Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2018

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Welcome Well here we are, the inaugural Pro Landscaper Business Awards – the awards with a difference.

Our industry is awash with a range of excellent project-based awards, which showcase the quality of completed projects within the sector. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards, however, sets out to highlight and reward the excellence and determination of those running successful businesses within the UK landscaping sector.

Like all awards, they depend upon the industry to get involved – so a huge thank you to all of you who entered, and secondly our thanks go to the judges for taking the time and effort to ensure our judging process was fair and balanced.

In our judges, we have been able to pull together people with exceptional experience within the landscaping sector and business as a whole. We would like to put on the record our thanks for their time, commitment and impartiality.

Finally, we are grateful to the sponsors who understood our vision to highlight and promote the business side of the landscaping sector. In particular, a huge thanks to our headline sponsor, CED Stone Group. Not only are they a great company and excellent people to deal with, but they are loyal promoters and supporters of the landscaping sector.

I hope you have all enjoyed the day and we look forward to seeing you all again next year. Thank you all for supporting the Pro Landscaper Business Awards.

A massive well done to all the winners and shortlists…

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The shortlist...

Adtrak, in partnership with BALI

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Adtrak is a digital marketing agency based in the heart of Nottingham. Adtrak works in partnership with its clients, creating strategies which build brands and grow businesses.

In October 2016, Adtrak became BALI's official digital partner. The project, headed up by Adtrak's account director Ben Shaw, saw the company detail the ways in which BALI and its members could use digital marketing strategies to maximise their online potential.

Since the launch of the partnership with BALI, Adtrak has created websites and implemented digital marketing strategies for landscaping companies throughout the country. It now has over 30 clients within the industry, including BALI members and other businesses within the landscaping and garden supplies sector, and has helped them to reach and engage with their target audience online, generating more sales leads as a result.

Lateral Design Studio, in partnership with BDP Architects Lateral Design Studio is a family-run company with more than 30 years of construction experience. It transforms functional construction products into works of art, combining unique designs with cutting-edge 3D design technology.

In 2016 Lateral Design Studio was approached

by BDP Architects to design a bespoke gulley drain unit for Motcomb Street, Belgravia in London.

The client, the Grosvenor Estate, had a vision to restore the pavement and street castings to a focal point as the Victorian foundries had done for over hundred years.

John Harte of Lateral Design Studio submitted several design options to the team for their consideration. Lateral Design Studio used modern methods such as 3D design and 3D printing to produce elements of the castings, whilst still allowing the lost Victorian craftsmanship to be used.

The client was pleased with the final product, leading to three more follow-on projects, which included several new covers and frames.

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The winner...

Gristwood and Toms, in partnership with Bristol City Council Gristwood and Toms is the UK’s largest and most capable provider of professional arboricultural services.

Established for over 45 years, the company remains privately owned and today employs 170 staff from apprentices to registered consultants.

The partnership between Gristwood and Toms (G&T) and Bristol City Council (BCC) commenced in 2014 when G&T was awarded a five-year contract to provide arboricultural services. From the outset, both organisations saw an opportunity to challenge the traditional ‘client-contractor’ model and form a mutually beneficial partnering relationship, operating as one collaborative team.

Particularly successful initiatives, developed by the partnership that went above and beyond the core purpose of the contract, included developing a commercially viable and award-winning regional wood fuel station, planting one tree for every child in Bristol (over 39,000 trees planted), and enabling community days to engage local people and raise environmental awareness. These included a community watering day during prolonged drought in summer 2017, for which G&T provided labour and equipment at no cost.

At the time G&T became involved, Bristol’s Blaise Plant Nursery was consuming over 80,000L of LPG and oil each year to heat their greenhouses, costing £19,000 in energy bills, and producing over 100t of CO2 annually.

G&T had the benefit of experience, having previously secured a Defra grant to establish the official North London Wood Fuel Station, converting wood ‘waste’ into a high-grade chip suitable for biomass boilers.

