back walls of the restaurant. The contractor designed the water drip trays to be concealed behind curved seating with an integrated access panel for maintenance. The choice of plants works well and the skillful arrangement directs the eye to a central point. The client is very pleased with the scheme, trusting the contractor with future installations in two new branches of the restaurant.

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DELUXE MEDIA INTERIOR LANDSCAPING 2018

Client Deluxe Media Designer/Maintenance Contractor Nurture Landscapes Suppliers Koberg, Mobilane

The contractor was invited to tender for greening the interior of the new Deluxe Media building when the company relocated to Uxbridge from their previous premises in Acton. Working within the constraints of a tight budget, the contractor has created a green thread through the building with a minimum of planting, using plants that can withstand the air conditioning and help to break up the open-plan space. The creative use of ‘living pictures’ adds another dimension to the scheme.

SCOTSCAPE LANDSCAPING ASICS LIVING CEILINGS 2018

Client Brinkworth Designer Brinkworth Design Maintenance Contractor Scotscape Landscaping Suppliers Brinkworth, LWS Irrigation, Quercus, Scotscape Landscaping, Terapia Urbana

Asics approached design consultants Brinkworth to develop a strong new global retail concept for their stores, which has so far been applied to ten Asics locations. In response to the Brinkworth vision the contractor has developed a bespoke store greening system. A series of narrow stainless-steel planters suspended at ceiling level and planted with carefully chosen plants, sustained in a semi-hydroponic condition. Controlled watering using the contractor’s own ‘smart’ irrigation system allows the plants to thrive and create a green canopy without the need for drainage. To date the ceilings have been installed in London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Vienna, Paris, Berlin and New York and will be rolled out to other Asics locations across the globe.

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MILTON KEYNES WINTER GARDENS 2018

Client Bannatyne Health Club Designer Nurture Landscapes Main Contractor Nurture Landscapes

This scheme, within an atrium adjacent to The Bannatyne Spa, is on a tiered Cotswold curved bed system with interconnecting paths and stairs. There is a large top pond area containing numerous large Koi carp, with a small water cascade leading into a streamlike water feature, with cobbles and boundary planting, and on into a second pond. The entire garden is maintained by one person for 15 hours per week.

The excellent condition of this absolutely lovely interior scheme is down to the dedication, care and attention given by the contractor’s on-site operative, whose love of her work is evident at every turn.

Using bio-organic control to deter plant pests and disease, she also utilises small, out-of-the-way areas as mini propagation units to provide new plants. This is a lovely, lovely space and a credit to the contractor.

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TOTAL PROTECTION (LANDSCAPING) RIVERSIDE STUDIOS AND QUEEN’S WHARF 2018

Client/Main Contractor Mount Anvil Architect Fourpoint Architects Designer Modular Maintenance Contractor Total Protection (Landscaping) Suppliers Boughton Loam, CED Stone Group, Hillier, Living Green Design, Robin Tacchi Plants

Situated next to the River Thames overlooking Hammersmith Bridge, the redeveloped Riverside Studios and Queen’s Wharf provides a vibrant mixeduse development, which includes 165 new homes. The contractor supplied all labour, materials and plant to install the hard and soft landscaping for this project, including at ground level along Riverside Walk. On levels 2, 3 and 4, and on the yoga terrace and penthouse, the podium landscaping incorporated the supply and installation of black basalt paving and timber hardwood decking on pedestals, the supply of bespoke GRP planters and associated lightweight soils, and tree and shrub planting. A fully automatic irrigation system, external lighting, artificial turf and bespoke 6m high stainless steel climber support for feature walls were also installed.

The premium quality materials and plant stock used in this prestige development were evident throughout. The contractor overcame complex access issues, craning in all materials to site, to achieve the high level of finish on time and within budget. This is a very technically competent scheme.

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THE CHOCOLATE QUARTER, BRISTOL 2018

Client St. Monica Trust c/o Andrew Wilson Partnership Architect AFLA Designer KWL Architects Main Contractor Andrew Wilson Partnership Suppliers Cirencester Fabrication Services, Dingle Nurseries & Garden, Jewsons, Wright Mini Mix, WSR Global trading as Ryno

Once home to Fry’s, one of the nation’s favourite chocolate brands, The Chocolate Quarter in Bristol is now a stylish development of retirement apartments and a care home. Part of the buildings’ refurbishment included the construction of five new roof gardens at first and second floor level. The works undertaken by the contractor included creating steel plant beds, soft landscaping, installation of pergolas and new furniture, and the installation of paving, irrigation and water features. Lack of space on site and access restrictions imposed by working on the first and second floor meant that the project team had to plan the schedule of works carefully to manage the flow of materials, which had to be craned into position.

