Wildflower Turf ® used: 1600m² Species Rich Lawn Turf
Ground Control – Elephant Park, London
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.
Those of us working in the landscape industry have never doubted the major contribution it makes to the economic wealth and health and wellbeing of our country. Yet, despite the industry’s size and impact, we have had to shout louder than some other industries to be heard on issues such as the skills shortage, training and recruitment, and the importance of providing adequate funding for the upkeep of public parks and other green space.
This year, however, indepth independent research commissioned by the Ornamental Horticulture Round Table Group, and the All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group inquiry into the future of the garden and
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, landscape services accounts for 55% of GDP contributions, 53% of jobs, and 35% of tax revenues. Establishing the size of our industry is key to our lobbying strength and we will use this up-to-date information to help us achieve the key ‘asks’ of Government detailed in the post-APPGHG Inquiry report. We are, most certainly, now a force to be reckoned with.
As we celebrate another successful Awards ceremony we must offer our sincere thanks to the Chairman of the Adjudication Panel, Greg Allen, and his team of judges who have spent countless hours travelling, judging and deliberating to reach their list of winners. It is their individual professional reputations that encourage more
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.
ADJUDICATORS
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
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.
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.
ROBIN TEMPLAR WILLIAMS AWARD WINNING
INTERNATIONAL GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE DESIGNER, DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL OF GARDEN DESIGN SCHOOL. Robin’s career in landscaping began in 1979 and after gaining ten years’ practical experience building and planting gardens he progressed into design. As managing director of Wiltshire-based landscape design practice Robin Williams & Associates, he now specialises in private gardens and landscapes, both in the
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 knowledge of both design and construction, he became a Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers in 1994, servicing on it’s committee for 2 years; Jason was also Chairman of the Association of Professional Landscapers for 10 years and CEO for 2 years. He became a Registered Designer with BALI in 2010 and has taught at the London College of Garden Design. Jason has also won numerous awards throughout his career to date including RHS Chelsea, Hampton Court, Gardeners World, APL Awards 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
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
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.
NICK COSLETT CONSULTANT, PAST BALI NATIONAL CHAIRMAN & CURRENT TRUSTEE OF THE BALI CHALK FUND
Well known across the industry Nick has curated Palmstead’s 11 successful annual Soft Landscape Workshops and brought together designers, land owners and contractors. Having just retired to practise as a consultant, he looks forward to putting something back as a: GoLandscape Ambassador, BALI Chalk trustee and BALI Awards judge.
Though initially trained as a Landscape Architect he worked as a Landscape Manager in Local Authorities from Liverpool to Stevenage and finally as the Parks Manager at Canterbury. He then brought his customer experience to two Kent nurseries Coblands and for the last 15 years at Palmstead Nurseries.
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 has degrees in Environmental Science and Landscape Architecture. He also studied landscape construction at Merrist Wood College in the 1980s. He has had a lifelong interest and engagement in nature conservation and the environment, as well as experience in training people with disabilities in the landscape industry. He was a long-term member of the Landscape Training Group and was a judge for Tunbridge Wells in Bloom.
With over 30 years’ experience in the landscape industry, he worked for some of the largest landscape companies in England before setting up Linden Landscapes. They have built hundreds of gardens, both large and small, and won numerous BALI and APL awards in that time. In 2016 Mick visited the GaLaBau in Nuremberg where Linden Landscapes was awarded the European Landscape Contractors Association (ELCA) International Trend Award ‘Building with Green’.
79 International Award 87 Design Excellence Award - Overall Scheme Under £50k
89 Design Excellence AwardOverall Scheme Between £50k - £125k 91 Design Excellence AwardOverall Scheme Over £125k
Affiliate Exceptional Service
Employer Excellence Award - Turnover Under £2.5m
Employer Excellence Award - Turnover Over £2.5m
105 Special AwardBest Newcomer to BALI 107 Special AwardDesign & Build 108 Special AwardBest First-Time Entrant
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
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.
Sponsors
BOWLES & WYER
PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN THE CHILTERNS
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.
• See page 25 for full scheme details.
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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DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION – UNDER £30K
LANGLEA GARDEN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
VICTORIAN FLAVOUR
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.
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
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.
DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION - BETWEEN £30K–£60K
THE LANDSCAPING CONSULTANTS ROSE BANK
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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Despite being bespoke the greenhouses come fitted with all the usual Gabriel Ash features such as automatic full length roof ventilation, side windows, and a choice of doors and door positions. To get more information and face to face advice on your bespoke structure, book a free no obligation site visit with us and we will measure up and make suggestions based on your growing needs and space.
