LANDSCAPE Preview May 2017

Preview

Landscape I T ’ S I N DO O R S M E E TS O U T DO O R S

Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 September 2017 Battersea Park, London

May

DEVELOP YOUR PLANTING DESIGN SKILLS At the London College of Garden Design our aim is to provide world-class, inspirational garden designing training. Our new Planting Design Diploma, launched in 2015, was created to enable professionals to develop their passion for plants by working with some of the very best designers and plants people.

Through practical workshops, inspirational lectures and visits the Planting Design Diploma explores contemporary and traditional techniques to support and develop your planting design skills. This is a unique course not found anywhere else in Europe, delivered over 30 days from January to June from our home in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.

The course is led by Andrew Fisher Tomlin, designer and Chartered Horticulturist, and we are fortunate to have some incredible specialist lecturers including Rosy Hardy, Neil Lucas of Knoll Gardens, Tony Kirkham from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Nigel Dunnett from the University of Sheffield. Designer tutors include James Basson, Jo Thompson, Paul Hervey-Brookes, Anne-Marie Powell, Carolyn Willets and Amanda Patton.

CONTACT US +44 (0)1483 762955 info@lcgd.org.uk lcgd.org.uk

Landscape LANDSCAPE - the UK’s premier event for the industry returns to Battersea Park in central London on the 19th & 20th of September 2017.

This year the show is even bigger and better than before with more exhibitors and more speakers. This year’s event promises to bring even more people together at the industry’s annual meeting place.

This preview magazine has been created in order to give you a small taste of what you can see at the show. This edition features some of the amazing speakers and some of the incredible exhibitors themselves.

Don’t forget to register for your free tickets to attend the show and have the opportunity to listen to the ever popular CPD accredited Seminar Programme during your time there.

Simply visit www.landscapeshow.co.uk.

I hope this edition is useful, I look forward to sending further issues across the coming months and of course to seeing you at the event itself in September in Battersea Park.

With my very best wishes,

Jeremy Storey-Walker Event Director

t: +44(0)20 7821 8221 e: info@landscapeshow.co.uk : @landscapeevent #Landscape2017 www.landscapeshow.co.uk

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Taylor Made Planters Taylor Made Planters were commissioned by Morgan Sindall on the Hammersmith Palais project early in 2014. They worked close with the team to design and create a unique ultra-modern looking courtyard for the newly developed student accommodation. The 19metre planter with seating to the front was constructed from heavy-duty sleepers then clad with 4x1 planned boards. They also supplied over 50 planters adjacent from the 19metre planter along with benches with internal lighting. All were then finished with 3 coats of Sadolin Superdec Opaque wood protection in battleship grey which finished it off perfectly.

Over 250 pressure treated sleepers used and something in the region of 1000m of 95 x 45mm treated cladding was used. A high grade 300micron eco dpm liner was used and all the visible fixings are stainless steel. Over 50 Blok planters were built and painted for this project and all completed within 3weeks.

Come and see what Taylor Made can do for you by visiting their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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APL

The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) comprises accredited landscape companies who design, build and maintain gardens throughout the UK. The rigorous inspection process to join is the toughest within the industry. Along with the initial inspection, each member is inspected annually to ensure each member has up to date insurances, complies with health and safety law and their quality of work is to the highest possible. The APL is the only landscaping scheme operator of Trustmark, a Government endorsed initiative that promotes professional trades to consumers.

Over 330 APL members and representatives from across the landscaping industry came together for the APL Awards held at The Brewery in London in March where the work of members was celebrated in style. Many congratulations to all those award winners. It is not too late to enter this the 2018 Awards as the deadline has been extended to the end of May 2017. Don’t miss out on this opportunity and find out more at www.aplawards.co.uk APL are once again looking forward to being part of the LANDSCAPE Show in September and seeing you there to discuss how you can become part of the APL Community.

For further information please visit www.landscaper.org.uk.

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PorcelPave PorcelPave launched in 2016 with a small range of outdoor porcelain tiles and has been extremely successful so far. Since then they have been on the lookout for exciting new sizes, designs and textures, and in April 2017 are launching five brand new ranges. Their portfolio now includes a selection of wood, stone and cement effect external porcelain tiles, in a selection of sizes including large format, planks and square slabs. At double the thickness of a standard internal porcelain tile, they are perfect for high-traffic and commercial installations as well as patios, balconies, terraces and swimming pool surrounds.

All PorcelPave tiles are made from vitrified porcelain, which makes them extremely strong and hard-wearing. It also means that they have very low porosity and are therefore fade and frost proof, as well as being resistant to staining and moss & mould growth.

The tiles are engineered for even thickness and size, allowing you to create precise and modern patios. They have become popular with homeowners as well as builders and landscapers, thanks to their range of stylish looks and low maintenance. PorcelPave tiles can be installed using adhesive onto a solid base, or using the new PorcelQuick Adped adhesive pedestal system.

PorcelPave are looking forward to exhibiting for the first time at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Arboricultural Association As the leading voice on all matters arboricultural in the UK, the AA provides a home and membership for all those employed within the sector; championing the sustainable management of trees in places where people live work and play – for the benefit of society.

We provide the standards, training, support and recognition that put our members - in the UK and overseas - at the peak of their profession.

We support the LANDSCAPE Show as we strongly believe in collaborating with our partner organisations as part of our vision.

The LANDSCAPE Show are also an important member of the All Party Parliamentary Group, helping us to lobby MPs to recognise the importance of our industries.

We look forward to meeting members and possible new members at this years event.

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Kate Gould

An old factory has been transformed into a residential home with a large roof terrace leading off an open plan lounge / diner. The space has views over South London and its industrial landscape. The terrace was designed for eating and lounging with built-in black planters planted for all season interest with Trachelopsermum jasminoides, Buxus and colourful summer blooms. A sculptural piece from Blue canopy and a water feature sit at opposite ends of the terrace and are lit at night. In the evening a bespoke gel fire can be lit and this acts as part coffee table / part fire.

Landscaping materials took their lead from the interior of the property which is bright and light and so a pale limestone was used as the main flooring material with a contrasting strip of Ip’e decking under the dining table and chairs. Cedar trellis provides privacy all around the terrace and helps to create the illusion of a private haven in the city.

The project is just one of those recently executed by Kate Gould Gardens. Kate is one of the featured speakers at this years’ LANDSCAPE Show in Battersea Park this September.

Register for your free ticket to listen to her talk at www.landscapeshow.co.uk

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BALI

Founded in 1972, The British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) is the UK’s leading Trade Association for landscaping professionals; promoting, supporting and inspiring over 850 fully Registered organisations and individuals, including Contractors, Designers and Affiliate members. Working across over 50+ disciplines, including hard and soft landscaping, irrigation, playground installation, green roof, living walls and design facility, BALI members are vetted against the highest standards of excellence.

BALI members have been transforming domestic and commercial landscapes for over 45 years, deploying the very best skills and the latest products and materials to deliver projects that not only renovate spaces but also inspire future generations to enjoy the rich and diverse landscapes around them.

BALI is delighted to be returning to LANDSCAPE 2017 on Stand G55 and is currently planning this year’s stand and speaker programme by working closely with the organisers. BALI’s Marketing and Communications Manager Darren Taylor, alongside Sales Officer Carly Button, are looking forward to meeting and supporting BALI’s Registered Affiliate members who will be exhibiting at the September show, and, promoting the Association to prospective Affiliate organisations and Garden Designers who attend the event, looking for inspiration and those all-important industry connections and project leads.

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Woodscape Woodscape has been creating beautiful hardwood street furniture and external structures for some of the UK’s most vibrant public spaces for nearly 40 years, and remains a privately-owned, familybusiness that showcases British craftsmanship at its best. From complex, bespoke designs through to their classic bollard & seating ranges, you can be assured that your furniture is in experienced hands.

They are proud to #designthenation alongside the UK’s leading Architects & Landscape Designers, as well as many public and private sector clients, by developing solutions that not only respond to the needs of Britain’s rapidly growing communities, but also contribute to the creation of outstanding public spaces.

Harewood House Trust’s aim is to conserve the extensive estate of the Listed Georgian property in a sustainable manner for future generations. The estate, owned by David and Diane Lascelles, Earl and Countess of Harewood, runs a nationally recognised conservation programme which includes the protection and development of wildlife habitats and the maintenance of Listed parkland.

At the request of Head Gardener Trevor Nicholson, Woodscape were commissioned to manufacture an exact replica of the original 18th century balustrade parapet in the historic grounds of the Georgian mansion.

Using a CNC Router, Woodscape were able to recreate the 13.3m long balustrade parapet as close as possible to the original design, manufactured out of naturally very durable hardwood.

The end result showcases a delightful design which was in-keeping with the original Chinese influences and its setting in the beautiful Grade 1 listed landscape.

The high quality of the materials and build also met with stringent regulations, in order to ensure a safe environment for the visitors to Harewood House Trust for many years to come.

Come and talk to Woodscape about your next project on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

Photo courtesy of Harewood House Trust and Lee Beel

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CIH Thrive Thrive is the leading charity in the UK that uses gardening to bring about positive changes in the lives of people who are living with disabilities or ill health, or are isolated, disadvantaged or vulnerable. This is known as Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) Thrive help people facing a wide range of difficulties including learning and physical disabilities and mental ill-health. Horticultural therapy programmes are run at gardens in Reading, Battersea Park London, Birmingham and Gateshead. Sessions are also delivered to groups within the community.

Using knowledge and experience gained from providing training for the past 39 years, Thrive offers horticultural qualifications to their gardeners, and courses and consultancy services to professionals and organisations.

Training courses offered range from a one day introductory ‘Step into STH’ course to a Professional Diploma run in conjunction with Coventry University. The ‘Understanding Disability in Garden Design’ course enables garden designers to make provision for people with disabilities.

Thrive were delighted when Mark Lane became an ambassador for them earlier this year, joining existing ambassador and TV gardener David Domoney. Mark is the first BBC gardening presenter in a wheelchair and a garden designer. He said: “Garden and landscape designs should be inclusive by default, but it is rare. I had the wonderful opportunity of visiting Thrive’s Reading site this year, and it was so good seeing how productive the walled garden is, how social a space it is, but above all how horticulture and gardening are changing lives.”