Today, Blaise Nursery is home to the south west's first wood fuel station, processing woodchip for biomass boilers installed by the council. The station uses wood ‘waste’ supplied by G&T, generated by the tree work as its fuel source. G&T provides the major plant to process trunks into chip and supplies a special tipping trailer to deliver woodchip to council sites with wood-boilers, including schools, colleges, leisure centres and community halls. The first biomass boiler installation, at Blaise Nursery, won the Regen SW Green Energy Award for 'Best Renewable Energy Project in the South West'.

G&T has extended access to other stakeholders, including local housing associations, providing a free source of waste disposal and helping these organisations meet their CO2 reduction targets.

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APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME

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The shortlist...

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CGM Group is a SME based in Downham Market, Norfolk, providing full commercial and domestic services in grounds maintenance, landscaping, soft facilities and arboriculture across the east of England.

Founded in 1985 by Tim Glover, the multiaward winning CGM fulfils the requirements of approximately 10,000 sites utilising its own employed labour pool and in-house plant and machinery and vehicle fleet infrastructure.

CGM Group holds full BALI membership and has a corporate membership with the Institute of Groundsmanship, and is an approved contractor with the Arboricultural Association. It is also registered with Constructionline, Trustmark, CHAS, SafeContractor, NPTA and the National Highway Sector Schemes.

CGM Group fully supports apprenticeships and endeavours to take on apprentices into operative roles in its horticultural and arboricultural departments. CGM Group believes in supporting its communities, keeping local educational establishments in mind when hiring for a position suitable for an apprenticeship. It also supports the Shaw Trust to help disabled and disadvantaged people into employment, and has hired a number of staff under the Shaw Trust to various administrational roles.

CGM Group offers apprenticeship positions both in conjunction with local educational establishments (such as the College of West Anglia) and internally. It currently employs six members of staff under apprenticeships in operational and administrative roles under its grounds maintenance, arboriculture, special projects and landscaping departments.

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The winner...

Glendale

Glendale is a national green space management service provider operating in both the public and private sectors. It recorded a turnover of £48m in 2016.

The organisation is a prodigious employer with over 1,400 directly employed staff nationwide, in a range of roles from frontline service delivery to support functions at head office. Six per cent of these employees are currently undertaking apprenticeships.

Glendale’s approach to training and development is a direct result of its commitment to addressing the national skills shortage affecting the horticulture, landscaping and arboricultural sectors, as well as the issue of youth unemployment which currently stands at 10.3% in the UK. The company’s apprenticeship scheme and graduate scheme are in place to tackle these challenges.

Apprenticeships at Glendale Apprenticeships are an increasingly popular form of education, and form the backbone of Glendale’s succession plan. The company offers apprenticeships to individuals of all ages, across every avenue of the business from administration to utility arboriculture.

Glendale currently has 82 apprentices at its contracts across the country, and their training is completed in partnership with a local college, enabling them to gain industry recognised qualifications whilst working.

In order to capture a younger demographic, thus targeting youth unemployment, the company launched a one-year, pre-apprenticeship programme aimed at 16 to 17-year-olds who are NEET (not in education, employment or training). Pre-apprentices who successfully complete the one-year programme are invited to continue their training on the five-year scheme. The end result is a career in green space management with the organisation, a recognised qualification and practical skills. Glendale’s apprenticeships are not just limited to younger generations, enabling older individuals to change vocation at a late stage in their careers and bring their wealth of experience to the industry.

Apprenticeships are an essential part of Glendale's succession model, and the company works hard to identify roles and pathways for the continued development of its apprentices.

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PRACTICE

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Davies White Ltd Davies White Ltd was founded in 2008 in Kingston upon Thames by landscape architects Adam White and Andrée Davies. Ten years and over 35 awardwinning projects later, their mission remains the same: to create inspiring spaces that will please, excite, challenge and satisfy children and adults alike whilst reconnecting them to nature.

Adam and Andrée lead a dedicated and talented landscape design team with a reputation for innovative solutions and a strong commitment to client and community. Their projects include urban squares, play landscapes, garden design, school playgrounds, historic landscape restoration and more.

Davies White believes a successful public space is a place in its own right. They take a holistic perspective to designing with play opportunities embedded in the site as a whole – exercise and getting close to nature is what play should be all about. Davies White is currently working closely on projects with the RHS to help address the issue of plant blindness and nature deficit disorder.

