Pro Landscaper Project Awards Brochure 2024 by Eljays44

FRIDAY 12 JULY 2024

2024 PROJECTS, PRODUCTS AND CONTRACTS

2024 COMPANY AND PEOPLE

The Pro Landscaper Sustainability & Biodiversity Awards aim to reward and recognise the environmental benefits that companies and projects in the sector provide.

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These awards are on a mission to showcase the most important innovation and initiatives across the UK landscaping sector, from design, to construction, to product supply and manufacturing.

WELCOME

Wow, what another amazing range of entries we have received for the Pro Landscaper Project Awards!

This year, we have increased the value of some of our categories to better reflect the landscaping projects that our core community is delivering, and we are now celebrating those with values up to £100k.

This has seen another record year for entries, with the full shortlist across the 12 categories featured in this brochure. So, firstly, let’s celebrate and congratulate all these projects that have been recognised by making it, which is an incredible achievement. They have been delivered by some established and emerging stars who we will no doubt be hearing even more about.

Thank you to our esteemed panel of judges, who are featured on page 31, for supporting the awards and helping us determine the individual categories and supreme winner. They had an incredibly difficult job. You can read about each of the winning projects and the creativity, technical ability and problem-solving skills that made them stand out.

Finally, thank you to our headline partner, Nth Degree Clerkenwell, and our Summer Party headline partner, Landscapeplus, for allowing us to be able to put on this event. Thank you to all our other partners for their support too.

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A NOTE FROM OUR HEADLINE PARTNER

As the headline partner for the Pro Landscaper Project Awards, Nth Degree Clerkenwell is thrilled to celebrate excellence within these landscaping projects.

With the addition of three new categories, bringing the total to 12, these awards recognise the exceptional creativity, skill, design, and dedication that define our industry and push the boundaries of landscaping.

We are proud to support an event that honours remarkable achievements and sets high standards for quality and professionalism.

Good luck to all the nominees and winners; we wish you all the best for the awards and continued success in your future endeavors.

Gary Farrell, Nth Degree Clerkenwell

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COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE

£100,000

In this category, we were looking to highlight a garden created on a budget, for a community. This could be a charity garden on a high street, a memorial garden at a hospice, or an area for children to enjoy at a community centre. In essence, this garden should be used by a wide range of people and have elements that reflect that. Great design skills and top-quality execution in the build were a must.

QE2 JUBILEE SUPERBLOOM FLOATING MEADOW | UNIQUE PROJECTS

To mark the Jubilee of the late Queen Elizabth II, positive impact agency The Pie Factory asked Unique Projects to transform a commercial barge on the Thames into a floating meadow for an event for its client, the main sponsor behind the Tower of London’s Superbloom. With just three weeks to plan, the team took five days to install the meadow whilst the barge was moored in the Royal Docks. It was maintained for two weeks before being dismantled over two days, with all plants – of which there were more than 6,000 – and materials being rehomed. Sustainability was at the heart of the project, and all materials were logged and their carbon measured, as was Unique Projects’ activity and commute. Even the tug that took the barge to its temporary location opposite the Tower was powered by biofuel.

A design-only project. The design had to have been built, show excellent core design skills matching clients’ briefs, follow a good structure of communication (client/landscaper), great customer feedback, excellent value for money, and effective use of products/ plants. The design had to match the customer brief and have been completed on time and as detailed.

ST PAUL’S | ADOLFO HARRISON GARDENS

A young professional in London was looking for an outdoor space to complement her recent kitchen extension, one that would provide a green oasis, with tropical style planting. Outdoor dining and entertaining space were key, as was access from the rear gate. The partially shaded south-facing garden was previously in poor condition. But Adolfo Harrison Gardens saw its potential, with part of the concept being a ‘lost garden, recently discovered in the city’. It created a fireplace and bench from terrazzo – the company’s first time using the material, which was also used in the kitchen extension – and privacy through creatively scallopedshaped fencing and vertical planting and structures. The client’s testimonial says it all: “The moment I stepped into my newly designed garden, I was overwhelmed with joy.” Judges called it “a magical garden which ties in beautifully with the house.”

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THE OLD GIRLS SCHOOL HOUSE RACHEL BAILEY GARDEN DESIGN LTD

JAPANESE COURTYARD KATHERINE LEE GARDEN DESIGN

TRANQUIL COURTYARD GARDEN RIGDEN STUDIO

FULHAM COURTYARD GARDEN LUCY WILLCOX GARDEN DESIGN

N5 SECLUDED FAMILY GARDEN SARAH KAY GARDEN DESIGN

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DESIGN AND BUILD WINNER

A design and build project that had to have been started and completed by the team, show excellent core skills, meeting the customer’s requirements, with a lovely finish, great customer feedback, great value for money, good use of products and demonstrate quality and technical ability. The project had to match the customer brief and have been completed on time and as detailed.