The Chartered Institute of Horticulture is open to any professional within the horticultural industry, from those at the beginning of their education or career, to those already well established within the field. We are the professional voice for horticulture, uniting a growing profession.

CIH provides the opportunity to associate with colleagues through technical and social gatherings, through its publications and on its website. Membership of the Institute provides a unifying force that draws together horticulturists who may be pursuing very different career paths and ‘uniting a growing profession’.

We also support Grow Careers, an initiative set up to help bring young horticulturists into the industry by helping them explore the options available to them. Our mission is to both increase the number of new entrants into the sector, and inform progression and diversification of careers within the industry.

We will be returning to the LANDSCAPE Show this year to take advantage of the networking opportunities with other organisations. The various lectures and seminars have proven to be insightful and informative and with such a varied audience of visitors the event is like no other.

Thrive are exhibiting at LANDSCAPE this year, why not visit their stand or come along and listen to Mark Lane, who is one of the featured speakers. Register for your free tickets at www.landscapeshow.co.uk.

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Creepers Nursery Creepers Nursery receives weekly deliveries from the finest growing nurseries throughout Europe.The trees, plants and shrubs are carefully unwrapped, quality checked and moved to custom built areas to be fed and linked to the nursery irrigation system to ensure that they arrive on site healthy and flourishing.

The nursery stores the plants and trees that have been ordered for their clients’ jobs, but also has a vast selection of beautiful and unique specimen trees. Their clients can visit the nursery to view and select from delicate herbaceous plants to mature screening trees, miles of instant hedging to ancient specimens for their project.

Their plant buyer has been working in the industry for 23 years, and has built a trusted and knowledgeable relationship with his clients and Europe’s growers. Special items can be hand selected direct from the grower.

Creepers Landscapes have designed and landscaped bespoke gardens for over 25 years. They have a busy and expanding private and commercial client base. Working on many varied projects has enabled them to build a mature multi-disciplined and enthusiastic team, who have extensive knowledge and experience, and are dedicated to producing a perfect product.

Their projects range from landscaping the grounds of Surrey mansions, Historic gardens to exclusive roof-top gardens in Central London.

They can offer concept plans and planting schedules as well as detailed, personal designs and planting plans for private clients. Their designs can be generated on CAD or drawn by hand. They can produce hand-rendered artists’ impressions and colour plans; super-imposed photographic visuals; computer 3D visuals and mood boards to assist plan translation.

Come and visit their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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The Gardeners Guild The Gardeners Guild is a national trade network for professionally qualified gardeners. With over 500 active, qualified members we have grown to become one of the largest paid member groups in professional horticulture since we started 10 years ago.

The Gardeners Guild is pleased to exhibit at the LANDSCAPE Show for the 4th consecutive year.

We encourage our members to attend this trade show as part of their continual professional development. It will help them keep up-to-date with industry trends and new developments. It is also a great venue for us to meet our members and for our members to meet each other. Gardening is hard work, Battersea Park is a great venue for a well-earned day off from normal activities to attend the trade exhibition for our industry.

Professionals will benefit from the ever increasing range of industry speakers and have a unique opportunity to network. It is not unusual for our members to be on first name terms with the CEO of large suppliers as a result of meeting them at LANDSCAPE. As well as speakers and exhibitors, visitors will benefit from networking with other professionals they meet.

We look forward to seeing all the familiar faces of our industry colleagues at LANDSCAPE 2017! We will also be happy to talk to anyone who is considering garden maintenance as their career.

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FUSO Canter Part of the Daimler AG family, designed in Japan, built in Portugal and sold and serviced through the Mercedes-Benz Dealer Network in the UK, the FUSO Canter is class leading in efficiency, reliability and durability.

And the Canter 3.5t fits right at home in the gardening and landscaping sector; the small truck with plenty of space. Driving up and down the narrow paths and tracks in gardens, parks and woodland demands a vehicle that is particularly compact yet durable. The Canter combines reliability and comfort with a high load-carrying capacity and plenty of space for your tools and materials.

With its compact design, a cab width of 2 m, small turning circle of just 8.8m, wheelbase lengths of up to 3.85m and payload of up to 1.6 tonnes, the Canter can get almost anywhere for any task. It is a compact, efficient, reliable truck that can be driven on a standard UK Car licence.

Though that’s not all, there’s plenty of room in the optional crew cab for your team as well. And thanks to the standard ECOFFICIENCY efficiency package, every journey is an economical one - delivering fuel savings of up to 9%.

To find out more about how the Canter can help your business, come and see them for the second year running at LANDSCAPE 2017 in Battersea Park this September.

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GLDA

The Norfolk Olive Tree Company Norwich based ‘The Norfolk Olive Tree Company’ have been supplying specimen and young Olive trees to individuals and business successfully for the last two years.

They’ve recently opened a show area in the heart of North Norfolk on the Bayfield estate.

The ancient gnarled barks of their specimen trees and Niwaki cloud trees lending themselves beautifully to the red brick of ‘The Old stables’, architectural buildings and architectural trees in perfect harmony.

Paul and Antonia are currently preparing for the RHS show season and recently participated in the ‘Sample’ show at Greenwich peninsula ‘Urban Village Fete’ a collaboration between the RHS London Shows and Wayne Hemingways’s design team.

A husband and wife team - The Norfolk Olive Tree Company have also been working with the Grosvenor Estate in London providing them with braided Olive trees and Arbequina Olives for a roof top garden project.

The Garden and Landscape Designers Association (GLDA) is synonymous with professional garden design and is currently celebrating 20 years since its foundation.

The association represents some of Ireland’s leading garden and landscape designers in Ireland, and its growing membership provides a wide range of services nationwide.

Through its on-going training opportunities in various aspects of design, its practical workshops and field trips, its intelligence gathering network, and most publicly, its highly acclaimed annual international design seminar, the GLDA disseminates new information on methods, techniques and current best practice in landscape design and horticulture, and has created a new demand for improved quality and increased availability of a much wider and more interesting selection of plants.

The GLDA has set standards for its members which allow them to stand out from the crowd. In addition, in a profession that can be quite insular, it allows the pooling of ideas and knowledge and a valuable social network. As part of this ever expanding network we are delighted to be involved with the LANDSCAPE Show where we can connect with a wider audience and showcase our design skills.

Patricia Tyrrell MGLDA GLDA Chairman

With over 300 hundred Olive trees in stock at any one time Paul (a tree surgeon) and Antonia have been busy pruning and feeding their Olives ensuring that they only sell and provide Olive Trees of the highest and healthiest standard.

Come and see them for yourself on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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CED Stone Group

If you’re looking to speak to a stone expert at the LANDSCAPE Show then get yourself over to the CED Stone Group exhibit, where the team will be showcasing a selection of their natural stone and hard landscaping products. Established 40 years ago by stone specialist Michael Heap, today CED is managed by his son Giles and employs over 100 people with six depots across the UK. Hard-wearing, naturally beautiful and diverse, stone is a timeless material that will bring a touch of sophistication to any landscape scheme. CED recently received an enquiry from Aralia’s founder, award-winning designer Patricia Fox, who had been working with the owners of a large country estate in Hertfordshire to re-design their garden.

Aralia’s design incorporated a bespoke Oak pergola, a swimming pool and natural planting beds with an arrangement of spectacular dry-stone walls.

‘We literally have hundreds of materials available to choose from’ says Paula Chalmers, CED’s Marketing Manager. ‘We take the time to understand how our clients want their gardens to look, and draw on our knowledge and experience to help them select the best stone products.’

CED worked with Aralia to select Yellow Quartz Paddlestones for the walls, bringing warmth to the colour scheme. The large golden sandy-grey quartzite discs are tumbled to create soft rounded edges, making them a more environmentally friendly alternative to natural river-worn paddlestones.

For more information, visit Paula on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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HTA

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is the trade association for the UK garden industry representing members from across the garden industry supply chain including garden retailers, growers, landscapers, manufacturers and service providers. The association helps its members to flourish by representing, promoting and developing the garden industry through their key values; collaboration, innovation, influence and integrity.

Its key roles include: provision of advice-based services such as business improvement schemes, briefings and helplines; training, conferences and events for members; market information and research; promotions such as the National Garden Gift Voucher and National Garden Gift Card schemes; and working closely with government and the media to influence policy and projects.

Key events held throughout the year at the HTA Catering Conference, HTA National Plant Show and Nursery Supply Show, HTA Garden Futures Conference and HTA Marketing Forum, along with other one day events.

The HTA offices are based at Horticulture House in Chilton, Oxfordshire where they are developing a horticultural hub with meeting room and conference facilities for the whole industry to utilise.

For more information visit www.hta.org.uk or call 0333 003 3550.

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Lubbe & Sons (Bulbs) Ltd. Lubbe & Sons (Bulbs) Limited are a leading company in the landscape industry.

The specialist company in planting large drifts of bulbs under grass!

Lubbe has specialised equipment to plant bulbs in large drifts. Today, they specialize in enhancing the public open spaces, by supplying flower bulbs and perennials. This also has a positive effect on increasing the biodiversity, which today is highly valued.

Lubbe & Sons are currently working on enhancing the major roads in London.

Reducing grass cutting regime, and increasing bio diversity and providing a great way to enhance public open spaces and road verges!

They are cheap to maintain and great for bio- diversity and provide many possibilities on level grounds as well as embankments.

Why not visit them on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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IOG The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) is the leading organisation that represents professional and volunteer groundsmen and women. Founded in 1934 by W H Bowles BEM, Head Groundsman at Eton College, the first 11 founder members formed the National Association of Groundsmen which became the Institute of Groundsmanship in 1969.

Michael Perry Who would have thought the safe and cosy life of the plant world could be so downright rude?

However, the slogans of these shiny new t-shirts are actually the real botanical names for plants!

Michael Perry, one of the featured speakers at this year’s LANDSCAPE Show, has a brand new fashionable range of tee’s which display a wide variety of Latin plant names for varieties of flowers, trees and even fungi.