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PWP LANDSCAPE DESIGN FARM HOUSE
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
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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DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION -
LAND DESIGN PARTNERSHIP
PRIVATE
RESIDENCE
IN GREENWICH
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.
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.
HG LANDSCAPES
PRIVATE RESIDENCE
IN
KENSINGTON
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.
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.
GRADUATE GARDENERS AN
ENTERTAINING COURTYARD
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
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. Lighting brings another dimension to the area at night.
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PC LANDSCAPES
PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WINCHESTER
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.
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
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.
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.
GRADUATE GARDENERS
PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN PAINSWICK
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.
PC LANDSCAPES
PRIVATE RESIDENCE
IN ASHSTEAD
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.
DOMESTIC GARDEN CONSTRUCTION - OVER £250K
BOWLES & WYER
PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN THE CHILTERNS
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.
LANDFORM CONSULTANTS
PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN LEEDS, KENT
Architect James Wright Designer Space Hub Main Contractor
Cardy Construction Suppliers Bourne Amenity, Crowders Nurseries, Geosynthetics, London Stone, Wildflower Turf
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
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.
GAVIN JONES
PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN KENSINGTON
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.
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.
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
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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FROSTS LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION
LONDON WALL PLACE
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.
GRACE LANDSCAPES
NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM – HEROES’ SQUARE AND THE BOYES GARDEN
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
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
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.
FROSTS LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION
HOLLAND PARK VILLAS
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.
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
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
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.
HARD LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION (NON-DOMESTIC)
BLAKEDOWN LANDSCAPES (SE) THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL
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.
Septima Salvia | St John’s Hill, London | Farrer Huxley Associates
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Septima Salvia | St John’s Hill, London | Farrer Huxley Associates
Septima Salvia | Fulham Riverside, London | Fabrik Landscape Architects
Septima Salvia | St John’s Hill, London | Farrer Huxley Associates
Septima Salvia | Fulham Riverside, London | Fabrik Landscape Architects
BRAMBLEDOWN LANDSCAPE SERVICES
SEGEDUNUM ROMAN FORT
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.
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.
PRINCIPAL AWARD WINNER
MAYLIM RATHBONE SQUARE
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.
ENDRICK LANDSCAPES
DARGAVEL VILLAGE, BISHOPTON
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
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
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.
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.
HORTICON
KNOWSLEY
SAFARI PARK TIGER TRAIL
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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COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT
GROUND CONTROL
CALVERLEY ADVENTURE GROUNDS, ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS
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.
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
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.
LOCKWOOD LANDSCAPES
EARLSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL NATURE PLAYGROUND
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.
WHITING LANDSCAPE THE PETWOOD HOTEL
Client The Petwood Hotel
Architect/Designer
Park Hood
Maintenance Contractor
Whiting Landscape
Suppliers Crowders
Nurseries
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.
LANDSTRUCTION WILD WORLDS GARDEN FESTIVAL
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.
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.
REGENERATION SCHEME - OVER £500K
ENDRICK LANDSCAPES
DARGAVEL VILLAGE, BISHOPTON
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
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.
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.
REGENERATION SCHEME - OVER £500K
IDVERDE PROJECT PILGRIM, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL
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.
HORTICON KNOWSLEY SAFARI
PARK TIGER TRAIL
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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IDVERDE COLCHESTER CASTLE PARK
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.
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE - FREE PUBLIC ACCESS
GREENFINGERS LANDSCAPE
CAE GLAS PARK
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.
JOHN O’CONNER (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE)
THE EMERGENCY PLANNING COLLEGE, THE HAWKHILLS
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
Client Holdfast Training Services Defence/ Land Babcock International Group
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
CLIFTON NURSERIES PRIVATE
RESIDENCE
IN
Designer/Main Contractor
Clifton Nurseries
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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GROUNDS MAINTENANCE - PRIVATE VALUE UNDER £50K
ROB FLAVELL LANDSCAPES
GLENMORANGIE
HQ
ROOF GARDENS & BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION PROJECT
Client The Glenmorangie Company
Main Contractor
Rob Flavell Landscapes
Suppliers Macplants, Rigby Taylor, STS
The contractor maintains this small area of roof terraces on the Edinburgh city centre headquarters of one of Scotland’s best known whisky brands to a high standard. In addition to maintenance of the fine turf lawns and perimeter planting, he has collaborated with three external organisations in a project to help conserve Edinburgh’s butterfly – the northern brown argus – by planting butterfly-friendly plants in raised planters.