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Its Landscape and Urban Design team has over 25 years of experience creating inspiring places where people live, learn, work and play.

The company operates across the UK with studios in London, Sheffield, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast and overseas in the UAE and South Africa. The Landscape and Urban Design team of 15 is based across five of the studios, working across the country and in the UAE alongside their architectural and interior colleagues on projects, as well as achieving HLM's own independent landscape-led commissions, and taking a lead role on masterplanning projects.

HLM has gained an unrivalled range of experience across a broad range of sectors including education, healthcare, justice, defence, workplace, public realm and living.

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Gillespies

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Founded in 1962, Gillespies is one of the UK’s longest established and most successful independent landscape architectural design practices, with a largely UK-based international and award-winning business.

Gillespies employs some 150 dedicated professionals at all levels, ranging from trainees at the start of their career to senior and management grade industry leaders. The practice is managed by seven partners with support from a 28-strong management team, based across four UK offices – London, Manchester, Leeds and Oxford – and two satellite offices in Moscow and Abu Dhabi.

Gillespies has achieved critical acclaim and a reputation for consistently delivering places that respond to communities, with a high regard for the quality of the environment and the physical and cultural context of spaces. Collaborating with others in the landscape sector, its highly-skilled teams work alongside a diverse range of clients including leading developers, architects, and local authorities on a wide range of projects and across a plethora of markets and sectors, including residential, cultural, leisure and tourism, office, transport, education, energy and healthcare. Gillespies has built projects across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America, with the quality of its designs recognised by some of the industry’s highest accolades, including 11 Landscape Institute Awards and two RIBA Stirling Prize shortlists.

The practice is a registered member of the Landscape Institute and a corporate member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). Through individual employees, Gillespies also has associations with the Urban Design Group, Royal Institute of British Architects, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and Royal Institute of Town Planners.

Gillespies is also certified under ISO 9001:2008, demonstrating the firm’s commitment to continual improvement and quality, and is currently in the process of gaining a Cyber Essentials Plus certification.

Since 2008, the practice has been a member of CHAS (The Contractors Health and Assessment Scheme) and is regularly audited with respect to legal compliance with Safety, Health, Environment, Quality (SHEQ) management systems and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) guidance and best practice.

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Anne Jennings c/o Viridian Landscape Studio

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Viridian Landscape Studio has two directors who together have over 50 years experience within the fields of horticulture, nursery trade, design, construction and consultation services.

Anne is the most active director, responsible for day-to-day business, design projects, preparing drawings to clear planning conditions, and acting as a horticultural and design consultant.

Anne works with both private and commercial clients, the latter including architects, property developers and planning consultants. In 2016 she was Principal Award Winner of the BALI Design Excellence Award and a finalist in the SGD Awards.

Melissa King c/o JPS Landscape Design ŠDenise Wright

JPS Landscape Design is an award-winning, multidisciplinary practice of landscape designers, landscape architects, horticulturists and artists.

In the words of the team at JPS Landscape Design, Melissa possesses an innate understanding of the hard work and commitment required to run a successful commercial practice. Melissa's dedication and loyalty was rewarded firstly by a promotion to Head of Private Clients in 2015 and then to Head of Studio in February 2017.

Melissa manages the team of designers and sits on the senior management team. She also designs for JPS's Signature Collection, project managing elite high-end builds.

Melissa's central passion is for horticulture and using plants to soften schemes, delight the senses and provide another layer of interest to ensure the planned design transforms the space into the garden the client is looking for.

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Butter Wakefield c/o Butter Wakefield Garden Design

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Butter Wakefield Garden Design is a small studio based in London. Butter works primarily in London but also across the country in various counties such as Sussex, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset, all in the private sector.

Butter is an RHS Chatsworth Gold medal and People's Choice Award winner, a pe-registered member of the Society of Garden Designers and BALI Award winner.