ASTONVILLE STREET | TOM HOWARD GARDEN DESIGN & LANDSCAPING LTD

SHORTLISTED UNDER £50,000

Lacking green fingers, these clients wanted a garden that was easy to maintain. Key elements were an outdoor kitchen, a storage solution, screening, an interesting step for the sloped space, and materials and plants to complement the interior of the new kitchen extension which had bifold doors opening out into the garden. The small, 9.2m by 5m space needed to be relaxing and suitable for entertaining. Access being through the house proved challenging during the build, and the size of the space meant tackling the garden in stages in order to have space for storing tools and materials, with the team working their way up from the lower to the upper section. Dedication to perfection had the team trimming paving setts individually. But the outcome is a clever use of space, and a simple palette helping the garden to feel larger than it is.

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£50,000

We were looking for a special feature which has been built. It needed to be the standout part of the garden but fit within the setting. It needed to be unique and show good use of products whilst adding value to the garden.

SPECIAL FEATURE WINNER

OUR HAPPY PLACE | ADAM VETERE LANDSCAPE & GARDEN DESIGN AND JJH LANDSCAPES

This bespoke pergola was designed to be the standout feature of a complete redesign of the garden, which the client wanted to be a ‘living legacy’ for her daughter and a tribute to her late husband. She was keen to maintain an existing, established wisteria that was trained onto a wooden pergola which cast too much shade within the house. So, the wooden structure was removed whilst safeguarding the wisteria, which now helps to blend the pergola into the overall garden setting, as well as the arbour walkway. The greatest construction challenge was the weight of the pergola, overcome by cutting it into four sections for transportation and ease of installation once on site. The striking, bold structure – which is surrounded by carefully chosen planting – is a “great transformation that shows ingenuity and pushes the boundaries of good design,” said judges.

QUEEN CAROLINE GREEN WALL AND HABITAT PANELS (HIBERNACULA) GROUNDWORK LONDON

SELCROFT HOBSON SERVICES LTD

THE DIARY HOUSE PAVILION ROBERT HUGHES STUDIO

FORMBY OASIS PETER COWELL GARDEN DESIGN LTD

PONDLESS WATERFALL SERENESCAPES LANDSCAPING LTD

A build-only project which has been started and completed by the team, shows excellent core skills, lovely finish, great customer feedback, excellent value for money, effective use of products and demonstrates quality and technical ability. The project had to match the customer brief and have been completed on time and as detailed.

COOKS HALL BARN | JPB LANDSCAPES LTD

BUILD WINNER SHORTLISTED UNDER £50,000

To make the most of stunning countryside views, JPB Landscapes was brought in by a repeat client to create a raised decking for a hot tub and seating area, an aesthetically pleasing play area for the grandchildren – including an aeroplane swing – and a bespoke sunken seating area that would later house a fire pit. Using designs by Green Eye Garden Design – which also carried out the planting and the living wall – JPB Landscapes turned what was previously lawn into a series of stunning spaces. Metal archways frame the path to the garden, and natural materials help the play area blend seamlessly into the setting. Overcoming the challenge of a sloping garden by incorporating steps and the need to conceal a septic tank with bespoke hatches, JPB Landscapes – which provides high-end landscape and grounds maintenance service across Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire – brought the brief to life to an “exceptional standard”, according to the clients.

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UNDER £50,000

This category is for the garden projects that aren’t permanent – whether that be a show garden, an installation used to raise awareness for a cause, or a pop-up garden for shoppers to enjoy for the summer at a shopping centre, for example. We were looking for a clear design flair, excellent build capabilities and a solution to any tricky areas that often come with short-timespan gardens.

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‘FEELS LIKE HOME’ – RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2023 CONTAINER GARDEN DESIGNED BY ROSEMARY COLDSTREAM | L ANDESIGNS LTD

Despite it being Landesigns’ first time at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the contractor – alongside designer Rosemary Coldstream – walked away with a Gold medal, the Best in Category award as well as People’s Choice. Coldstream’s Feels Like Home container garden was designed with her home country of New Zealand in mind, with plants and colours reminiscent of the natural landscape and wall cladding as a nod to the modern architecture of the city. As well as overcoming the typical constraints of building on a show ground, Landesigns also had to adapt to the new experience of building at Chelsea, but it didn’t appear to hold them back. Materials used – all of which were from the UK – included natural rocks, gravel and stone, with black, silver, green and red being incorporated into the planters and planting. Judges called it “beautiful and creative” with a “wonderful selection of plants and materials.”