The Carry On-esque selection includes eye openers such as ‘Rubus cockburnianus’, ‘Lilium superbum’ and ‘Clitoria ternatea’!

All t-shirts come in a choice of 17 bang-on trend colours such as Flame Orange, Sun Yellow and Kelly Green. The hues in the colour range mirror some of the fashionista’s picks for 2017 too.

Priced from just £19.99 each, and available for the guys and the girls, these naughty T’s won’t break the bank either! They also have hoodies available in colours Charcoal Grey and Heather Blue at £27.99 each. Not a bad price for a chance to gain a bit of plant knowledge and bring a smirk to a face or two! Hort smut rules! Though remember… it’s not rude, it’s botany.

Come and listen to Michael as part of the New Starters Conference exploring jobs and career paths available within the industry.

Register for your free tickets to be part of things at www.landscapeshow.co.uk

The original purpose was defined as being to improve the status of groundsmen and the standard of groundsmanship. Our vision is to promote quality surfaces and quality services and establish the IOG as ‘the’ leading professional organisation for grounds management, recognised by the National Governing Bodies of Sport and the public, private and voluntary sectors for its industry knowledge and technical expertise.

In 2011, the IOG set up the Young Board of Directors (YBD). The YBD are leading the Institute’s ‘Get into Grounds’ strategy encouraging 14-16 year olds, school leavers and young people to consider a career in groundsmanship. Most members of the group entered the industry by volunteering at a local sports club and learnt the skills and gained the experience they needed as they went along. You can follow the YBD on Twitter; @iogyoungboard or on Facebook; ‘The IOG Young Board’. Alternatively you can e-mail us at youngboard@ iog.org and head to www.iog.org for more information on the IOG and the Young Board of Directors.

2016 was the first LANDSCAPE Show that the IOG Young Board of Directors attended.

We found the variety of exhibitors along with the quality of attendees invaluable, and therefore made no hesitation in deciding to come back for 2017. Due to the quality of exhibitors and visitors, the IOG Young Board made many useful connections that we have greatly benefitted from since the show last year. The Young Board are present at the LANDSCAPE Show on the 19th and 20th September, so please do come and visit us on our stand.

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Atech SAS Atech Sas is a company specialized in flower furniture since 1986. Nowadays Atech is a designer and manufacturer of vegetal street furniture. Atech offers you a global service perfectly adapted to your projects.

From standard product to specific project, Atech employs many skills necessary to realize and develop your projects (technical study, calculation note, steel element, boiler making, surface treatment, assembly, wiring etc.).

Major protagonist in urban vegetal environment, Atech is present throughout France, as well as internationally thanks to their sales network and distributors in over 35 countries. Recently, Atech has launched a new brand for landscapers: “The Landscapes of the Landscape”.

Atech promotes a complete range of products to make towns more beautiful.

They offer complete street furniture ranges: benches, seats, bins, bollards, barriers, planters, big colourful pots… why not visit their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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NLA

New London Architecture (NLA) is London’s centre for discussion, debate and information about architecture, planning, development and construction in the capital.

Our mission is to bring people together to shape a better city.

A year-round programme of events, research, exhibitions and awards examines all issues affecting London’s built environment and invites all those with a stake in the future of the city to have their say - built environment professionals, politicians and the public.

NLA has established itself over the last decade as a broker between all those involved in planning and designing the future of London and as an independent champion for the capital’s built environment.

Our work is supported by a growing membership of some 500 organisations from across the public and private sectors. The NLA galleries at The Building Centre in WC1, centred around our giant interactive model of central London, are free to visit six days a week.

NLA are proud to have supported the LANDSCAPE Show for the last 4 years, finding the show to be the perfect place to both help educate and forge new relationships. This year we will be having focused sessions on the built environment, hoping to demonstrate the importance of the landscape and architectural sectors working together.

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Venus Stone At Venus Stone they having been providing premium quality imported stone for over 16 years, working with an international network of providers to ensure they stock only the best quality and cutting edge stone at affordable prices. Thanks to their sister company’s 20+ years experience in the global shipping industry they have accumulated an essential collection of trustworthy and professional contacts that ensure they can import the finest stone for costs that enable them to boast some of the most reasonable prices in the business.

The creation process of their premium Black Porcelain stone ensures it is one of their strongest and robust stones, heated at temperatures of over 1000 degrees to guarantee a rich texture and resilience not found in natural stone. Porcelain is the modern alternative perfect for any contemporary design, and all conditions, it’s rigorous creation process makes it ultra combative against staining, aging and fading over time, the result is one the highest quality paving stones available. A consistent and smooth finish ensures a charming contemporary aesthetic, essential for the modern garden.

The staff at Venus Stone seek to offer you the best expertise on the stone that is right for you, and your garden, taking care to answer all your questions and ensure their stone is laid with the upmost care and precision, that its quality deserves.

Come and talk to them on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Perennial

Perennial is the only charity that looks after everyone working in horticulture, including landscaping and its associated professions, providing a lifeline when times get tough.

Chic Teak Luxury Furniture Chic Teak received a residential tree bench commission to cover a sewage pipe which had been used as huge concrete planter, which housed a large fig tree in the grounds of a beautiful garden overlooking Falmouth estuary.

A standard tree bench and their roll topped tree bench were too low to cover the unusual planter. The customer also wanted a rolled top to completely cover the planter edge and compliment the look with thick supporting legs.

Life’s challenges such as illness, injury or loss of income can strike at any time and their effects can be devastating, especially for those working in jobs that rely on physical health and fitness. Perennial helps by offering free and confidential advice as well as practical and emotional support, which also extends to spouses, partners and dependent children. Its team of Caseworkers and Debt Advisers across the UK tailor the support they give to the specific needs of each individual.

Many of us support charities as a way of giving something back, and what better than choosing a cause close to home that helps the people within our own industry?

Perennial relies on income from its supporters to deliver its services to those that need them.

There is still a way to go before Perennial and the help it offers is known by everyone in the industry. As the leading landscaping trade event, LANDSCAPE is a very valuable platform for Perennial to raise awareness and increase support.

Chic Teak manufactured a bespoke teak tree bench with a 175cm internal and 290cm external diameter and included a wide smooth top. With limited time to produce the seat before a forthcoming wedding in the garden, they had to draft the requirements, approve the drawings, manufacture and ship all within 3 months. From initial enquiry to installation, they managed to complete the task in less than 11 weeks and within budget.

Come and see more examples from the Chic Teak range on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Fisher Tomlin & Bowyer

Ascot Racecourse, famous for world class horse racing, has announced a partnership with its local prestigious stablemates, The Savill Garden and The Valley Gardens at Windsor Great Park, to launch a brand-new garden show in April 2018.

Ascot Racecourse and The Savill and Valley Gardens all form a part of the historic Windsor Estate, have royal heritage and enjoy iconic status as places of outstanding beauty with reputations for delivering high class events.

The all-new ‘Ascot Spring Garden Show’ has been planned and designed by Stephen Bennett, former Shows Director at the Royal Horticultural Society where he was responsible for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and the launch of all other major RHS shows during his tenure.

Led by John Anderson, Keeper of the Gardens at Windsor Great Park, the Windsor Estate team are embellishing the new show with horticultural content, gardening advice and promotional support.

John Anderson said: “We are delighted to have this opportunity to co-promote the exciting new event with our friends and colleagues at Ascot Racecourse, to provide some of the horticultural content and the gardening advice for show visitors. Of course, we will also encourage new friends to visit us at The Savill Garden and Windsor Great Park – both nearby and at their best in spring.”

The launch of the show has been welcomed by quality horticultural exhibitors as well as leading manufacturers and suppliers of the best garden equipment, greenhouses, tools and machinery – as well as exhibitors of sculpture and stylish garden ornaments.

Andrew Fisher Tomlin, from Fisher Tomlin & Bowyer is curating the gardens at this new event. He is also one of the featured speakers at this year’s LANDSCAPE Show in Battersea Park this September.

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RHS

RHS Shows aim to encourage and improve the science, art and practice of horticulture in all its many branches, showcasing an exhibit will inspire visitors to enrich their lives through plants and make the UK a greener, more beautiful place.

RHS Shows run throughout the year and offer a wealth of opportunities for designers, landscapers, growers and providers of garden products.

We look forward to see you all at the LANDSCAPE Show and sharing the fantastic opportunities on offer at all of the RHS Shows.

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SuriDeck / FW Barth SuriDeck – is a premium hardwood harvested from the Brokopondo Reservoir and sustainable forest management in Suriname.

The Brokopondo Reservoir in Suriname hides a secret treasure under its surface: More than 500,000 truckloads of tropical hardwood. When the Reservoir was created due to the construction of a power plant, the forest in the valley was inundated. Hundreds of thousands trees died but were also naturally impregnated by the fresh water.

Now, 60 years later, the trees are felled and serve as the ideal material for European terraces. Harvesting these trees serves the environment enormously, as they would eventually rot and release climate-damaging methane gas.

Suriname is also known for its exceptional sustainable forest management. In all of the small country’s forest areas the CELOS system for sustainable management of tropical rainforests is applied – ensuring there is no clear cutting and thus reducing the impact to the sensitive ecosystem.

SuriDeck offers three highly resistant wood species for outdoor decking from these two resources: Walaba, Guyana Teak, and Fava.

All planks are dried and smooth planed in the Netherlands guaranteeing a high quality standard of the finished goods. So far, hundreds of thousands square meters of SuriDeck terraces have been built in Europe with more yet to come.

Come and see samples for yourself on the F.W. Barth stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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SGD

Lumena Lights Ltd ‘Bright Innovation’ is still the ultimate concept behind Northamptonshire based outdoor and garden lighting specialists Lumena, founded in 2010. They have recently collaborated with fellow LANDSCAPE exhibitors M&M Timber, to present an exciting new range of Solid Timber path lights ready for Spring / Summer 2017.

Exclusive to Lumena, this range of impressive wooden path lights are crafted from heavy duty Radiata Pine. This amazing material is sourced from South Africa where the dry weather increases its density resulting in low splitting properties, which means the timber won’t crack or shake more than 5mm. Most domestic softwoods display significant cracks or splitting as the timber seasons. The wood is chemically treated and kiln dried to give it a guaranteed life of up to 15 years. Similar Pine is used in children’s playgrounds and nature reserves.

