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Bringing innovation and inspiration to urban spaces with colour
Out-sider, based in Copenhagen, has a clear design philosophy. They create colourful street furniture that is multifunctional and appeals to all ages. Their concept is to offer multifunctional products that feature integrated technology. Each piece has a cohesive form that is centred around a primary material such as Polyurethane or High-Pressure Laminate to achieve pieces that are distinctive in both form and colour.
HopOp is a pure and simple, cylindrical form of variable sizes that can be positioned at customisable heights and distances, inviting passers-by to sit, rest, play and jump! Inspired by low tree stumps the possibility of varied elements in the land and cityscape is wide and extensive. Each piece is suitable for recycling.
Bespoke Solutions - Design / Develop / Deliver
As well as an extensive range of award-winning and unique street furniture, Artform Urban are able to draw on innovation and expertise from across the globe with a full inhouse Bespoke Design service.
The company boasts full Solid Works and AutoCAD design tools, two UK-based fabrication plants and a full assembly unit. Priding itself on the ability to create any street furniture and public realm elements to your exacting requirements and specifications. Artform Urban Furniture is part of Bailey Street Furniture Group a privately owned collection of individual companies serving the construction sector, providing a wide range of street furniture, playground elements and associated services to the public realm, commercial, educational and rail schemes throughout the UK.
For more information on Bailey Street Furniture Group contact their team on 01625 322888 or email enquiries@bsfg.co.uk. To view the company’s range of high-quality street furniture visit their website www.bsfg.co.uk
Professionals are looking for ways to introduce greater sustainability and earth-friendliness into urban landscapes. Adding an eco-friendly paving system such as SureSet resin bound is one way to achieve this.
Advantages Of Sustainable Resin Paving
• Recycled – it can be made with recycled materials, such as glass. Meaning less pressure on the environment through sourcing new building materials whilst reducing waste to landfill.
• No ice – SureSet is permeable, in winter the water seeps through the paving and into a drainage system or the ground below which keeps the surface warm, preventing ice from forming, being safer for driving and walking.
• No puddles – resin bound paving prevents puddles from forming when it rains reducing the slipping hazard of puddles, and has less algae and moss.
• Cool – Another benefit of using eco-friendly materials such as SureSet is they’re lighter colours options, and the circulation of water, keeps those surfaces cool during summer, with less heat island effect.
Interested? Contact SureSet Resin Systems for free samples and information. They have a useful download section online at www.sureset.co.uk (0)1985 841 180 | sales@sureset.co.uk
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URBAN PAVING REPOINTING
- FOR THE LONG-TERM!
Why is Repointing Necessary?
All around the UK, the need for small format paving repointing, seems to be increasing in all areas of urban paving, especially heavily trafficked areas of our roads and other frequently used areas, such as historic market squares, and the entrances to retail, commercial and all types of public facilities. This need for repointing usually becomes evident by the existing pointing cracking, then breakingup in the joints and coming out in pieces, or by the original pointing deteriorating by erosion from the surface down and being washed-out of the joints by rainfall and cleaning regimes, typically involving jetwashing and/or mechanical street cleaning machines.
In both pointing cracking and eroding from the joint situations, this is almost always due to the original, or previous repointing works, being carried out with inappropriate materials for the area’s loading and exposure e.g., accelerated freeze-thaw due to de-icing salts, pressure jet washing or mechanical road sweeping machines. Alternatively, and/or the pointing material was installed in the wrong conditions e.g., in wet, or damp conditions with residual water in the joints, or the area being subject to rainfall, water run-off, or to direct sunlight and high winds before the material had hardened.
Urban paving repointing requires special solutions to be successful and durable, so that it does not need to be redone again the following year. There are many different materials technologies, brands and products that are promoted as paving pointing solutions, as well as contractors that tend to make purchasing decisions based on the cheapest price per tub or bag, or simply on product availability in their local merchant. These additional factors are always an issue and will compound the potential for future problems if the right materials are not specified correctly and their installation controlled on site.
For repointing urban paving in public access areas the selection of the right paving jointing material is essential, and the selection, specification, and installation decisions, should be made following suitably qualified assessment of the anticipated future loading and exposure, the type of paving and the joint dimensions, plus the time and installation conditions at the time.
DREAMING OF THE PERFECT PATIO?
With summers set to become longer and hotter, more people than ever are looking to make the most of their outdoor spaces. Forget gloomy, grey concrete; Brits are looking to capture Mediterranean vibes with pristine porcelain, fully functioning bars, and even outdoor kitchens. The key to the perfect outdoor living space is in the details: complementary colours, a smooth finish and quality materials. Since its launch in 2010, EASYJoint from Azpects has been a marketleading jointing compound loved by landscape professionals and the DIY sector alike. The all-weather, sweepin jointing compound is a quick, effective, and attractive way to fill joints between paving.