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VIRGINIA PARK, VIRGINIA WATER, SURREY
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.
JOHN NASH MBALI AND BUCKLAND LANDSCAPES FROM PIT TO PICTURE
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.
LOUISA BELL MBALI AND ESSE LANDSCAPES WOODSIDE
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
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.
SPORTS GROUNDS AND LEISURE FACILITIES
BLAKEDOWN SPORT AND PLAY ARCHBISHOP PARK
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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TALBOT FARM LANDSCAPES REGENT’S
PARK HYBRID PITCH
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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APRONS & HAMMERS, LA MER
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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NURTURE LANDSCAPES
DELUXE MEDIA INTERIOR LANDSCAPING INTERIOR LANDSCAPE – INSTALLATION ONLY
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
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.
NURTURE LANDSCAPES MILTON KEYNES WINTER GARDENS
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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RIVERSIDE STUDIOS AND QUEEN’S WHARF
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.
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
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
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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ACRE LANDSCAPES
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
Client Zhuhai HUAFA City Operation Investment Company
Designer Atelier DYJG Main Contractor Beijing Forestry University & Atelier DYJG Maintenance Contractor QU Peng
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’.
ATELIER DYJG YUNYANG BEACH AND WATER GARDEN
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.
INTERNATIONAL AWARD
TSINGHUA HOLDINGS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE RENASCENCE WATER BANK – DOUNAN WETLAND PARK
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
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%.
ECOLAND PLANNING AND DESIGN CORP.
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.
ECOLAND PLANNING AND DESIGN CORP.
GU’AN CENTRAL PARK, HEBEI, CHINA
Client China Fortune Land Development Co.
Architect/Designer Ecoland Planning and Design Corp.
Main Contractor/Maintenance Contractor Beijing Xinghe
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.
ECOLAND PLANNING AND DESIGN CORP. BAMBOO GARDEN IN LUXELAKES ECO-CITY, CHENGDU, CHINA
Client Chengdu Wide Horizon New Town Development 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
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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MEIREN PARK
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
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.
DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD - OVERALL SCHEME UNDER £50K
ELAINE RUTHERFORD MBALI
PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WORSLEY
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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MATT NICHOL MBALI TRANQUIL CHESHIRE GARDEN
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.
MARIAN BOSWALL MBALI SUSSEX FARMHOUSE
Architect Marian Boswall
Landscape Architects
Main Contractor The Outdoor Room/ Frogheath Landscapes
Suppliers How Green, Palmstead, Pots and Pithoi, Richard Hudson Sculpture, Wheelgate Nurseries
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. DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD
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
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.
LONDON STONE
Formed in 2005, London Stone supplies quality 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.
The Chocolate Quarter, Bristol Green Roof Installations and Roof Gardens
Project Pilgrim, Gloucester Cathedral Regeneration Scheme over £500K
Colchester Castle Park Grounds Maintenance - Free Public Access
AFFILIATE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE
ELJAYS44
Media and events company Eljays44 is dedicated to the landscape sector, 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 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.
AWARD WINNERS
TALASEY GROUP
Talasey Group is one of the UK’s leading independent suppliers of high 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 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.
LEICESTERSHIRE GARDEN DESIGN COMPANY
This relatively young company, which started five 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.
URBAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Operating throughout the North West of England 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.
HARROD UK
With over 60 years’ experience as leading 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.
GREEN-TECH
Green-tech is a leading UK supplier of consumables and equipment to 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.
To enquire about sponsorship opportunities for 2019 please contact Diane McCulloch at diane.mcculloch@bali.org.uk
TALASEY TRAINING ACADEMY
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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.
Benefits of Talasey Training Academy:
• City & Guilds accredited training for you and to upskill your staff
• Work with the latest product innovations
• 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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Basic site setting out and preparation for domestic landscaping projects
Installation of porcelain paving materials for domestic applications
Installation of stone paving materials for domestic applications
Installation of clay paving materials for domestic applications
Installation of artificial grass for domestic applications
Installation of resin bound aggregate systems for domestic applications
LANGLEA GARDEN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
VICTORIAN FLAVOUR
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.
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.
MATT NICHOL MBALI TRANQUIL
CHESHIRE GARDEN
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.
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
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