GARDEN CLUB LONDON JAM FACTORY 2018

Designer/Maintenance Contractor Garden Club London Suppliers Creepers Nursery, Landscapeplus, London Stone, Southgate Timber

This residential roof terrace on top of the original Hartley’s Jam Factory in Southwark, occupies an open aspect with stunning city views. The original scheme needed upgrading, including retaining a unique concrete and timber mix bench. The design comprises a small outdoor kitchen area, dining space with panoramic views and secluded lounge seating. Thoughtful material selection will ensure the garden’s longevity and is aesthetically pleasing with a look, feel and finish that sits comfortably with the well-appointed property. Limed oak effect composite millboard flooring works well with naturally aged iroko used for capping and furniture details. A selection of evergreen pinus cloud trees provides wind tolerant structure and colourful perennials and aromatic herbs give seasonal interest.

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BEIJING TSINGHUA TONGHENG URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN INSTITUTE DESIGN FOR CHILDREN – YA’AN PANDA GREEN ISLAND PARK LANDSCAPE DESIGN

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Client Ya’an Development Investment Co. Architect/Designer Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning and Design Institute Main Contractor Chengdu Jin Xi Garden Greening Engineering Co.

Ya’an, which is 115km from Chengdu, is on the western edge of the Sichuan Basin, a lowland region in southwestern China surrounded by mountains. Panda Green Island Park is located on Shuizhongba Island, at the intersection of Ya’an new and old cities, and covers 16.94 hectares.

The planners’ objectives were to create a comprehensive park that blended into the surrounding landscape and ecology and that was properly adapted to the local climate, culture and lives of Ya’an’s citizens, focusing on children’s growth needs. Four key strategies drove the planning process: 1. Ecological foundation - to create micro-topography for building up a stone stream LID system throughout the park; 2. Rational layout - the entire park is divided into six functional areas; 3. Core framework – provided by the iconic “Rain Corridor”; 4. Design for children - the panda playground is specially designed for children and is spoken highly of by residents, particularly in terms of its beneficial social impact, which exceeds government expectations.

Public recognition and the success of Panda Green Island Park have encouraged city decision-makers to begin promoting measures to improve children’s living environment.

This park is a kaleidoscope of vibrant colour that celebrates children and the Giant Pandas that are indigenous to this area of China. Native trees and shrubs have been used throughout the park and a ‘rain corridor’ provides shelter from the heavy winter rains and the hot summer sun. The panda playground is a vibrant, engaging space for children of all ages. This lovely scheme works with the local climate and enhances the lives of Ya’an’s citizens.

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Client The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Designer/Main Contractor Commonwealth War Graves Commision Landscaping Division Maintenance Contractor Commonwealth War Graves Commision Maintenance Division Suppliers Bruns Pflanzen, Green-tech

This project involved the planting of 49 six tonne Taxus in the grounds of the Australian National Memorial in VillersBretonneux Military Cemetery in France. The contractor assisted with the selection, transportation and installation of the trees, travelling to Bremen in Germany to select and tag the trees and to gauge the logistics required to offload and plant on site.

ATELIER DYJG ZHUHAI GARDEN 2018

Client Zhuhai HUAFA City Operation Investment Company Designer Atelier DYJG Main Contractor Beijing Forestry University & Atelier DYJG Maintenance Contractor QU Peng Suppliers Pinuo Logo Management Department, Baisha, Zhengdong, Zhongmou County Plants Supply Co., Zhuhai Qiguang Steel Structure Installation Co., Zhuhai branch of Henan Guangming Steel Structure Engineering Co., Zhuhai Weihong Landscape Decoration Materials

Inspired by the city’s name, which can be interpreted as ‘the sea of pearls’, the landscape architect based the design of the 1700m2 garden on this theme, incorporating a serpentine coastline, an area of white clamshell beach, a series of islands, and a winding bridge that connects six ‘pearls’.