Butter studied plants and plantsmanship in 1998 and has been working in the industry ever since, but it was since studying at the London College of Garden Design in 2013/14 that her business has significantly grown. Butter credits the course as boosting her confidence in both her plant knowledge and design skills, and has led her to be "bolder and more ambitious in the schemes I create for my clients."

As her workload has increased, Butter has brought on team members to the business in creative, maintenance and administrative roles. They have recently become VAT registered and a limited company, which Butter calls "the biggest administrative hurdle we've negotiatied recently", but it has given her the "green light" to continue to grow and expand the business.

Butter's work has been recognised not just by clients but industry associations and the RHS, which regularly asks Butter for help at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and which invited her to design the garden for Belmond Hotels at their inaugural show at RHS Chatsworth.

Butter comments: "Bringing together all the elements to be a good designer is hard enough, but I feel these additional accomplishments and acknowledgements really make my business stand out."

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Aralia Aralia is a relatively small design practice that was founded by Patricia Fox, and who is the sole owner of the company as it stands today.

Aralia is an accredited member of the SGD, BALI and the APL. There are four designers in the practice in addition to a financial controller, and the practice also employ freelancers and interns from time to time.

Aralia primarily works in London and the south east although has done work as far afield as Southampton and Manchester. Its current spread of work centres primarily on private residential luxury projects. Aralia's specialism is roof terraces and country estates.

The practice has received a wide range of awards including two RHS Chelsea Silver Flora Awards for show gardens, and awards from BALI and the SGD, including the Principal Award in 2016 for its Chelsea Creek Scheme. Aralia was also named the APL's Garden Designer of the Year in 2017.

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The winner...

JPS Landscape Design

JPS is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary practice of landscape designers, landscape architects, horticulturists and artists, renowned for combining creative flair with technical expertise to deliver outstanding landscape design solutions.

Established over 15 years ago, the studio's diverse range of clients include home owners, architects, developers, national home builders, local authorities, care home providers, charities and community groups.

JPS has developed a training and development plan that it says is "unlike any other in the industry". As well as offering its potential new employees and existing team the opportunity to design prestigious landscapes for its client roster of international business leaders, sports stars and celebrities, JPS wanted to give its designers something that would truly help develop their expertise, skills and talents – the JPS Academy.

The framework supports learning and development for the entire business, providing a platform to develop team members from entry level to director. The purpose of the framework is to ensure that all team members have the same grounding and knowledge which illustrates the standards expected of a JPS designer, enabling every client to enjoy the same customer journey irrelevant of which JPS designer they work with.

As an organisation, JPS Landscape Design seeks to create inspiring designs for its clients, but also to ensure it promotes the industry from grass roots and encourages young people into the sector, striving to take on school leavers and university graduates.

JPS Landscape Design believes that through its recruitment process, its JPS Academy, its passion and creativity, it is one of the best landscape design practices in the UK – one that works for both its team members and its clients.

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Bourne Amenity Bourne Amenity supplies high-quality hard and soft landscaping materials to the industry.

Bourne Amenity works predominantly in the landscaping and sports turf sectors. Its key trading areas are London and the Home Counties but, as its reputation grows, it is servicing enquiries from Scotland to Cornwall as well as mainland Europe.

Bourne Amenity has been a BALI member for 12 years and is a founding member of the British Root Zone and Top Dressing Manufacturers Association (BRTA). Most recently it has joined forces with its peers in the green roof and SuDS industry as a GRO (Green Roof Organisation) member.

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Coles Nurseries is a fourth generation familyowned company.

Trading since 1913, Coles has expanded from its first Evington Nursery to now cover over 550 acres across seven major nursery production sites and field-grown units.

As a traditional amenity grower and supplier of trees and shrubs, its in-house propagation unit is responsible for taking and growing on over one million cuttings per year and its Tree Production Team plants over 150,000 trees each year.

Owning and managing its own delivery fleet, Coles has a diverse and loyal customer base across the whole of the UK, with weekly deliveries to all points of the compass.

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Founded in 1992, GreenBlue Urban was set up to research and provide solutions for assisting trees in their battle to establish in urban spaces.

GreenBlue Urban manufactures from its purpose-built premises on the south coast. Global distribution and continuous product development ensures that specifiers and clients alike are using the best tree pit package products available in the world.