SHORTLISTED

‘IT DOESN’T HAVE TO COST

UNDER £50,000

Hard landscaping is the key to any successful project, and this award highlights exceptional examples. They had to be in keeping with the overall garden but stand out within their own right whilst delivering quality and meeting or exceeding the client’s brief, all for under £50,000.

HARD LANDSCAPING WINNER

LITTLE MEAD | D & S PRECISION LANDSCAPING LTD

SHORTLISTED

In partnership with

“Excellent workmanship and design” have been showcased in this garden transformation, according to judges. The clients were looking to extend the patio at the back of the house to accommodate an outdoor kitchen and a relaxing seating area with a fire pit and raised planters, which needed to link seamlessly to their new outbuilding. Kent-based D&S Precision Landscaping Ltd overcame heavy downpours and snow throughout late autumn and winter to achieve an amazing garden that was “very complementary to the property”. The bench and raised planters, with fire pit and the sound of water, created the tranquil setting that the clients envisaged, and the outdoor kitchen and the patio extension –created by using paving lifted from the old rose garden to create less waste – blended well with the back of the house.

SELCROFT HOBSON SERVICES

FURNITURE DESIGNED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT

Planting design that has been completed for less than £25,000. An understanding of the setting of the garden, client’s requirements, plants working well together, the structure of the planting design, and year-round interest needed to be demonstrated.

PLANTING DESIGN WINNER

PUTNEY GARDEN | LUCY WILLCOX GARDEN DESIGN

SHORTLISTED UNDER £25,000 In partnership with

The Putney Garden is a “standout winner”, according to judges. A contemporary garden was needed to complement the major refurbishment and extension of a 1960s bungalow, whilst keeping in mind the family of four who love to entertain. The planting needed to embrace the heathland beyond and the changing seasons, encouraging pollinators into the garden with flowering interest to inject colour into the scheme. Lucy Willcox Garden Design was able to start from scratch and rebuild all the planting layers of the garden, from the tree canopies down to the ground cover. A strong evergreen structural base was designed with an interspersed succession of planting create a multilayered result with year-round interest. Its “subtle, skilful use of planting material ties the whole scheme together with a well-constructed narrative – a beautiful garden,” judges remarked.

SEASIDE PLANTING PROJECT CONSILIUM HORTUS

BOURNE CLOSE

VICTORIA TRUMAN LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN DESIGN

WINDING ROCKS

JULIA KEEM GARDEN DESIGN

AFFINITY

£50,000 - £100,000 In

New this year, this category highlights a design and build project. It had to have been started and completed by the team, show excellent core skills, meeting the customer’s requirements, great customer feedback, great value for money, good use of products and demonstrate quality and technical ability. The project had to match the customer brief and have been completed on time and as detailed.

DESIGN AND BUILD WINNER

EDGE HILL | TOM HOWARD GARDEN DESIGN & LANDSCAPING LTD

A full interior revamp of a modern house in Wimbledon needed a garden that would complement it, with a contemporary design. The clients were not gardeners and had little interest in using the garden for entertaining and relaxing; it was to be viewed from the house, occasionally enticing them outside. The garden stretched the width of the house but was quite shallow, with a large composite deck taking up a third of the garden and uninspiring planting in narrow raised beds. Tom Howard Garden Design & Landscaping used planting to create the illusion of space and hidden areas, and added sculptural benches to help layer the garden which became a focal point. Porcelain paving helped to continue the look created by polished concrete for the internal ground floor. It’s a “fantastic design for an awkward shape that marries with the house architecture and has been wonderfully executed,” said judges.

SHORTLISTED

HAMPTON GARDEN FORMOSA LANDSCAPES

SELCROFT HOBSON SERVICES LTD

GUILDFORD PLANTERS PC LANDSCAPES LTD

BOURNE CLOSE VICTORIA TRUMAN LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN DESIGN

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SUSTAINABLE GARDEN WINNER

In partnership with

Both designers and landscapers could enter this category. Consideration for the project’s environmental impact had to be showcased, whether through incorporating biodiversity, choosing sustainably sourced or reclaimed materials, or ensuring the garden’s longevity. Plant choice was also integral, and the project had to have been completed on time and to a high standard.

CLIMATE POSITIVE GARDEN, PAISLEY | RACHEL BAILEY GARDEN DESIGN LTD

SHORTLISTED UNDER £50,000

Rachel Bailey Garden Design Ltd was brought on board to create an informal, immersive modern space in which the clients could relax, dine and exercise – all whilst offering a haven for wildlife. It seems to have succeeded, with judges saying it is “an exceptional scheme and a revelation to see such a sustainable approach”. They were impressed that the garden is carbon positive after just 10 years too. Low carbon concrete Cemfree was used, and the pergola and deck posts attached to the footings using galvanised metal post bases should the family want to dismantle, replace and repurpose the timber at a later date. Diggers were avoided in favour of manually preparing the garden, and all excavated topsoil was reused on site. “A lovely immersive naturalistic space has been created.”