The Society of Garden Designers (SGD) has been championing excellence in garden design for over 35 years. It is the only professional association for garden designers in the UK and counts some of the UK’s leading garden and landscape designers among its growing membership.

The SGD will be back at the LANDSCAPE Show for the 4th year, this September. SGD Chair, Philippa O’Brien, explains why: “Last year we were delighted to have had over 70 membership enquiries at LANDSCAPE and were able to welcome some talented new designers to the Society.

LANDSCAPE is great place to meet up with members and talk through projects and initiatives such as our conferences, workshops and annual awards scheme. It is also the perfect place to introduce ourselves to the new cohort of students who come to the show in droves to get to grips with the industry.

The show offers excellent networking opportunities and is an ideal environment to get together with suppliers and sponsors.

We are delighted to be returning.”

To offer something different to their already immense range of illuminated bollards, solid brass lights are incorporated into machined orifices in the pine timber sleepers or posts to create a robust, elegant path light. 12v and 240v options are available and all are LED compatible. These durable lights are in-keeping with the natural surroundings and aesthetics of the garden and are available in two heights, designed for 300mm - 400mm secure in-ground mounting.

Please come and visit their stand at LANDSCAPE in Battersea Park this September, where the knowledgeable and friendly team are on hand to help.

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Perennial A special one-day football tournament is taking place at the grounds of Leicester City Football Club to raise money for Perennial, the only charity that helps all horticulturists in times of need. Teams from across the industry will go head to head in this six-aside competition on 23 May, with players taking part from companies such as Crowders Nurseries, Elite Landscapes, London Stone and Whiting Landscapes.

As home to the previous Premier League winners, Leicester City’s King Power Stadium showcases UK groundsmanship at its best.

Grounds Manager John Ledwidge has arranged for Perennial to host a unique tournament that will pitch horts against horts in a frenzy of competition. Supported by ICL, leading supplier of fertilisers, plant protection products and turf seed, the tournament will be great fun for players and a fabulous way to raise money for Perennial.

Robert Crowder, owner and Managing Director of Crowders Nurseries says: “It is every boy’s dream to play on a Premiership pitch but to be able to do that and raise money for charity is doubly rewarding. Perennial look after people who have earned their living from horticulture and its associated professions and find themselves in need of help or support.”

The tournament forms part of HortAid 2017, Perennial’s annual fundraising campaign and all funds raised help Perennial support people from across the industry whose lives have reached crisis point for whatever reason.

Follow the football action on Twitter @PerennialGRBS #playthepitch and find out more about fundraising for Perennial on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Stone Federation Stone Federation Great Britain is the official trade association for the natural stone industry with over 100 years’ experience in connecting garden designers, landscape architects, specifiers and clients with the finest stone professionals. We act as the source point for all things stone and your impartial reference point.

We are delighted to be working with the LANDSCAPE show as this is a sector that has a strong synergy with the natural stone industry. Natural stone is a fantastic material for the landscape sector; from large city centre projects through to domestic gardens.

Our membership is made up of both the most well established and widely respected names in the industry, alongside the most innovative and creative of natural stone firms, which enables us to expertly resource your requirements.

We can help you from project conception right through to the end and beyond, covering everything from stone selection and sample sourcing through to finding a stone professional and providing technical advice.

To access a wealth of free resources and to help find the ideal natural stone firm for your next project, go to www.stonefed.org.uk or email us at enquiries@stonefed.org.uk.

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UPM ProFi Decking The UPM ProFi range seeks to be the best decking available. All UPM ProFi decking boards have an ultra-durable core and feature a closed surface for superior stain resistance.

UPM ProFi decks have been installed throughout Europe in all types of environment: from the Mediterranean coast to Lapland, from mountain resorts to city centres, in homes, restaurants, stadia and many other locations.

UPM ProFi celebrates its 10 years journey as one of the leading European WPC decking producers. As part of the celebration they will revisit decks installed during the first years of UPM ProFi, 2007-2012.

One Case study is a Cafeteria in Lahti, Finland where UPM ProFi Deck was installed in 2008. The boards have resisted wind and moisture from the facing lake, constant movement of the chairs and staining from food service. UPM ProFi decking has a unique stain resistant surface. Spills such as oil, wine and coffee can easily be wiped away keeping decks looking better longer.

Read more about UPM ProFi’s advanced properties on their website or visit their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park. They will be on hand to help you and your customers create the terrace you desire with a fresh and modern look combined with superior performance!

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TDCA

EXTERNAL WORKS The 25th Edition of EXTERNAL WORKS is available now. It is published every 18 months and has a limited print run.

EXTERNAL WORKS helps you identify the best products to work with on your projects and services.

With 564 pages of market-leading brands, products and systems to help you find the best solutions for your projects.It is richly illustrated in a standard format that is attractive and easy to browse.

It provides the quickest way to get an overview of possibilities before searching online and is useful in design meetings during the early stages of a project to clarify requirements.

It is free to professional designers, specifiers and buyers based in the UK. At EXTERNAL WORKS, they pro-actively market their clients’ key products and services to over 20,000 decision-makers and influencers in design consultancies, local and central government, leading contractors and client organisations with substantial land holdings.

If you would like to register for a copy of EXTERNAL WORKS Edition 25 please call on to their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

With a vast array of decking products now on offer, how can you be sure you are choosing one that will perform to your expectations?

Independent help and advice is at hand from the Timber Decking and Cladding Association whose mission is to help ensure that all decking installations perform to good standards.

Properly designed and constructed timber decking will provide years and years of trouble free service with a little annual maintenance. Whether you’re going to do the work yourself or using the services of a professional installer, it is definitely worth doing your research before you start.

Using good quality and preferably endorsed products is a must. For decking, the TDCA operates a quality scheme called DeckMark® whereby materials or services are audited annually for compliance with the standards set by the TDCA. This gives you peace of mind that you are dealing with a reputable company. You will find details of accredited installers and material suppliers on the TDCA decking website or the decking calculator APP, available for I-phone and Android.

Timber is a truly amazing, natural material.

Every piece is unique. With inherent warmth and beauty, timber has the ability to soften and accentuate buildings and landscapes like no other material and offers a winning combination of versatility, economy and environmental credentials to any building project.

We are supporting the LANDSCAPE Show this year. It’s a nice show, easily accessible with guest speakers galore and a variety of exhibitors. It provides a great opportunity to see and learn about products and services on offer and network with people from the landscaping industry.

To visit the TDCA decking website go to www.tdca.org.uk.

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Mark Lane

2016 was a very busy year for Mark Lane Designs and 2017 looks to be even busier.

He has 10 projects on the go at the moment with 2 very large projects about to come to their practice. Mark is also extremely busy with his BBC TV work for both BBC Gardeners’ World and for the RHS Shows, as well as being the new ‘Health, Wellbeing and Community’ Ambassador for Groundwork, the environmental community charity, and an Ambassador for Thrive, the disability charity that uses gardening to positively change lives.

Mark Lane Designs collaborates closely with architects, designers, artists, sculptors and craftsmen on a wide range of projects, to provide an individual, friendly and professional service. They offer high-quality, bespoke garden, planting and landscape designs for small private or large-scale public projects, from an intimate little garden to a landmark outdoor facility.

A completely different outdoor space, was the creation of a Malaysian-inspired garden on an acre site with verdant, lush planting and ceramic pots from Malaysia that have been re-purposed as water features. The design is geometric with strong walls clad in Welsh granite stone, a rustic pergola with a mix of materials and a large water feature with resin-bound gravel ‘floating’ stepping stones that lead to a secluded dining area under tropical palms.

A Grade II listed thatched barn required a contemporary relaxation and meditation garden with a sunken deck and abundant borders. Keeping in tune with the surrounding countryside, hornbeam hedging, hides this part of the garden from the sweeping driveway under a weeping willow.

Mark Lane is one of this year’s featured speakers at LANDSCAPE in Battersea Park this September.

Register for your free ticket to come and listen to him at www.landscapeshow.co.uk.

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Thrive

Thrive is a charity in the UK that uses gardening to bring about positive changes in the lives of people who are living with disabilities or ill health, or are isolated, disadvantaged or vulnerable. This is known as Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) Thrive help people facing a wide range of difficulties including learning and physical disabilities and mental ill-health. Horticultural therapy programmes are run at gardens in Reading, Battersea Park London, Birmingham and Gateshead. Sessions are also delivered to groups within the community.

Using knowledge and experience gained from providing training for the past 39 years, Thrive offers horticultural qualifications to our gardeners, and courses and consultancy services to professionals and organisations.

Thrive are delighted to be attending the LANDSCAPE show again this year, and proud to support this event. We get to meet people from many different sectors within the industry and talk to them about what we do. Last year we had lots of interest from Garden Designers who heard Faith Ramsay’s talk about designing therapeutic gardens.

We have the added advantage that one of our sites is right next door to the show in Battersea Park! If people are interested in what we do, we can suggest that they go and have a look around, and talk to our Horticultural Therapists there.

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Europlanters Europlanters have been privileged to part of an award winning design. The £40m project, designed for LeSoCo College, with a neighbouring 44 home development in Southwark Lewisham, designed to give students the feel of a modern workplace, setting them up for progressing into work, or to university.

The scheme consisted of a six-storey education building built, containing flexible teaching space. Within the design is a rooftop terrace which offers stunning views over London including, views of the London Eye and The Shard. The seating area on this terrace is set behind a glass screen providing shelter and an exterior space for socializing.

To ensure that there is a green space Europlanters manufactured 24m of planters with floating seats for trees and shrubs, another 11 meters of planters with seating on the top and a bespoke triangle shaped seat, so that people visiting the roof top could sit and enjoy the city skyline.

The planters were made in RAL 7021 Matt to compliment the exterior of the building and the timber used for the seating was hardwood Sapele. Europlanters worked closely with Landscapers who planted up small shrubs and trees before adding seating to the planters.