Its products have been used in many awardwinning landscape developments, including Canary Wharf Crossrail, The Angel Building, Wembley Stadium and Pan Am Village, Toronto.

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The winner...

Green-tech

Green-tech is one of the UK's leading suppliers to the landscape industry. With a product range of over 6,500 product lines, nationwide distribution, next day delivery, technical advice and experience, Green-tech is a ‘go to’ company among landscape contractors, architects and garden designers.

In Green-tech's latest annual customer satisfaction survey, sent to all customers and suppliers, the company was proud to report that 99% of all respondents rated Green-tech as either 'Excellent' or 'Good Overall'.

Founded in 1994 by Richard and Rachel Kay, Green-tech remains a family-owned business, employing 80 local people from its base in North Yorkshire. This year, Green-tech celebrates over 23 years of trading with its most successful year to date – turnover for year ending September 2017 stands at a record-breaking £12.5m.

Today, Green-tech is sited in its own purpose-built offices with extensive warehousing and distribution facilities in its own business park.

Green-tech has enjoyed award success and has been a winner of the BALI Affiliate Exceptional Service Award for the last four years, in which one year it was also voted overall Principal Winner. Green-tech has won the APL Manufacturer Supplier of the Year 2016 and Best Rural Business 2016. The company has been shortlisted for various awards and has had a member of staff recognised in the Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30 every year since the formation of the scheme.

Green-tech is a supporter of the industry and gives back where possible. It is a proud member and supporter of BALI and fully embraces the association, taking an active role in its development. Its Sales Director Richard Gill is the Chairman of the Yorkshire and North East regional committee, and Green-tech's Chairman Richard Kay is on the main BALI Board of Directors, and taking responsibility for the affiliate members. Richard Kay is well known and respected throughout the industry and provides a wealth of commercial experience alongside business growth and development expertise to the BALI Board.

Green-tech is also a supporter of the APL and has recently sponsored its national Worldskills Landscape Competition 2017. It also supports the SGD, including its annual awards, as well as the HTA, Constructionline and RIBA.

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CGM Group

CGM Group is a SME based in Downham Market, Norfolk, providing full commercial and domestic services in grounds maintenance, landscaping, soft facilities and arboriculture across the east of England.

Founded in 1985 by Tim Glover, the multiaward winning CGM fulfils the requirements of approximately 10,000 sites utilising its own employed labour pool and in-house plant and machinery and vehicle fleet infrastructure.

CGM Group holds full BALI membership and has a corporate membership with the Institute of Groundsmanship, and is an approved contractor with the Arboricultural Association.

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The organisation is a prodigious employer, with over 1,400 directly employed staff nationwide in a range of roles from frontline service delivery to support functions at head office.

Glendale is still wholly owned by its founder Tony Hewitt's family, making it one of the biggest British, family-owned, specialist service providers in the industry. Glendale is accredited to a number of professional bodies in recognition of the quality of its systems and procedures.

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Mitie operates nationally across the UK with a focus on customer satisfaction, sustainability and robust processes supported by the latest technology.

Mitie has been developing and maintaining landscapes for many years, catering to a range of needs which include grounds maintenance, landscaping, gritting and snow clearance, interior office plants and a Christmas decoration service.

Mitie currently employs 1,000 people, including 700 horticulturally trained staff. Its nationwide network of local teams deliver a professional service throughout the UK, making sure its clients' sites are well looked after and safe year-round.

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Nurture Landscapes

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Nurture Landscapes' vision is to “be the most respected and nurturing landscaping company in the UK, as considered by our clients, our employees and as important in our actions affecting the environment in which we work”.

Nurture Landscapes is a family-run horticulture business and was established by three directors in 2008.

Since then it has rapidly expanded from three employees to 550. It is a national provider of landscape maintenance including interior and exterior displays, Christmas trees, seasonal decorations and winter gritting services. To support its national service, Nurture has 25 depots, 177 mobile teams, 163 exterior teams and 14 interior teams. To encourage a sense of ownership within Nurture Landscapes, 20% of the business has been allocated in shares to the staff and management team.