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£50,000 - £100,000

TATTENALL | WALKER LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN

A courtyard with sprawling views of the surrounding countryside was the main focus of this project by Cheshire-based Walker Landscape and Design. The owners of a recently renovated cottage wanted new pathways around the house as well as a family friendly garden suitable for outdoor cooking and entertaining. As the cottage had previously been two separate homes, the layout of the property and garden was quite unique. But Walker Landscape and Design – a family-run design and build company – fulfilled the brief, working with the client to choose materials such as low-maintenance porcelain paving and painstakingly laid clay pavers. The outdoor entertainment area boasts a kitchen, a modern pergola and TV. Naturalistic planting completes the revamped garden. Judges called it a “fantastic entertaining space”.

SELCROFT HOBSON SERVICES LTD

PENVITH BARNS TOTAL LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS LTD

ROUNDWOOD STOCKLEY PARK NURTURE LANDSCAPES BROOM-COURT URBAN EARTH SW LTD

THE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN ROTHER GARDEN DESIGN AND BUILD LTD

BEAUTIFUL BOLTHOLE ZION LANDSCAPES LTD

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Canopies, pergolas, awnings and shades

Fire pits

Garden buildings and rooms

Garden decoration

Garden furniture

Home fitness

Hot tubs

Lighting

Outdoor entertainment

Outdoor kitchens

Planters

Pools and spa

£50,000 - £100,000 In partnership with

New to this year, this category focuses on a design-only project. The design had to have been built, show excellent core design skills matching clients’ briefs, follow a good structure of communication (client/landscaper), great customer feedback, excellent value for money, and effective use of products/plants. The design had to have been completed on time and as detailed.

URBAN SANCTUARY | NIGEL PHILIPS ONE-TO-ONE GARDEN DESIGN

On downsizing to a smaller garden, the clients wanted to maximise the space as much as possible, with an area to grow their own produce, a space for entertaining, and an element of water to create a sense of tranquility. So, a water feature was placed at the end of a path to act as the main focal point, and the green-fingered clients now have a planted oasis, with an unusual plant selection as requested, one with textural combinations of leaf diversity and various shades of green. Hard landscaping materials were chosen from local suppliers. Judges called it a “delightfully designed project” and said that “this small and awkward space has been transformed by the use of sympathetic materials and clever design”.

WEST MARCHES HILLSIDE GARDEN ALICE MEACHAM GARDENS

EDENBRIDGE MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTRE GARDEN GROUNDWORK LONDON

CHALLENGE WITH A SLOPE GARDEN KITTI KOVACS GARDEN DESIGN

FAMILY GARDEN IMAGO GARDENS DESIGN

COUNTRY GARDEN, PAISLEY RACHEL BAILEY GARDEN DESIGN LTD

SUPREME WINNER

The 2024 Pro Landscaper Project Awards Supreme Winner has been selected from our 12 category winners. The project that receives this accolade will have achieved the highest average net score from our judging panel.

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EDGE HILL | TOM HOWARD GARDEN DESIGN & LANDSACPING LTD

JUDGES COMMENTS

“A fantastic design for an awkward shape that marries with the house architecture and has been wonderfully executed.”

“Impressive scheme, superb detail and transformation.”

“Effective contrast of materials. Love the bench.”

JUDGES

ROSS CONQUEST CONQUEST CREATIVE SPACES

MANDY BUCKLAND GREENCUBE DESIGN

RACHEL BAILEY RACHEL BAILEY GARDEN DESIGN LTD

GARETH WILSON GKWILSON GARDEN & LANDSCAPE CONSULTANCY LTD

BRIAN HERBERT OUTDOOR OPTIONS

SEAN BUTLER CUBE 1994 LTD

MARK DRAPER GRADUATE GARDENERS LTD

ROD WINROW GARDEN HOUSE DESIGN

RUPERT KEYS TASK ACADEMY

LYNNE MARCUS LYNNE MARCUS GARDEN & LANDSCAPE DESIGN

PHILIPPA O’BRIEN PIP O’BRIEN GARDEN DESIGN

JAKE CATLING THE LANDSCAPING CONSULTANTS

HELEN ELKS-SMITH ELKS-SMITH GARDEN DESIGN

JOHN WYER BOWLES & WYER

JAMES SCOTT THE GARDEN COMPANY LTD

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