On the terrace of level two to ensure safety for people using the area, 60 meters of planters were made with strong metal balustrades powder coated to the same RAL colour as the planters to create a barrier at the edge of the building.

‘Adding balustrades has been a new, exciting challenge for us’ Said John Wilkes Director of Europlanters‘ it is the first time that we have created a guardrail on planters and we have tested it way beyond the necessary limits to ensure that it is fit for purpose’.

To add to the green space two large trays were created in GRP which were then bolted together and planted up with sedum to create a green roof.

Come and talk to Europlanters on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Gustafson, Porter + Bowman

Despite its proximity to the natural world, Hong Kong has few high-quality green spaces which can temper the frenetic environment of the city. Taikoo Place will create an inclusive open space which includes lush native vegetation and sculptural water features. Its development follows the demolition of two existing towers, signalling the commitment from the developer to create an engaging open space for residents and office workers alike.

The 69,000sqft landscape project is comprised of a sequence of areas ranging from small intimate places around water to gather with friends and colleagues, to larger open areas suitable for events such as jazz concerts and outdoor markets. The design for the largest space, Taikoo Square, creates the impression of a series of terraces and is typified by two large longitudinal pools connected by a cascade and a small water table. The carving and sculpting of these water features through 3D modelling allows the water to move in exciting ways, bringing movement and pleasant sounds to the square whilst referencing the former Quays that once existed on the site.

The entire design is defined by large bands of brown and white granite which run through the site and extend into the surrounding streetscape and the new building lobby for One Taikoo Place, to the North. This lobby space will also be designed by Gustafson Porter + Bowman. This unification of landscape and interior space embodies a genuinely whole solution which greatly enhances the public realm experience for all users.

“Taikoo Place is a cohesion of work, enjoyment, culture, and nature. As landscape architects it is a privilege to be able to transform such a large space between existing and new buildings.” Sibylla Hartel, Partner Neil Porter from Gustafson, Porter + Bowman will be speaking at this year’s LANDSCAPE Show in Battersea Park this September.

To register for your free ticket to attend, please visit www.landscapeshow.co.uk

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EXTERNAL WORKS online EXTERNAL WORKS online offers the broadest mix of supplier and product information on the market, combined with insightful articles and projects to keep you up-to-date with sector innovations.

The website contains over 20,000 entries covering companies, products, projects, services, CPD, articles, downloads, videos, news and events.

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If you offer products and services to professional specifiers and buyers, you can create an online profile free of charge.

EXTERNAL WORKS in print The printed edition of EXTERNAL WORKS is now in its 25th imprint. The latest edition runs to over 500 pages and contains examples of most of the products and services required to complete any external project, both functionally and aesthetically. The book is easy to browse and share, making it easy for you to identify potential partners and solutions for your projects.

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Trans-European Stone

If you thought Belgian Blue limestone was only suitable for flooring, the luxury new homes in Roehampton Gate will certainly get you to think again!

Roehampton Gate is a magnificent detached residence with seven bedrooms and five bathrooms, adjacent to Richmond Park, in south West London. It was built by award-winning developer Richstone Properties Ltd and completed late, 2016.

From the beginning, Trans-European Stone worked closely with Richstone and Brooks architects providing technical advice to ensure the stonework was not only aesthetically pleasing, but also practical and buildable. Trans-European Stone also supplied working drawings and factory cutting sheets for every element of the stonework, from the plinths to the copings and including the all-important portico.

Matthew Arnold, an Associate at Brookes Architects said “Trans-European Stone were really helpful on this project. Their stonework knowledge and technical advice saved us a lot of time”.

Richstone Developments innovative use of Belgian Blue limestone with a natural light finish enhances the development and contributes to the classic exterior of this sumptuous new home. If you’re designing a new project, whether you need paving, flooring or cladding, then don’t forget that “Blue is the New Black!”.

For more information please visit the Trans-European Stone stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Loknan Architectural Wow, time flies! It only seems like yesterday that Loknan were filling you in on work they’ve been doing with Kate Gould Gardens at RHS Chelsea 2017. Well, that was a whole month ago, and this month they have another exciting update to share with you!

As well as Kate Gould, Loknan are also privileged to be working with Sarah Eberle on Hillier Garden Centre’s RHS Chelsea Show Garden, ‘Hillier’s Spring’. As Chelsea’s most highly decorated garden designer, Sarah’s design this year will hopefully see her secure her 14th Chelsea Gold Medal as well as help Hillier win their 72nd consecutive gold medal, furthering their record as the most successful exhibitor in the shows history!

From the wide range of decking and cladding timber species Loknan offer, the bamboo does have a wide appeal for many projects.

As a highly sustainable product with a striking appearance, this quickly became the species of choice for the ‘Hillier’s Spring’ garden. The decking has been supplied with the FastClick install system (particularly necessary given limited time on site) and the cladding has been milled to a bespoke thickness of just 5mm to allow it to be curved inside the pavilion area.

Whilst Loknan has an extensive product range, they love to get involved with specialist projects requiring a bespoke solution, bringing all kinds of visions to reality for their clients!

Their stand at LANDSCAPE this year (A31) certainly showcases this well, so be sure to pop by and have a chat with them!

Meanwhile, be sure to watch out for next month’s update!

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Oxford Planters Ltd Oxford Planters Limited are designers and manufacturers of hardwood planters, tables, chairs, benches, garden gates and pergolas.

All hardwood products are individually handmade to order in the Company’s Oxfordshire workshop and are available in Oak, Iroko and Accoya.

Each product is hand-crafted to the highest quality using only the best FSC hardwood timbers available. With bespoke sizes available and with painted products available in any colour of your choice you will be sure to find a piece perfect for your outdoor space. Quality comes as standard when buying from Oxford Planters Ltd. They will be launching a new dining table and garden bench at Chelsea 2017 along with a couple of new planter designs which include the Brasenose Planter. The railings set in and around London inspired its design. It is a lead planter which has been beautifully created & detailed by hand, as with all of Oxford Planters products, in their Cotswold based workshops. This planter is a real eye catcher and would complete any patio or garden setting.

Come and see it for yourself on their stand at LANDSCAPE in Battersea Park this September.

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Ebben Tree Nursery With their organic forms, multi-stem trees offer a beautiful contrast in urban environments and are used more and more often for green projects in public spaces.

They create a unique atmosphere and natural experience through their characteristic appearance and wide variety of forms.

Thanks to their naturally rich variety of forms and colours, multi-stem trees offer infinite possibilities for international green projects, in public, semi-public and private spaces. They are beautiful park trees that create surprising depth and provide a much greater natural experience than high-stem trees. Much more of the tree can be seen at eye level, thanks to the beautiful structure of the multiple stems. Around buildings, multi-stems form a wonderful contrast to the sharp, urban lines, and cast a pleasant shadow on façades. And at natural playgrounds, solitary multi-stems are perfect climbing trees.

At Ebben Tree Nursery, they aim to cultivate trees and plants with a unique character in terms of form, colour and application. This is why they started to cultivate multi-stem trees many years ago. Characteristic trees that contribute to atmosphere, human scale, green experience, biodiversity and harmony in the built environment, thanks to their natural forms.

Their range of multi-stem trees include: Acer, Aesculus, Ailanthus, Albizia, Alnus, Amelanchier, Aralia, Betula, Broussonetia, Carpinus, Carya, Castanea, Catalpa, Celtis, Cercidiphyllum, Cercis, Cladrastis, Clerodendrum, Cornus, Corylus, Crataegus, Cydonia, Davidia, Fagus, Fraxinus, Ginkgo, Gleditsia, Gymnocladus, Halesia, Heptacodium, Hippophae, Koelreuteria, Laburnum, Larix, Liquidambar, Maackia, Mespilus, Morus, Nothofagus, Nyssa, Ostrya, Parrotia, Paulownia, Pinus, Platanus, Populus, Prunus, Ptelea, Pterocarya, Pyrus, Quercus, Robinia, Salix, Sophora, Sorbus, Taxodium, Taxus, Tetradium, Tilia, Toona, Ulmus and Zelkova.

Why not visit their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park to find out more.

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Hy-Tex Hy-Tex (UK) Limited are proud to introduce the next generation in vertical garden systems. VersiWall™ is an easy-to-install and low maintenance modular vertical greening system which offers architects and developers a cost-effective solution to turn monotonous walls into aesthetically-pleasing living plant walls.

VersiWall™ offers the flexibility to choose from several mounting options (propriety panels, weld mesh or rods) to suit wall conditions and minimise wall penetrations, with 6 universal anchoring points on each tray to enable installation easily and safely by just one person.

VersiWall™ trays can also be arranged in a variety of horizontal and vertical spacing to provide flexibility in planting density and layout, and, uniquely, curved walls can be created mounted on weld mesh.

VersiWall™ trays can be individually easily replaced or removed for maintenance or design change, while anti-lift arms prevent inadvertent dislodgement of trays.

Irrigation pipes are concealed neatly at the rear between trays and each VersiWall™ tray has baffle to distribute water evenly and a covered water reservoir for healthy plant growth, with excess water flowing into underlying trays or discharging through drainage pipes.

VersiWall™ trays allow a wide choice of soil media to suit plant requirements and each tray holds 1.8l of soil, equivalent to the volume of a 150mm diameter pot.

VersiWall™ trays and panels are manufactured from UV-stabilised recycled polypropylene that meets requirements for international “Green Building” certification.

Come and play with them for yourself, visit Hy-Tex (UK) Limited on their stand at LANDSCAPE 2017 this September in Battersea Park.

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Shoot Shoot have been listening to their professional members and have recently launched a new mobile web version of Shoot.

This is particularly popular with garden maintenance managers who have a team to manage or new apprentices to train.

Members of Shoot can now login on their mobile devices to view their garden profile, plant lists and care tasks on the go. As a professional member of Shoot, you and your clients will also see your logo on the mobile site so you stay front of mind with your clients.

Easily view your plant list for each garden which you can also filter by group. You can toggle between any garden plant list and the care calendar for that garden. You can read more about the tasks for each month and view the plants they relate to. Select the month you are in or skip to a future month to see the care tasks for that month.