Nurture has won ROSPA Gold for two years running, a Green Apple for beekeeping and four Green Flag Awards during 2017. Through its BALI membership Nurture has also won BALI’s Employer Excellence award for two years running and in 2017 achieved the Principal Award in this category.

For grounds maintenance, Nurture won the Principal Award in the limited public access category for Chiswick Park – this is its fourth consecutive year of this achievement, which no other landscape business has done previously. Nurture is also a member of the Institute of Groundsmanship and is a corporate member of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and Berkshire, Bedfordshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trusts.

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CED Stone Group marks its 40th year with a brand new look CED Stone Group are marking their 40th year anniversary with the unveiling of a completely new website, brochure and branding.

The changes will be phased in over the next few months, so customers can expect to see the new updates in place ready for the 2018 peak season.

CED Stone Group’s new style will be a complete refresh, updating their current branding with a modern look that still represents an established company who are known in the industry for their quality products and experienced people. The new branding will reflect CED Stone Group’s values for providing expert advice, good customer service and a true passion for using natural stone.

‘At the very heart of our business, we want to share our passion for using the best hard landscaping products, and inspire our customers to create beautiful landscapes that can be used for future generations to enjoy,‘ explains Giles Heap, Managing Director of CED Stone Group.

‘A lot of things can change in 40 years, and over time we’ve grown and evolved in many ways so we hope that this new and updated branding will help to reinforce how important our values are.’

Aimed at helping customers to browse through their extensive range of natural stone and hard landscaping products, CED Stone Group’s new website will offer search-by-colour filter options, suggested matching material features and product comparison tools.

‘CED has certainly changed and evolved over the years, and our brand needed to reflect this so we have created a fresh, updated style that will still be relevant and recognisable to our customers,’ says Paula Chalmers, CED Stone Group’s Marketing Manager.

‘The two distinct parts of our business, CED Stone Commercial and CED Stone Landscape, have been given their own identities; ensuring that we can communicate effectively with our clients who all have very different needs. We’ve produced a range of new marketing materials, including a new brochure and website, making it easier for our customers to find the products or services they require.’

CED were delighted to unveil their new branding at the SGD Awards Ceremony on 2nd February 2018, which CED Stone Group were proud headline sponsors.

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Skidmores of Hertford Skidmores of Hertford is a medium-sized familyowned, predominantly hard and soft commercial landscape company working for main contractors.

It is based in Herfordshire, whilst its areas of work cover London, the South East and through to the Midlands.

Skidmores of Hertford is a member of BALI, with a prominent role in North Thames BALI and is accredited to CHAS, Constructionline, SMAS worksafe.

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The winner...

Ground Control

Ground Control is one of the UK’s leading privately owned commercial landscape solutions providers.

Ground Control offers a nationwide service that includes grounds maintenance, soft and hard landscaping, design and build, fencing, tree works, ecology and winter maintenance. The company holds significant buying power, having a unique relationship with many of the industry’s leading suppliers, has a large and diverse supply chain which includes key suppliers, sub-contractors, specialist contractors and consultants, and unique relationships with the industry’s leading experts and specifiers.

Its people are some of the leading experts and managers in landscaping, delivering award-winning projects and consulting on relevant EU legislation.

Ground Control is a multi-award-winner for its delivery of high-quality work, robust health and safety systems, innovation and being an excellent employer. It is the contractor of choice for many well-known public and private organisations such as: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Jaguar Land Rover, Aldi • Royal Mail, Network Rail • Tower of London, London Boroughs • Birmingham City Council, Salford Council, Glasgow City Council • United Utilities, Severn Trent, Anglian Water, WPD • Galliford Try, Bam, Interserve, Vinci, Laing O’Rourke.

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Garden Club London Garden Club London was founded in 2012. The business has grown steadily and undertakes end to end design and build, utilising an in-house team of landscape architects and landscapers.

The company is BALI and APL registered as well as having full accreditation for health and safety.

The team enjoys challenging and complex projects with the majority of its work being in urban environments with restricted access or structural complications such as roof gardens.

