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Planted trees included species such as Silver Birch (Betula Pendula) and Pyrus Calleryana ‘Chanticleer’, sourced from Wyevale Nurseries. This sympathetic approach to local habitat is nothing new for Bournville Village Landscapes. It has developed wildflower areas across Bournville, including Rowheath Park. The range of plants at the complex includes ferns, ornamental grasses and sedges, specimen shrubs such as Amalanchier Lamarckii, and mature formal hedges – all supplied by The Riddings Nursery in Kidderminster. Lloyd Gower, Landscapes Manager at Bournville Village Landscapes, said: “The landscaping work had to be completed at the
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same time as many other tradespeople were busy finishing their work on the building. We had to fit around lots of different contractors, but thanks to our experience in customer service this wasn’t a problem. We all worked well together to make sure deadlines were achieved.” Maintenance BVL began a 12-month maintenance programme for Athena Studios in August to ensure that it continues to look its best all year round. The maintenance programme includes grass cutting, shrub bed pruning, weed control and watering to all shrubs and trees and is in essence a summer/winter programme.
The site has over 1,000 native bulbs and BVL will ensure these plants give the desired flowering effect. The team is currently visiting the Studios twice a week to water trees and once every two weeks to cut the grass and remove emerging weeds. The company is using Rover pedestrian mowers for the grass cutting, Stihl FS100 brush cutters for the strimming and Stihl BR600 Back Pack blowers for leaf clearance and to clear the hard standing of any grass clippings. The company also hopes to continue its success in the Green Flag awards, which it received for the second time this year for Bournville Village Green.
Bournville Village Landscapes is the landscaping arm of Bournville Village Trust, a charity and housing organisation founded by chocolate maker George Cadbury in 1900. The Trust’s vision is to create and sustain ourishing communities where people choose to live and it does this by providing high quality housing and estate management services across Birmingham and Shropshire. In total, the Trust provides services to 8,000 homes of mixed tenure and 25,000 people.
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