You, or your team members, can also tick off as ‘completed’ any task direct from your mobile device.

Finally you can also add notes as you walk around your garden (or your client’s garden) with your mobile. This enables you to keep a handy list of notes while you, or your team, are working in a garden.

Come and see the new mobile version of Shoot on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Core Landscape Products

At CORE Landscape Products they supply all the hard landscaping materials you’ll need to transform any garden into a contemporary low maintenance masterpiece. From outstanding artificial lawns and putting greens, beautiful resin bound paths, patios with glowing aggregates and a whole host of edgings and ancillary products – they can help to create low maintenance gardens, designed for the 21st century.

They are a young, forward thinking, design led company who manufacture and supply high quality eco-friendly products that are built to last. For them, innovation is key.

They continually strive to introduce new and exciting products that won’t cost the earth… literally.

Their CORE Lawn artificial grass range is designed to mimic natural grass as closely as possible. With a thick curly thatch and multi-tone filaments, they are without doubt amongst the most realistic synthetic turfs available in today’s market. Perfect for pets and children, and suitable in commercial or domestic applications too.

Their latest addition, CORE Edge, is a complete range of flexible steel edgings and pre-rolled tree rings designed to create the perfect edge restraint for a variety of landscaping applications. The entire range is quick and easy to install with no specialist tools required and is available in a range of powder coated finishes, bright zinc galvanised or weathering steel (which has a unique look and naturally oxidizing finish that make it especially desirable for many architectural projects.)

They are soon to introduce an accompanying modular range of back lit decorative screens designed to create visually stunning rooms within your garden. Whether you’re hiding unwanted items, creating a backdrop to your borders or simply seeking privacy – Easyscreens will be a product well worth keeping an eye out for.

Come and see the products for yourself on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Hedges Direct

Trading online for over 10 years, Hedges Direct are specialist suppliers of hedging, turf, pleached trees, living screens and topiary. With decades of experience in the horticultural industry and a culture firmly focused on quality and service, they are able to supply specimen plants for any size project, all with an industry leading delivery turnaround. Their diverse range of hedging in particular incorporates both deciduous and evergreen species including popular flowering and berry varieties. From root ball, bare root or pot grown to the trough based instant hedging, the range of planting options and sizes available allows a truly bespoke approach to garden design and creation.

Now that they are nearing the end of the season for root ball and bare root hedging, they are presently looking towards their summer offerings with a current focus on their extensive range of lavender. This wonderfully versatile shrub is fast becoming a popular addition to the garden scape with its swath of vivid colour and uplifting fragrance. Varieties stocked include English, Hidcote, French, White and Dwarf Lavender.

Featuring lush evergreen foliage and graceful flower spires ranging from the deepest vibrant purple to a soft, delicate white, compact lavender hedging is now proving exceptionally popular in contemporary garden design planting schemes, providing an architectural element on the garden canvas creating both shape and texture in addition to offering year round colour.

For more information about their lavender selection or their full product ranges, please visit their stand at the LANDSCAPE show in Battersea Park this September.

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Allsorted Furniture Designs Allsorted Furniture Designs are designers and manufacturers of superior quality amenities furniture for a range of applications. Creating stylish, contemporary yet timeless trend-setting décor and accessories, presenting functional features to enhance offices, malls, and open spaces, customised for the corporate and commercial sectors. Manufactured from the highest quality raw materials, products are available in a variety of finishes, but all have the consistently seamless style that is the hallmark of the Allsorted portfolio.

A variety of products have been featured in shopping malls, hotels, public transport hubs, schools, hospitals, churches, airports, offices and private homes including planters, benches, litter bins, cigarette bins, cycle parking, tree protection and many other products.

Allsorted products are environmentally friendly using a collection of quality materials such as stainless steel, aluminium, fibre cane and composite wood with a variety of finishing, ranging from colour powder coated to satin, mirror and brushed effects.

A retail planter range has been created using the same stylish characteristics and quality for the domestic market and are designed to fit smaller spaces whilst still flaunting the style of their larger counterparts.

Innovation, cutting-edge technology, stylish designs, cost-effective pricing and service delivery excellence makes Allsorted Furniture Designs the preferred supplier of amenities, mall, and corporate furniture.

It’s not done until its allsorted!

A selection of Allsorted products will be on show on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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PRO Landscape by Drafix Software PRO Landscape Design Software contains the easiest-to-learn and the easiest-to-use CAD software available on the market today. PRO Landscape CAD was created specifically for landscape and garden design making it just the right piece of software for any landscape /garden design professional. Exclusive use of landscape and garden-specific terminology makes PRO Landscape so easy-to-use, even those with no CAD experience will be creating their first design in no time.

Creating an accurate, scaled site plan has never been easier.

PRO Landscape is set up with all the tools that any designer might need to complete just about any design project. That includes a massive library of pre-scaled symbols that represent plant material based on their specific hardiness zones. In addition, each symbol contains information about the particular plant species (size, colour, sunlight and soil requirements, common name, botanical name, and much more). The library also contains symbols that represent other essential items such as irrigation heads and piping, lighting fixtures and wire, pools and water features, decks and steps, and outdoor living items just to name a few. The library also contains numerous patterns, colours, and other visual options to enhance the look and help further establish your professionalism with landscape design software.

For over twenty years, PRO Landscape has proudly produced the most complete design software product available which includes easy-to-use-CAD, photo imaging, night and holiday lighting, 3D renderings, estimating, and a free companion tablet app.

Come and see it in action on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Elite Bespoke Planters Four years ago in rural Monmouthshire, experienced stonemason Mick Avery decided to develop a range of high end natural stone planters to showcase his new business venture Elite Bespoke Planters LLP. He spent a long time perfecting his designs, hand crafting exterior and interior planters made out of marble, granite, travertine, limestone, slate, onyx, and local stone.

Mick now trades as EBPlanters and the business has been picking up momentum ever since. His initial idea of creating bespoke products is coming to fruition with keen interest from designers and landscapers all over the UK. The next step is creating more awareness of his planters.

There are exciting events in the pipeline, but you will be able to visit his stand at The Landscape Show in September.

Micks planters are perfect for all design projects because of the diversity in stone: patio’s, terraces at hotels & restaurants, spa areas, pool decks, luxury villas, residential balconies, roof top gardens, country houses, show gardens, and so on. Being totally unique, large or small, the planters offer the ‘wow factor’ to any outdoor design; singularly, as a pair, or multiples of.

Their Black Horse Granite Planter is an exhibition piece. It is one of three they are manufacturing out of the same slab that was purchased from Brazil. It has an outstanding pattern and they have captured the continuous movement in its pattern all the way around it. Quality like this doesn’t come along very often. It is 75x61x61cms. They will be for sale.

Come and visit their stand at the LANDSCAPE Show in Battersea Park in September. They will have some amazing products and welcome any questions you may have.

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Proludic Play is essential to a child’s physical and mental well-being; it supports development, crucial for children as they transition through key stages.

Our local parks provide the ideal environment to facilitate this.

Having open spaces is essential for children to run, explore, climb trees, ride bikes and let off steam, however not all children are afforded the independence to play in this environment. ‘Helicopter parenting’ is an emerging phenomenon, the outcome being that children are not given the independence and freedom of play that previous generations of children enjoyed.

This means that there is even greater pressure for play spaces to deliver a valuable and high quality experience for all children.

How? Through clearly identifiable play spaces within parks.

Traditional fixed play equipment within these spaces provides a haven for children to experience moving sensations, such as rocking, spinning, sliding and will be able to assess risk and challenge whilst experiencing pure exhilaration.

Open natural landscape alongside quality play provision is crucial and highlights the importance of play to children in a society where inactivity and obesity levels are rising and threatening children’s health.

The API (Association of Play Industries) has undertaken research which has uncovered during 2014-15 that 112 playgrounds have been closed and in 2015-16 a further 102 were shut down. The reason cited for this was budget reductions.

Therefore, Proludic are fully supporting the API #Nowhere2play campaign which is lobbying for Government funding to arrest future closures and protect the accessible places to play.

Come and talk to Proludic on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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M&M Timber Product innovation is at the core of the M&M Timber business; the Worcestershire-based manufacturer of quality long-life timber products for agricultural, equestrian and landscaping sectors. Exploring new products to meet growing customer demand the business is delighted to announce two new additions - DuraSleeper and DuraEdge.

Manufactured using Radiata Pine, which is kiln dried then pressure treated with Tanalith E wood preservative, the DuraSleeper range can be used in a variety of configurations to create edging and wall features. The sleepers are available in two finishes, rough sawn and planed, and can come in a selection of lengths. For landscaping projects that include corners in the design, the new DuraEdge presents the ideal solution. It comes with the same specification as the sleeper range and can work in partnership with M&M Timber’s Unilog Pro landscaping timbers.

Tanalith E is a tried and tested copper-based wood preservative from Lonza Wood Protection. Treatment of this kind delivers durability and long service life for sleepers.

With its high-performance credentials, particularly for ground contact timbers, it helps to protect timber against certain copper tolerant brown rots which can attack and decay the wood. At the start of the year, M&M Timber gained the Wood Protection Association (WPA) accreditation for the quality of its treated wood for the 5th consecutive year.

To further endorse M&M Timber as a leading supplier of treated timber the business was awarded the Wood Protection Association ‘Treated Wood Trader of the Year’ for 2017.

For further information please visit their stand at LANDSCAPE in Battersea Park this September.

Step Change Design

Debbie Carroll and Mark Rendell from Step Change Design help garden designers, landscape architects and other outside specialists to work cost effectively and successfully with care sector clients and their residents.

A key message they want to share with garden designers and landscape architects is to understand the care culture in operation before you design a new garden for the care setting. This is to avoid the danger of ‘overdesigning’ the space (i.e. providing an outdoor resource that is beyond the current capacity of the home to use it effectively). They widened their research to include observations of what took place inside, as much as what took place outside the care settings they visited.

This is because the ingrained and subconscious habits, attitudes, beliefs and norms that are in operation at the care setting have not been addressed to ensure that the new outdoor space will be easily incorporated into the overall care culture in operation.