Its most complex project to date has been the Floating Pocket Park in Paddington, where it was appointed designer and contractor. The project won Best Design and Build Award at the BALI Awards 2017 as well as the Principal Award for the schools and community development category.

Ground Control Ground Control is one of the UK’s leading privately owned commercial landscape solutions providers.

Ground Control offers a nationwide service that includes grounds maintenance, soft and hard landscaping, design and build, fencing, tree works, ecology and winter maintenance. The company holds significant buying power, having a unique relationship with many of the industry’s leading suppliers, and has a large and diverse supply chain which includes key suppliers, subcontractors, specialist contractors and consultants.

Urban Landscape Design

01932 821626 www.creepersnursery.co.uk info@creepersnursery.co.uk Spinney Hill, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 1AD

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Urban Landscape Design Ltd has grown from humble beginnings to a company with over 20 full-time staff.

The company covers the North West of England, including Cheshire, South Manchester, Wirral and North Wales and undertakes all aspects of exterior work for both domestic and commercial clients, ranging from £5,000 to £900,000 in value.

Urban Landscape Design is a member of BALI, the APL, HTA, Trust Mark, Contructionline & CHAS, and is continually looking to expand these endorsements and gain more professionalism and contacts within the industry.

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Landform Consultants

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Landform Consultants is a well-established landscape company working predominantly on the high-end residential garden build and commercial market. Apart from end user clients, commercial clients include English Heritage, Royal Parks, The Royal Household, the RHS and Kew. Landform offers a full build service covering all aspects of hard and soft landscaping. It also offers an in-house design service to private and commercial clients, and has a full dedicated maintenance department.

It operates a traditional style of business with 52 direct staff employed, nine of which are based in its Chobham office and yard. On site it has teams ranging from two to six people plus the extensive use of proven support specialists and sub-contractors.

Landform Consultants is a full member of BALI and the APL and has won numerous Principal Awards at BALI and the Supreme Award three times for the APL. The company is heavily involved with the RHS, having built 157 show gardens in the last 30 years, making Landform Consultants the most medalled contractor in the history of the RHS, currently holding 32 Chelsea Gold medals among its tally.

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Burnham Landscaping

Burnham Landscaping started from humble beginnings as a small landscaping outfit servicing local clients with basic garden requirements.

The company is owned and run by Ed Burnham along with four employees, specialising in designled landscape construction for the domestic market. It has has gone from strength to strength, and its portfolio to date includes a number of country estate gardens as well as many London courtyard gardens and much more in between. Its current and future projects are complete garden re-design and builds working with many young up-and-coming designers as well as tenders with esteemed names in the industry.

The Landscaping Consultants The Landscaping Consultants is a landscape contract company specialising in design led bespoke garden projects and consultancy.

Jake Catling, sole Director/Owner, was awarded a position on the Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30 list for 2017.

The Landscaping Consultants achieved an RHS Gold medal at Hampton Court in 2016 and has been sub-contracted, due to its high standards being recognised by other landscape contractors, to build five other RHS award-winning gardens between 2014 and 2017.

The Landscaping Consultants achieved BALI registered member status in 2017 and as a company it heavily supports BALI's GoLandscape, with two members of the company becoming GoLandscape ambassadors.

The Landscaping Consultants is also a silver Perennial Partner.

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Acre Landscapes

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Acre Landscapes Ltd is an award-winning commercial soft landscape construction and maintenance company providing services to a diverse range of clients across the south, south east and London.

The company was formed in 2008 by Nigel Bowcock and Louisa Gibb, following the acquisition of a modest existing grounds maintenance company. Nigel has been a key contributor to the landscape industry in his 30-plus years in the business. Prior to starting Acre Landscapes he was involved in delivering some of the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest landscape and most prestigious construction projects, winning many RHS, APL and BALI awards and securing the highly acclaimed BALI Grand Award in 2006 for Green Park.