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YUNYANG BEACH AND WATER GARDEN 2018

Client Yunyang County Zhongyun Owned Assets Management Company Designer Atelier DYJG Main Contractor Beijing Forestry University & Atelier DYJG Maintenance Contractor LI Zuan Suppliers Anhui Hongyu Bamboo Technology Co., Beijing Zhongjing Orange Stone Construction Technology Co., Shandong Shengfa Shenzhen Dacheng Environmental Art Co., Zhejiang Dazhuang Industrial Group Co.

The landscape architect has created a resilient landscape by making full use of the previous revetment and water fluctuation area, not only adapting to the changes of the reservoir water level but also providing recreation, swimming, aquatic play, beach sports and children’s play.

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TSINGHUA HOLDINGS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE RENASCENCE WATER BANK – DOUNAN WETLAND PARK

2018

Client/Maintenance Contractor Kunming Dianchi Investment CO. Designer Tsinghua Holdings Human Settlements Environment Institute and Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning and Design Institute

This project has restored a 1.5 km long wetland on the edge of Dian Lake, the largest lake of Yunnan. After completion, water discharged to the lake is purified to a larger extent. The riparian edge habitats have been successfully rehabilitated with increasing biodiversity and the preservation of heritage trees. The wetland system is capable of treating 60,000m³ of waste water per day.

TSINGHUA HOLDINGS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE RECOVERY TO RETURN – DONGDAHE WETLAND PARK

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Client/Maintenance Contractor Kunming Dianchi Investment CO. Designer Tsinghua Holdings Human Settlements Environment Institute and Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning and Design Institute

The design team worked closely with ecologists, environmentalists, landscape architects and other experts, to conduct a detailed site survey and investigation into the local history. Multiple approaches were applied, including water system connection, vegetation restoration, and ecological barge and habitat restoration. After the project was completed, the wetland area expanded by 139%.

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LAOXIMEN (OLD WEST GATE) – URBAN TRANSFORMATION PHASE ONE, CHANGDE, CHINA

2018

Architect Ideal Space Studio of ZhongxuQu and He Qing Designer Ecoland Planning & Design Corp and Ideal Space Studio of ZhongxuQu and He Qing Main Contractor Changde Zhongfang Construction Corporation Maintenance Contractor Changde Zhongfang Construction Engineering Co. Suppliers China Zhongxu Planning & Architecture design Co., Hunan Steel Co., Tiancheng Planning & Architectural Design Co., Toryo International Lighting Design Center Co. Wasser Hannover GmbH

Laoximen Phase 1 has transformed 6.4 acres into a culturally rich urban green space and popular waterfront district. Innovation and preservation have combined to establish an urban core and waterfront corridor for people, plants and wildlife to coexist.

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ECOLAND PLANNING AND DESIGN CORP. GU’AN CENTRAL PARK, HEBEI, CHINA 2018

Client China Fortune Land Development Co. Architect/Designer Ecoland Planning and Design Corp.

Main Contractor/Maintenance Contractor Beijing Xinghe Landscape Engineering Co. Supplier Shanghai Leqiu Amusement Facilities Co.

Beijing’s satellite city, Gu’An, features a grand Central Park in the midst of a growing urban environment. Many of the Park’s eco-friendly recreational activities, water features, running and walking tracks and gently-sloped green expanses, were carefully arranged near the edge of the park, forming a new communitycentred open space.

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BAMBOO GARDEN IN LUXELAKES ECO-CITY, CHENGDU, CHINA 2018

Client Chengdu Wide Horizon New Town Development Co. Architect/Designer Ecoland Planning and Design Corp. Main Contractor/Maintenance Contractor Sichuan Shuyun Landscape Engineering Co. Suppliers Chengdu Huadu Agriculture Co., Sichuan Shuyun Landscape Engineering Co.

Bamboo is the inspiration and common thread throughout the design and together with red stone and additional native plantings it creates a strong connection to the land. The garden consists of a brook, terraced waterfall, indigenous plants, bamboo forest, zigzag bridge and bamboo pavilions.