Debbie and Mark are two of the featured speakers at this year’s LANDSCAPE Show in Battersea Park this September. Come along to their presentation to learn more about their new approach to working with care settings that they call ‘Relationship-Centred Design’ and the ‘Hidden Dangers’ that designers can inadvertently create for care setting clients.

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Steel and Glass Balustrades Ltd

At Steel and Glass Balustrades Limited they offer a full range of design options for internal and external balustrade projects.

From framed glass balustrades to frameless balustrades, Juliet balconies, staircase balustrades and steel railings.

They can also offer a powder coating range to compliment any window frame colour. The ultimate in railing systems for design, quality and safety. You can choose from a wide variety of designs and materials to create the perfect combination you are looking for.

You can bring your vision to life with their modular systems that set a new standard in railings and glass balustrade systems. Their hard landscaping division also offers one of the best non slip upvc composite decking boards available. With a colour range of 8 choices it’s the alternative to wood that doesn’t cost the earth and comes with a 20 year warranty. Is slip resistant, fire resistant, resists heat and is 100% recyclable.

Why not combine your balustrade and decking project to achieve the ultimate in external fashion.

Come and talk to their small enthusiastic team that will carry out your projects anywhere in the UK on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Harrowden Turf A large landscaping project on the Norfolk coast has been completed on time and on budget using 17,000 m2 of hardwearing turf from Harrowden Turf Ltd. Pinewoods Holiday Park in Wells-Next-Sea are proud holders of the David Bellamy Conservation Gold Award.

They were insistent that the new 116 pitch extension to their park was finished to the highest standards of excellence in time for the start of the holiday season in Easter 2017.

Specialist Contractor Warwick Taylor Landscapes was commissioned by Walker Construction Services Ltd on behalf of the Holkham Estate.

Chris Taylor of Warwick Taylor Landscapes explained why Harrowden Turf Ltd were selected to supply the turf.

“RTF turf was originally specified for this project, however, we were unable to find a supplier with sufficient stock. Having worked with Harrowden Turf in the past, I approached them for advice. After discussions with Harrowden’s technical team and the landscape architect it was agreed to use their premium grade turf. Harrowden have plenty of experience of supplying turf for large projects. The consistency of their product quality and their expertise with logistics made them the logical choice.”

Warwick Taylor did encounter with problems due to winter weather and the proximity to the sea. At times, excavations were affected by tidal ingress of water. A well-trained and experienced team with plenty of common sense prevailed. The site was completed on time and achieved zero snagging issues at handover.

Come and talk to Harrowden about your next turfing project on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Second Life Products Wales At SLPW their range of quality recycled plastic decking is totally waterproof, and offers a zero-maintenance, heavy duty and environmentally responsible alternative to other decking products such as timber.

Their beautiful range of low-maintenance plastic decking is the perfect choice for practically any outdoor space and means you can enjoy the product year after year as their decking boards do not rot, leaving you without having to worry about the integrity of the product. Their decking requires no annual maintenance, staining or painting.

Their decking boards can be used for boardwalks, jetties, cycle ways, pathways as well as for domestic applications such as patios or entertainment areas. Also because of its unique properties the deck boards provide a long lasting solution for decking that will be located in wet, harsh or damp environments.

Their high performance deck boards are a realistic and sustainable alternative to traditional hardwood decking with the added advantage of their recycled plastic decking will not rot, splinter, crack or degrade with age like conventional wooden decking.

Decking boards are available as 30 x 150 x 3600 mm and 40 x 150 x 3100 mm profiles in black and brown and can be seen on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Carolyn Willitts

Carolyn Willitts, founder of CW Studio, is a landscape architect and garden designer who takes joy in creative collaboration and has a passion for designing bespoke spaces that connect people to places.

CW Studio have recently designed the public realm and private courtyard associated with Ellesmere Street in Manchester. Construction has commenced on this 1.25 acre residential development.

A stepped granite terrace with bespoke metallic planters and stone seating steps provides an attractive new public open space and a welcoming entrance to the development, while attractive planting will provide year round interest.

The private contemporary courtyard garden will provide a relaxing space for residents.

Raised planters allow a variety of plants and multiGstem trees to be grown on the roof, while oversized pebbles create sculptural seating on the lawn. Planting includes clipped yew hedging, ornamental grasses, perennials, ferns and spring bulbs.

Carolyn says of the scheme “This is such a wonderful project to work on. We are excited about creating bold public realm and a special outdoor space for residents to enjoy.”

Carolyn writes for various journals and is a visiting tutor for the London College of Garden Design diploma course and for Manchester Metropolitan University’s landscape architecture course.

Carolyn is a featured speaker at this year’s LANDSCAPE show in September in Battersea Park.

To register for free tickets to come along and listen to her please visit www.landscapeshow.co.uk

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Dalefoot Composts An enterprising Cumbrian family firm, that makes peat free compost from sheep’s wool and bracken, has featured in a new BBC TV series championing rural entrepreneurs.

Dalefoot Composts, based on a 120-acre family farm in the hills of the Lake District, was highlighted on ‘Back to the Land’ presented by Kate Humble on BBC 2. The documentary series travelled the UK meeting the growing band of rural entrepreneurs who have forged their own innovative products and businesses from the land.

The programme took a behind-the-scenes look at Dalefoot’s eco compost-making using wool and bracken from the Cumbrian fells. The family who run Dalefoot Composts, Jane Barker and husband Simon Bland, were filmed throughout the year for the episode and their 11-year-old daughter Arabella also made an appearance, helping Kate and her parents with lambing.

The enterprising couple began manufacturing compost and selling mail order 20 years ago, prompted by diminishing returns from their sheep farming business.

Using Simon’s practical farming knowledge and the scientific input of Jane, who holds a PhD in Environmental Science, they began their composting using bracken – a by-product of their environmental and habitat restoration work - before adding wool to the mixture.

Their sustainable Wool Compost range, which is now widely used by gardeners across the UK, boasts wool from their own flock.

Benefits include natural water retention of wool fibres means up to 50% less watering. Wool provides a steady, slow sustained supply of nitrogen and high levels of natural potash from the bracken promotes flowering and fruiting, healthy growth and hearty crops - no need for any additional plant food.

SGD Five garden design companies have signed up to become one of the first Registered Practices of the Society of Garden Designer (SGD) following the launch last month.

Acres Wild, The Garden Company, Ann-Marie Powell Gardens, Wilson McWilliam and Mazullo Russell have all listed their companies as having Practice status of the Society rather than their membership being associated solely with an individual designer in their company.

The new membership, which came into force in March 2017 allows Fellows and Registered Members to list their business as a Registered Practice. It brings the SGD in-line with other professional bodies such as RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) and the LI (Landscape Institute) and enables Society members to demonstrate that their whole practice is committed to design excellence and the highest quality standards.

SGD Chair Philippa O’Brien said: “We are delighted to be able to offer our Members a new status of membership which we believe reflects the way in which many of our Members operate as garden design companies today. We believe the Registered Practice status will be of great benefit to our Members, allowing them to stand out in an increasingly competitive marketplace, whilst allowing the Society to continue to improve standards in the industry.”

Further information on all membership levels can be found on the SGD stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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The Garden Trellis Company The Garden Trellis Company’s bespoke service offers you expert project planning and design, specialist joinery craftsmanship and painting facilities, giving you the most desirable custom made joinery.

A recent project shows the level of design possible with decorative fencing. The brief was to develop a French style, “beau treillage” (or “beautiful trellis”) with an emphasis on distinctive design. The main challenge to overcome was to create a scheme with symmetry even though the garden space available was an irregular shape.

The client had a very distinctive idea and vision for the garden design so, to make sure they had what it takes to make it a reality, they visited their design studio and workshop to discuss the ideas in person.

The finished design features highly bespoke sculptured trellis panels in a two-tone finish using the colours Manhattan Grey and Deben Green, each with a framed antique-mirrored centrepiece and arched top capping with circular detail and classic finials.

Highly designed product samples and bespoke paint samples will be available to view on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September and the team from The Garden Trellis Company will be happy to discuss design ideas with you at the event.

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Moore Concrete Products Moore Concrete has recently forged a manufacturing & distribution partnership with the innovative ECOncrete for the UK & Ireland.

ECOncrete’s technology provides sustainable solutions in the construction of ecologically active infrastructure, within urban and coastal landscapes. In urban environments ECOncrete’s Bio-active Wall tiles are specifically designed to induce rapid plant wall coverage on inland buildings.

Green plant coverage significantly improves urban landscapes, provides cleaner and healthier air, and reduces the ecological footprint of urban development.

The physical and chemical properties of the wall tiles strongly influence their capability to support and enhance plant growth. ECOncrete’s bio active wall induces natural growth of wall clinging plants, endolithic algae, lichens and mosses. Its high complexity and porosity create moist niches that support flora, without the need for complex soil systems. ECOncretes Bio active wall’s are a great solution for areas like sunken gardens and facades and can integrate planting pockets for increasing green coverage.

Standard and pocket tiles are 30cm’s square, although dimensions can be adjusted to meet the needs of specific projects. For additional information please contact them directly on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Azpects Azpects EASY4Cracks, incorporating Dseal technology, is the only successful professional grade hot Asphalt/rubber base fill material that is now available for homeowner applications.

EASY4Cracks is ideal for repairing cracks in driveways, seams between the driveway & garage floor, the driveway and pavement as well as cracks in paths, concrete and wood.

It is also great when used to repair bitumen flat roofs and sealing joints around manhole covers. These can now be repaired at a fraction of the cost of a professional repair.

You do not need to purchase expensive contractors equipment, now the DIY (do it yourself) home owner can make inexpensive repairs to their property themselves.

This revolutionary new product, designed for the homeowner but also suitable for the professional contractor, is a commercial grade high quality, low cost, easy to use, safe alternative to costly contractor applications. Their hot applied liquefied filler is far superior to the cold fill process, its bonding ability is better, and it expands and contracts with temperature changes without cracking, keeping water and other weather elements out thereby preventing further damage to property– therefore saving you money!