Nigel's experience has subsequently helped Acre Landscapes to attract world-class contracts and win both BALI and APL awards. A passionate advocate for the landscape industry, Nigel was appointed to the BALI Board in 2013 and has been a driving force in setting up the BALI GoLandscape careers outreach initiative, which was launched at FutureScape in 2016. Its success to date has resulted in its planned rollout nationwide in 2018. Louisa has worked in both the corporate and voluntary sectors, bringing the best from both worlds to Acre Landscapes and creating a small business with a strong culture where people are at the very heart of the business, backed up by core processes that ensure staff, clients and suppliers are valued.

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Established in November 1999, Elite Landscapes Ltd is a hard and soft landscape contractor.

The core business is commercial landscape construction and maintenance mainly within the south east of England with project values between £100k and £5m.

Elite prides itself on being able to deliver the complete package including complex hard landscaping, water features, irrigation, external lighting, street furniture, semi-mature tree planting and all elements of soft landscaping through to maintenance. It provides the full landscape service to all developers and main contractors.

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Landform Consultants Landform Consultants is a well-established landscape company working predominantly on the high-end residential garden build and commercial market. Apart from end user clients, commercial clients include English Heritage, Royal Parks, The Royal Household, the RHS and Kew. Landform offers a full build service covering all aspects of hard and soft landscaping. It also offers an in-house design service to private and commercial clients, and has a full dedicated maintenance department.

Urban Landscape Design Urban Landscape Design Ltd has grown from humble beginnings to a company with over 20 full-time staff.

The company covers the North West of England, including Cheshire, South Manchester, Wirral and North Wales and undertakes all aspects of exterior work for both domestic and commercial clients, ranging from £5,000 to £900,000 in value.

Urban Landscape Design is a member of BALI, the APL, HTA, Trust Mark, Contructionline & CHAS, and is continually looking to expand these endorsements and gain more professionalism and contacts within the industry.

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Oak View Landscapes

Oak View Landscapes is an established landscape contractor based near Colchester, Essex which installs hard and soft landscape contracts for commercial and residential clients.

Oak View Landscapes has a wide ranging client base from national construction companies and national house builders to local house builders, private clients, hotels, schools and universities. It is a regional business covering Essex, Herts, Suffolk, Norfolk and North London with a current annual turnover of ÂŁ2.6m.

The company was founded in May 2004 by Paul Downer, Managing Director, starting with just two members of staff and has grown steadily over its 13 years, currently employing 30 staff. As part of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth strategy, Matthew Selby joined the Board of Directors as Commercial Director and Jakki Jenner as Operations Director in July 2016.

Oak View Landscapes has won many BALI awards and is a registered member of the association.

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INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP

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Ground Control

DESIGN & BUILD

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LANDSCAPE COMPANY <£1M

Acre Landscapes

LANDSCAPE COMPANY >£1M

Oak View Landscapes

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CED Stone Group Supreme Winner

GRISTWOOD AND TOMS in partnership with Bristol City Council

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GRISTWOOD AND TOMS AND BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL SHOWED WHAT GREAT THINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED WHEN TWO VERY DIFFERENT BUSINESSES WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN JUST BEING FOCUSED ON THE SHORT TERM AND THE BOTTOM LINE

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Giles Heap Managing director, CED Stone Group

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OVERALL WINNER In 2017, Pro Landscaper’s Most Influential was launched, after three years of the phenomenal success of the 30 Under 30: The Next Generation. We thought that, as well as highlighting the best upcoming talent in the industry, we should also recognise those who have been so instrumental in shaping the landscape sector as it is today, as well as into the future. The voting came from industry peers and colleagues, and the final group of 24 were announced at FutureScape in November 2017. Today we acknowledge the person with the most votes in that group, an individual who has dedicated his life to his work and the wider landscaping community. Mark Gregory is the worthy winner of 2017’s Most Influential; here are some of the reasons people voted for him:

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TOP QUALITY CONTRACTOR KNOWN FOR SHARING HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE, COLLABORATING AND SETTING STANDARDS IN LANDSCAPING

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A GREAT LEADER WHO INSPIRES THE NEXT GENERATION AS WELL AS HIS PEERS

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MARK – THE LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY ‘CELEBRITY’ AND CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL WHO PURELY AND SIMPLY LOVES WHAT HE DOES

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