BEIJING TSINGHUA TONGHENG URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN INSTITUTE LANDSCAPE DESIGN OF BAOTOU OLYMPIC PARK

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Client Baotou City Municipal Greening Administration Bureau Architect/Designer Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning and Design Institute Main Contractor/Supplier Inner Mongolia Xin Shen Nong Landscape Construction Co. Maintenance Contractor The Olympic Park Administrative Office

The designers have transformed a bland and negative area into a widely popular park with comprehensive functions of sports and fitness, recreation, science education, and access to nature. Respecting the original ecological base of the site, the design references the Shan Shui landscape pattern.

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XIAMEN URBAN ENVIRONMENT DESIGN & ENGINEERING CO. MEIREN PARK

2018

Client/ Maintenance Contractor Xiamen Greening Management Center Architect/Designer Xiamen Urban Environment Design & Engineering Co.

Meiren Park is located at former site of Meiren Palace, the core area of Xiamen’s old downtown. With a history going back centuries it used to be the city’s cultural centre. With the progress of urbanization, the memories unique to these sites have vanished gradually and been replaced by a densely populated area with an extreme shortage of public space for citizen activities. Meiren Park has been created using local materials based on the history of the site. Adopting several art forms, the project represents the changing of the site over centuries and presents new opportunities for artistic expression of local cultural inheritance.

XIAMEN URBAN ENVIRONMENT DESIGN & ENGINEERING CO. XIAMEN GARDEN, PETRISPARK, TRIER

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Client Xiamen Garden Bureau Architect/Designer Xiamen Urban Environment Design & Engineering Co. Maintenance Contractor Chinese Garden Association

Situated in Petrispark in the German town of Trier, the Xiamen Garden blends the charm of Eastern landscapes into a Western garden, which reflects the Eastern philosophical spirit of ‘inclusiveness and co-existence’ and the outlook of Chinese Taoists on the universe and life, achieving an integration and resonance of Eastern and Western cultures.

The project is an important witness to the exchange between Xiamen and Trier, and it is hoped that the park will be a place where Chinese and Western cultures merge and collide.

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ELAINE RUTHERFORD MBALI PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WORSLEY 2018

Architect Topia Garden Design Main Contractor ANT Landscapes Suppliers London Stone

The client brief was to transform the dull and uninspiring small rear garden of their modern, semi-detached home to provide an attractive private space that linked the house to a garden room in their converted garage. The designer created a terraced area immediately adjacent to and at the level of the rear of the house for outdoor entertaining and used retaining walls with integral planted areas to address the slope up to the garden room, creating two further terraces and steps to allow easy circulation throughout the garden. The use of granite paving, rendered walls and soft contemporary planting give the garden year-round interest.

This confident design fully met the client’s brief and reflects the care taken by the designer to get it absolutely right.

Her attention to detail, both in the hard landscaping elements and in the plant selection, which will give structure and interest throughout the year, is in evidence across the design and in its implementation. The client is extremely happy with the entire project process, from inception to completion.

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The Landscape Institute’s careers campaign is designed to involve members, students, teachers, carers and parents in promoting the profession to a new generation. The campaign is targetted at 14 to 22 year olds and has its own website and social media channels.

Thanks so much to those of you who’ve already been in touch to share your inspiring visuals.

Not only is contributing to our content bank a great way to support a crucial campaign, it also lets you share the story of your project and work with a wider audience. Your images help us inspire, engage and educate younger audiences, and showcase the range of roles and passions in landscape.

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Get involved #ChooseLandscape will need the input of as many members as possible to help make it a real success. Below are some of the ways you can get involved.

Tell the world why you #ChooseLandscape We’ve created an editable, printable graphic for you to take out into your favourite outdoor space and let the world know why you #ChooseLandscape. Simply download your choice of the colour or mono logo, type in your own message, print it out, and get snapping!

We’d encourage you to take the printout outside your office or home and find somewhere beautiful nearby that you feel shows what landscape is all about. (It could even be one of your own projects.) Once you’ve taken your picture, post it online – and be sure to include #ChooseLandscape and the LI handle.

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TRANQUIL CHESHIRE GARDEN 2018

Suppliers Ladybrook Nursery, Rivelin, Stonemarket, Silva Timber, Urban Trees

The brief was to create a masterplan for the front and rear gardens of a modern detached property in Wilmslow, Cheshire. The clients, a retired couple, wanted a low maintenance, contemporary garden, with a strong focus on clean lines but with plenty of seasonal interest. The hard landscaping needed to accommodate afternoon and evening entertaining, with consideration to the movement of the sun during the day. The clients specified different areas of seating for different functions and modern features including a fire table and a piece of sculpture. The high quality paving was to be sleek but robust. One of the driving elements of the garden style was the furniture, which needed to reflect the modern interior and exterior of the house. The planting was to be unusual but very ‘neat and tidy’, with plenty of evergreen structure, coloured foliage and some flowering interest.