EASY4Cracks is available to purchase from their merchants and stockists in a ‘Full Repair Kit’, a separate ‘Kettle box’ and 0.9kg handy refill boxes. The Full Repair Kit comes with everything you need to make a full repair to your property. It comes with an electric heater, kettle, metal stand, spatula (for smoothing the filler) and drip pad. Each kettle comes complete with 1.8kgs of filler inside and has an integral handle and spout for ease of heating and applying.

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Isabel Coulton Sculpture Isabel Coulton is looking forward to bringing her project Aspects of Woman to the 2017 LANDSCAPE show. Perfect for garden landscapes, patios, public spaces and interiors - private or corporate; these sculptures, standing around 200cm tall, add a frisson of unusual beauty and interest to any space.

With these totally unique, one off sculptures, you can be sure no-one in the world has another one like it. Using her chainsaw like a pencil, these works emerge as inspiration from the wood itself. ‘Aspects of Woman’ is an ever-running project, which charters the female nude in all her different moods, a never-ending subject! The warm glow of wood enhances any garden or conservatory, and often Isabel’s quirky humour is an element within each piece.

Coulton’s work can be seen in public spaces in South Devon, where Isabel lives and works. She enjoys working to commission, and in partnership with landscape gardeners, architects and private clients, councils and foundations. In next month’s publication of Landscape Preview, Isabel Coulton will be proud to announce the completion of a major stone carving for an important ecclesiastical commission.

Although Coulton enjoys creating one off unique sculptures, she has also cast in bronze and ciment fondue, etc and is available to talk over your specific needs.

Please visit Isabel’s stand CP13 at the 2017 LANDSCAPE Show this September in Battersea Park. Isabel would be delighted to talk over possible projects and show you past and present works in her portfolio.

Annika Zetterman Annika Zetterman is one of the featured speakers at this year’s LANDSCAPE Show.

She will be talking about getting inspired by new gardens up north in Scandinavia, which are also featured in her new book, the first book of contemporary gardens in the Nordics.

Organized by themes that encapsulate the special ambience and lifestyle of the Scandinavian countries – Simplicity, Silence, Fragility, Nakedness, Attunement, Boldness, Openness and Care – each garden is presented through images and texts explaining its unique aspects, providing maximum inspiration, not just for northern climes but for temperate environments around the world.

This book is the first overview of contemporary gardens in Scandinavia, presenting gardens and ideas with aesthetic integrity. The author, Annika Zetterman says “Gardens are long lasting imprints, and should be created with the very best intentions, with respect for our past and for a sustainable future. They should help us, our wildlife and our wider environment to thrive.

They should be designed with dignity and worked on with modesty and maintained with persistence.”

The timelessness of Nordic design has proven itself around the world for many decades.

Now it is time for the quality of its gardens and landscapes to come into the light.

Annika Zetterman, the author of New Nordic Gardens, and is one of the featured speakers at this year’s LANDSCAPE show in Battersea Park this September.

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Round Wood of Mayfield Round Wood of Mayfield, based in East Sussex, are a long established nationwide supplier of high end timber products, including hardwood decking, engineered oak flooring and cladding, in a number of materials.

This now includes a selection of thermo treated cladding profiles following their recent appointment as a distributor of the Thermory® collection.

This innovative and eco-friendly range includes both Ash and Pine boards, with unique and time-saving hidden fixing systems. As with their entire range, Thermory® cladding boards have been heated and steamed at temperatures of up to 215°C in computer controlled kilns.

This toughens the timber, (so achieves outstanding dimensional stability), ensures a low moisture content and develops a dark, luxurious colour. Crucially, Thermory® also boast outstanding environmental credentials; their processes are entirely chemical free and are only applied to responsibly harvested raw materials.

Round Wood also offer oak framed buildings, quality decking, oak and walnut flooring and a wide range of home and garden features.

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Jane Finlay

Jane Finlay is one of the featured speakers at this years’ LANDSCAPE Show. She was recently contact by an architect who prescribed finishes for a renovated Victorian house, the client lifestyle plus brief of an ‘English country cottage garden planting’. ultimately dictated the design interpretation of mystery and enchantment for a small London garden, now in build.

New interior finishes include polished concrete floors studded with ochre and charcoal toned aggregate mix; this floor finish is echoed in the water-feature bench combo that demarcates the kitchen/dining overflow area.

The same finish is used on the pre-formed concrete bog planter with integral Ipe slatted end-bench. A step-up leads through a walkway to an intimate alfresco dining area of dappled shade, framed by planting. The design aspect visually widens a narrow garden and its optimal positioning gives sunshine to its adjacent planting. British self-binding aggregate underfoot feels organic and replicates the interior colour.

Continuing through the loggia the explorer finds the self-framed Ipe decking floor of the pergola lounging area, its integral storageseating within and log store outside. Vertical suspended planting boxes of evergreen ferns add to a lush coziness to give a feeling of being at the epi-centre of nature.

Tools hidden from view are hung on the pergola framework. Espalier fruit trees for screening take little room. The garden views are secluded and intriguing; its design is held together with perennial meadow style planting and old-fashioned vertical climbers.

Jane Finlay will be speaking about her projects during LANDSCAPE at Battersea Park this September.

Register for free tickets to listen to her by visiting www.landscapeshow.co.uk

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Designs Illustrated

With illustration styles to suit any project, make Designs Illustrated your go-to choice for exterior visualisations. Choose the new Photorealistic style for architectural design or developments, the beautiful Hand Drawn style for more traditional landscape designs or the classic Mixed Media style for contemporary Garden Designs; from only £125.

You can also get site plans, CAD/construction drawings and planting plans from £105.

Professional plans and visualisations allow you to market your designs, project or services in print, on social media and your website to increase publicity and sales. Your drawings will be digital and editable. They can also be emailed making design revisions quick and easy, enabling you to spend less time in site meetings. If you run a small design practice, use us during busy times without additional staff or overheads.

Visit the Designs Illustrated stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park to discuss your project and how they can help.

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The Pot Company As well as their 30+ ranges of planters The Pot Company now offer an extensive range of garden features including burners.

This range has a variety of options including large outdoor fireplaces and fire tables. These are all offered in both bare corten steel or painted with a black heat resistant paint. By far the bestselling item in the burner range is the Corten Steel Fire Pit, hand crafted in Europe from 3mm thick corten steel, these high quality fire bowls are easy to move around, come with a circular stand welded to the base and holes in the base for maximum airflow.

Available in five sizes from 60-150cm these rusty features can suit any space and any budget. Overall this is an extremely strong, attractive, low maintenance garden feature.

Their burner range also features many popular wood storage items.

Visit The Pot Company at LANDSCAPE this September to see items from this range and to discuss all the options.

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Decori Decori deliver innovative design, high quality, British manufactured laser cut metal artwork for outdoor and indoor use. They have many applications for their products, including architectural fence panels, balcony screens, gates and even tables, seats and planters. They have a very experienced design team who will work with you to create your bespoke requirements. Their panels are designed using a combination of the most up to date computer graphic and advanced Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, using this process they can offer a finite number of designs.

Decori use only the highest quality steel to craft these beautiful decorative metal panels. The steel used for their outdoor range of decorative panels can be Corten (weathering steel), which is proving to be very popular at present. They can also use Zinc coated steel which is then powder coated in a variety of colours.

After Decori were featured on the ITV programme ‘Love your Garden’ it resulted in a client from Switzerland browsing their website to find a pattern she wanted for garden screens to hide the solar panels in her garden. The design she preferred was Autumn Winds, which consists of three panels. From receiving this information they customised this pattern on 9 panels to cover a 12 metre long area.

Decori offer a design service which offers customers the opportunity to send a photograph which can be rendered to their specific requirements into the photograph so they can see how the final design will look.

For further information please visit their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

Hunter Industries For young plants and trees to thrive, they must receive adequate irrigation and a steady exchange of oxygen across all levels of the root zone. This encourages roots to grow deep and remain safely below ground, allowing plants to become strong and fully established. At the same time, water savings remain a top concern for landscape management projects, especially in areas that are difficult to water.

The revolutionary MP Rotator from Hunter Industries offers flexibility of design and features a unique, multi-trajectory rotating stream delivery system that achieves water-conserving results in any landscape. Rather than simply “spraying” water onto landscapes, the MP Rotator delivers multiple streams of water at a slower rate that soils can absorb, significantly reducing runoff. This application rate allows even distribution and up to 30% less water use when compared to traditional sprays.

Complementing the water-saving features of the MP Rotator is Hunter’s new Root Zone Watering System (RZWS). The RZWS features Hunter’s patented StrataRoot™ design, a series of internal baffles that direct water, oxygen, and nutrients directly to the root zone while providing rigidity to the irrigation cylinder for added durability. The RZWS comes pre-assembled for easy installation, and the enclosed design and grate protect irrigation hardware from vandalism.

For efficient, water-saving landscape irrigation and healthy trees and shrubs in any environment, choose the Hunter RZWS and the MP Rotator as the optimal solution.

To learn more, visit their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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Urban Street Designs Designer and Manufacturer of Street Furniture, Urban Street Designs worked with HB Reavis and Kings Landscapes to create a quarter acre stunning roof garden on the corner of London Bridge, project reference 33 Central London.

Urban Street Designs developed a retaining housing to cover a building maintenance track 150 metres long. The objective was to enclose the track and allow the landscape levels to be raised. The main design criteria was for the building maintenance unit housing to act as a retaining edge, and also create a return inner edge, for grating panels to sit on. Making it pedestrian safe and allowing the entire roof to be used as a garden. They also produced within the project 250 metres of stainless steel flexible edging drainage system. This allowed the landscape team to set out the sweeping curves and act as a divider between paved, lawned and decking areas.

The project which is due to be completed by summer will offer one of the finest office spaces in London to work in.

Urban Street Designs have been working with steel for over 35 years and are experts when it comes forming steel. They have made everything from large scale modular projects with complex sweeping curves, to small scale, perfectly formed and seamless shapes. Working with stainless steel, galvanised steel, powder-coated or Corten for a full range of finishes.

Come and see samples from their ranges on their stand at LANDSCAPE this September in Battersea Park.

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ARCHETECH Turning Dreams into Reality

ARCHETECH Turning Dreams into Reality

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