This is a very strong and confident design, working well with the property and fully meeting the clients’ brief.

Extremely good attention to detail in the hard landscaping and the beautiful and restrained planting has created a lovely setting for the house and for entertaining.

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Architect Marian Boswall Landscape Architects Main Contractor The Outdoor Room/ Frogheath www.ground-control.co.uk talent@ground-control.co.uk Landscapes Suppliers How Green, Palmstead, Pots and Pithoi, Richard Hudson Sculpture, Wheelgate Nurseries Do we have a career for you? Click Careers:

A lover of contemporary art, the client wanted a garden of vibrant colours and dramatic impact. The new entrance courtyard includes a Portuguese cobble tapestry leading to a striking sculpture to balance the entrance to the house. Parking is screened from the house and generous planting provides a gracious entrance in keeping with the setting. The park-side garden was re-sculpted to include a ha-ha linking the garden to the fabulous views across the park. A reclaimed Yorkstone entertaining terrace leads down to a sunken croquet lawn and wildflower meadow beyond. The orangery garden is a contemporary interpretation of an historic parterre to be seen partly from above and also from within.

This is a really lovely scheme that softens the house and gives it a wonderful setting that links to the surrounding countryside. The attention to detail shown in the hard landscaping elements is terrific and fabulous swathes of planting reflect the colours of the client’s artworks. Beautiful touches, such as the subtle delineation to reduce the level of the ornamental lawn, are simple yet sophisticated. The client is, understandably, delighted.

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This two-acre garden slopes steeply up from an unmade track. The design had to include a swimming pool, tennis court, woodland garden, Japanese garden, pond, lawn, living wall, roof terrace garden, outdoor kitchen/dining, leisure and relaxation areas. A journey through linked areas provides views and surprises. Part of the design concept was inspired by classical Italian/ Roman, particularly Villa Adriana, which ‘framed’ large rectangular areas with elevated terminal features. The contemporary front of the house is planted with topiary, augmented with boulders, leading into a Japanesestyle garden featuring a meandering diamond path over a stream cascading down into a pond. Mounds formed from excavated material from the house reconstruction contain grasses.

PATRICIA FOX MBALI VIBURNUM GATE 2018

Client Natalie & Nigel Berney Suppliers Europlants UK, London Stone, Marshalls, Miles & Lincoln, The Pot Company, Water Garden

The clients wanted a complete overhaul to both front and rear gardens of their new build house to create an impressive contemporary garden with the ‘wow’ factor. The design is elegant and minimalist with contemporary clean lines and requiring a relatively low level of maintenance. It serves equally for relaxation and as a party space, an area that works beautifully from day through into night, and a space that flows seamlessly from house to garden, both physically in movement and visually.

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LONDON STONE Formed in 2005, London Stone supplies quality 2018 natural stone and porcelain paving, in-house fabricated bespoke stone products and complementary hard landscaping materials, such as composite decking and wall cladding. The business currently has five showrooms situated around London and the Home Counties as well as concession showrooms in Cheshire and Cornwall and is beginning to establish in the North West. London Stone is committed to delivering exceptional customer service to its loyal customer base and conducts its business in an ethical, transparent manner. Its frontline sales team is incentivised through a bonus scheme to provide an ‘above and beyond’ customer experience, and internal promotion is favoured over recruiting externally for managerial positions. Customer feedback is actively sought through the Trust Pilot website and communicated to staff on a weekly basis. The range of products offered and the readiness to provide bespoke products affords customers a complete service, including delivery by the company’s own vehicle fleet, which uses an effective ‘delivery status’ system to keep customers fully informed. London Stone works closely with designers, holds regular Landscaper Development Days, and works with BALI’s GoLandscape initiative to reach students at land-based colleges. Its ‘One Industry United’ initiative encourages industry collaboration and aims to break down the barriers between hard and soft landscaping.

This company highlights the importance of meeting customer needs in terms of the products offered and the overall service experience. Its staff are well trained and knowledgeable and it places great importance on the ethical sourcing of its stone products. London Stone believes in educating its customer base, including those new to the landscape industry, and is constantly identifying new ways of adding value to its product and service offering.

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ELJAYS44 Media and events company Eljays44 is dedicated to the landscape sector, 2018 having launched a constant stream of magazines, events, websites and data services since its inception in early 2011. It owns leading landscape industry trade magazine Pro Landscaper and premier landscape industry event FutureScape, as well as titles in the arboriculture, landscape architecture and garden centre sectors. The company aims to deliver educational, inspiring and actionable content, whilst building a community where colleagues can network, learn and share experiences for the benefit of the landscape sector.

Run by the Wilkinson family, Eljays44 is based in West Sussex with a team of 29 dedicated people helping to achieve its goals.

COREGRAVEL T/A CORE LANDSCAPE PRODUCTS Exceptional customer service is of paramount importance to this business 2018 and it strives to meet all of its customers’ needs, going above and beyond wherever possible. It offers many beneficial services, such as fast ‘same day’ quotations, free technical support and optional ‘next day AM’ delivery, enabling customers to concentrate and focus on their own projects and installations without having to worry about supply issues. As a growing team the company commits to maintaining its ‘family business’ ethos – which is to always put the customer’s needs first, providing streamlined support and unrivalled aftercare to ensure its reputation for excellent service is maintained.

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TALASEY GROUP Talasey Group is one of the UK’s leading independent suppliers of high 2018 quality, ethically-sourced landscaping solutions - a position obtained through innovative products and an exceptional customer service offering.

Its range of high quality brands is supported by the Talasey Training Academy, which offers informative and interactive courses that cover how to install and get the most out of landscaping products in domestic applications, through a mix of knowledge-based and hands-on learning. Talasey Group’s passion for delivering excellent customer service and its desire to continually support and upskill the landscaping industry make it a forward-looking business in tune with its customer base.

MAKITA UK Best known for its high quality power tools, this global business established 2018 in the UK in 1972 and has grown to be a leading supplier of professional tools, accessories and garden machinery equipment to hard and soft landscaping trades. It has worked to inform and educate the landscape sector by providing industry-leading training and support and prides itself on excellent product and technical customer care.

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PRINCIPAL AWARD WINNER

EMPLOYER EXCELLENCE – TURNOVER UNDER £2.5M

LEICESTERSHIRE GARDEN DESIGN COMPANY This relatively young company, which started five 2018 years ago from the back of a pickup truck, now boasts a £2m turnover with 32 employees. The culture and standards are driven from the top and embedded in the approach of senior team members. A strong mission statement guides the company’s strategy, and its recruitment policy and excellent staff handbook ensure its employees are well trained and regularly rewarded for their achievements. The entire philosophy of Leicestershire Garden Design Company is that if its staff are happy and valued and supported at work and in their personal lives if needed, this will reflect in their commitment to the business and the pride they take in a job well done. And so it has proved. The company’s ‘Points of Culture’ provide everyone, from directors down to trainees, with a road map on how to get the very best out of themselves and their roles.

This submission was uplifting and refreshing in equal measure. It is clear from the staff and client testimonies that this is obviously a caring company that exists not only to serve its customers to the very best of its ability but also to bring young people into the industry, nurture them, give them excellent skills and personal confidence, and support them to be the very best they can be throughout their landscaping career. Leicestershire Garden Design Company deserves this Principal Award for showing very clearly that strong leadership and a caring and nurturing work environment brings rewards for everyone.

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EMPLOYER EXCELLENCE – TURNOVER UNDER £2.5M

URBAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN Operating throughout the North West of England 2018 and North Wales, this award-winning design and landscaping business has grown under the stewardship of the owners to employ thirty full time staff, each of whom is highly skilled and shares the vision and ethos of the company. A pleasurable working environment and a training strategy that ensures continuing staff development has delivered a loyal and committed workforce that undertakes all aspects of exterior landscaping for both domestic and commercial clients in Cheshire, South Manchester, the Wirral and North Wales.

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PRINCIPAL AWARD WINNER

EMPLOYER EXCELLENCE – TURNOVER OVER £2.5M

HARROD UK With over 60 years’ experience as leading 2018 suppliers to both designers and landscapers for the design and fabrication of garden structures, Harrod Horticultural offers a multi-award winning range of standard products that can be delivered from stock and the ability to re-design any of these products to bespoke dimensions or colours – all manufactured in house in the UK. They also have a large portfolio of unique structures supplied to private gardens, public realm projects and show gardens. Their investment in staff was rewarded by receiving Gold status for Investors in People in 2015 and they took great pleasure in opening their £1.4m ‘Innovation Centre’ in early 2017. This houses 15 full time design engineers, research and development workshops, rapid prototyping facility and meeting rooms, all of which ensure that new products are designed, tested and bought to market efficiently. From humble beginnings supplying allotment nets with adverts placed in the Exchange & Mart back in 1954 the company now employs over 160 staff with a turnover of £15m.

This is a family company that clearly demonstrates its commitment to its staff through its achievement of the Gold standard Investors in People. It is not, however, resting on its laurels and constantly reviews how it supports and develops its people. Staff satisfaction levels are clearly very high and retention is impressive. Good channels of two-way communication with its workforce are seen as crucial to the company’s success and employee satisfaction, as are the company’s reward and recognition benefits.

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AWARD WINNER

EMPLOYER EXCELLENCE – TURNOVER OVER £2.5M

GREEN-TECH Green-tech is a leading UK supplier of consumables and equipment to 2018 the landscape industry. Employing over 80 team members in the areas of sales, marketing, specification, product development and operations, this family owned and operated business has invested in its staff from day one and the results are clear to see. This company has a strong and effective workforce that is well trained, motivated, supported and rewarded and, in turn, has taken the business where it is today.

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TRAINING ACADEMY

The Talasey Training Academy (TTA) is delivered by Talasey Group, who share your passion for delivering excellent customer service and desire to upskill the landscaping industry.

The Academy offers a range of thorough, informative and interactive courses that cover the installation, properties of and how to get the most out of landscaping products in domestic applications through a blend of knowledge based and hands on learning.

Contact us for a copy of the prospectus, more information or to register for our courses!

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Basic site setting out and preparation for domestic landscaping projects

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Installation of porcelain paving materials for domestic applications

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Benefits of Talasey Training Academy: • City & Guilds accredited training for you and to upskill your staff • Work with the latest product innovations

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Installation of clay paving materials for domestic applications

• Understand how landscaping designs translate into reality

• Short but impactful training, so staff are not out of their day job for long

• Be trained by industry professionals plus receive ongoing sales and marketing support via membership to the Talasey Landscaping Professionals • Training days include lunch and practical ‘take aways’ for learners • Discounts available for groups

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SPECIAL AWARD WINNER

BEST NEWCOMER TO BALI

LANGLEA GARDEN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION VICTORIAN FLAVOUR 2018

Architect/Designer Langlea Garden Design & Construction Suppliers Chandlers Building Supplies, Evergreen Exterior Services, Greensquares Products, Milestone Supplies, Precision Metal Products

This newly created garden successfully combines a Victorian flavour with contemporary materials to provide another ‘room’ for a newly renovated Victorian house. Gnarled, mature olive trees add presence and provide privacy from neighbouring properties, and Victorian-style panelling, reflecting the style of the kitchen and bi-fold doors leading to the garden, cleverly conceals a generously sized bike store where the client, a keen cyclist, can store his six bikes securely and safely. Porcelain paving with refined detailing defines two gravel ‘comfort’ areas for the client’s dogs and mesh beneath the ground-level planted areas prevents them from digging up the plants. An in-situ concrete raised planter provides a backrest to a porcelain-clad seat with Victorian-style feet made from reclaimed balustrades. A feature brass backdrop enhances the planting.

As a new BALI Registered Contractor, Langlea Garden Design and Construction has demonstrated what can be achieved when an innovative approach is taken to finding workable design and construction solutions.

This small, simple, yet hugely attractive garden delivers on all levels, providing a lovely area for relaxation and solving the client’s storage issues. Additionally, the quality of the construction is exemplary.

The contractor has set the bar very high at the start of their BALI membership and can be extremely proud of their achievements.

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SPECIAL AWARD WINNER

DESIGN & BUILD

SANDSTONE DESIGN SOLUTIONS UPLANDS COTTAGE 2018

Client Su and Jim Harwood Designer Sandstone Design Solutions Maintenance Contractor Client - Su Harwood Suppliers Grasslands, Lighting for Gardens, Provender Nurseries, Strata Stones, Travis Perkins

The small, north facing garden of this 400 year-old semi-detached cottage had proven to be a conundrum for the clients who wanted to maximise their living space.

The contractor’s careful consultation, interpretation and engagement with the client throughout the design and build process allowed the creation of a haven that can be used all year round and at all times of day. Considerable access difficulties were overcome allowing the removal of the existing paving, walls and raised beds of soil. This opened up the side of the garden to light and created space for the L-shaped seating area to be built. The paved area at the top of the garden was laid to take advantage of the evening sun. By building the seating area using individually cut, recycled paving slabs to achieve random thickness and the existing sandstone, the walls now resemble a dry stone wall, tying together the old and contemporary nature of this most practical and usable space – and all while being sympathetic to the age of the enclosed surroundings and sensitive to the environmental impact. Feature plants were carefully chosen to provide structure, and the client did much of the planting to create a relaxing Mediterranean feel throughout.

This is a beautifully executed scheme that reflects the contractor’s determination to understand and implement fully the clients’ vision. Working closely with the clients and taking a very flexible approach, the contractor has created a beautiful space on a modest budget to exacting standards. The attention to detail and the quality of the workmanship is faultless.

This project fully illustrates the qualities required of a design and build contractor and Sandstone Design Solutions is a worthy recipient of this Special Award.

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BEST FIRST-TIME ENTRANT

MATT NICHOL MBALI TRANQUIL CHESHIRE GARDEN 2018

Suppliers Ladybrook Nursery, Silva Timber, Stonemarket, Rivelin, Urban Trees

The brief was to create a masterplan for the front and rear gardens of a modern detached property in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

The clients, a retired couple, wanted a low maintenance, contemporary garden, with a strong focus on clean lines but with plenty of seasonal interest. The hard landscaping needed to accommodate afternoon and evening entertaining, with consideration to the movement of the sun during the day. The clients specified different areas of seating for different functions and modern features including a fire table and a piece of sculpture. The high quality paving was to be sleek but robust. One of the driving elements of the garden style was the furniture, which needed to reflect the modern interior and exterior of the house.

The planting was to be unusual but very ‘neat and tidy’, with plenty of evergreen structure, coloured foliage and some flowering interest.

Matt Nichol has demonstrated excellent design ability with this lovely garden and an understanding of the importance of taking the BALI Awards adjudication panel on a journey through the design process to the realisation of that design.

As a first-time entrant to the Awards he has successfully pitted himself against his peers, showing in his entry submission the same level of professional excellence that shines through his entry design and the constructed scheme.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THIS YEARS WINNERS OF THE BALI NATIONAL LANDSCAPE AWARDS 2018 Acre Landscapes Adam White MBALI Alfie Bines Gardens Atelier DYJG Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning and Design Institute Blakedown Landscapes (SE) Blakedown Sport and Play Bowles & Wyer Brambledown Landscape Services Buckland Landscapes Clifton Nurseries CORE Landscape Products Ecoland Planning and Design Corp.

Elaine Rutherford MBALI Eljays44 Endrick Landscapes Esse Landscapes Frosts Landscape Construction Garden Club London Gavin Jones Goddards (Landscape Contractors) Grace Landscapes Graduate Gardeners Greenfingers Landscape

Green-tech Ground Control Harrod UK HG Landscapes Horticon idverde John Nash MBALI John O’Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Kingston Landscape Group Land Design Partnership Landform Consultants Landscape Associates Landscaping Solutions Landstruction Langlea Garden Design & Construction Leicestershire Garden Design Company LockWood Landscapes London Stone Louisa Bell MBALI Makita UK Marian Boswall MBALI Matt Nichol MBALI Maylim

Northumbrian Landscaping Nurture Landscapes P. Casey (Land Reclamation) Patricia Fox MBALI PC Landscapes Planters Horticulture PWP Landscape Design Rob Flavell Landscapes Sandstone Design Solutions Scotscape Landscaping Talasey Group Talbot Farm Landscapes The Landscaping Consultants Tony Benger Landscaping Total Protection (Landscaping) Tsinghua Holdings Human Settlements Environment Institute Urban Landscape Design Valley Provincial Group Whiting Landscape Xiamen Urban Environment Design & Engineering Co.

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