As paving trends develop, products need to evolve with them. EASYJoint has done precisely that with the new EASYJoint Select range of solid colours, featuring Tungsten, Carbon, Bronze, and Jet Black. The solid colours provide a more uniform, modern finish compared to the natural colours of the original EASYJoint range. EASYJoint Select is suitable for porcelain and natural stone paving and retains the sweepin application method that made EASYJoint so popular.
Associate Director Jeff Carter comments, “Azpects are excited to see our EASYJoint range continue to grow, with eight products now in the family. We pride ourselves on keeping up with the latest trends in the marketplace and do not doubt that this bespoke range of colours will satisfy our users’ needs.”
Azpects are also leading the way in sustainability, introducing partrecycled tubs as early as 2020. All tubbed products are now made from at least 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and are fully recyclable. PCR offers a second life to plastic products that might otherwise have ended up in landfill, allowing the contents of your household recycling bin to be remade into something new.
Azpects’ tubs are all 100% recyclable, further reducing the material sent to landfill.
To find out more about the EASYJoint range, visit www.azpects.co.uk.
Don’t Just Joint It, EASYJoint It! EASYJoint It!
PERMEABLE PAVING AND TREES IN SYNERGY
Helping to address climate change, street tree planting and retention of existing trees in developments – with provision for long-term maintenance – are now embedded in planning policy. Concrete block permeable paving offers an important opportunity to help satisfy these requirements simply, integrated with SuDS and contemporary urban design, as Interpave explains.
The 2021 ‘National Planning Policy Framework’ (NPPF) for England lays out what local planning authorities (LPAs) will require, when setting local policies and also considering planning applications for all developments. The NPPF states that: ‘Planning policies and decisions should ensure that new streets are tree-lined and that opportunities are taken to incorporate trees elsewhere in developments’.
Maintenance Requirement
However, measures need to be put in place to nurture and allow trees to mature, generally for decades enabling them to actually deliver their real potential – including net carbon storage, urban cooling through shading and evapotranspiration, biodiversity and public wellbeing. So, the NPPF also requires that: ‘appropriate measures are in place to secure the long-term maintenance of newly-planted trees, and that existing trees are retained wherever possible’.
Local planning authorities will now incorporate long-term tree maintenance measures in their planning consents and a straightforward spatial solution, such as permeable paving, offers a holistic multifunctional solution.
Urban trees and paving have traditionally been seen as in conflict. But this is not the case with concrete block permeable paving, a key sustainable drainage (SuDS) technique to reduce flood risk and make cities more liveable.
Concrete block permeable paving (CBPP), offers unique opportunities to collect, attenuate and treat rainwater runoff, removing pollutants for a gradual supply of clean water irrigating green infrastructure. Essentially, this technology shares the same impressive performance as conventional modular concrete paving products, being slip resistant, durable, strong and sustainable. a permeable aggregate, and the materials used below the blocks, which are specifically selected to accommodate water without clogging. Concrete block permeable paving is unlike – and not to be confused with –permeable materials, which behave very differently.
Irrigation and Gas Exchange
Unlike conventional impermeable hard landscape materials, CBPP allows the same pattern of run-off transfer to the ground as natural vegetation, enabling water to reach tree and shrub roots, despite providing an attractive hard surface above. In addition to irrigation directly from rain, with CBPP there is scope for water storage and rainwater capture away from trees and their umbrella canopies, for gradual conveyance laterally to trees – essential during the summer.
In addition, CBPP enables air to reach roots and poisonous CO2 to escape. The favourable environment created for tree roots avoids pavement surface disruption and facilitates natural growth into lower levels for stability and longevity. CBPP can be used within newbuild, or regeneration schemes with new tree planting and also for ‘rescuing’ mature trees. Concrete block permeable paving can be used
in conjunction with raingardens, tree-pits or proprietary systems avoiding air pipes, reservoirs or other structures for irrigation and gas exchange.
Minimal Maintenance
Permeable paving can be laid level and still avoids puddles without the need for drainage gulleys. It provides a safe, firm, pot-hole free surface for everyone – including wheelchair users and people pushing prams. Over two decades of experience in the UK demonstrates the long-term performance of concrete block permeable paving with minimal, if any, maintenance.
A new case study on regeneration projects in Tottenham, London, exemplifies the growing potential of concrete block permeable paving in the hands of innovative designers to deliver SuDS and optimise synergy with street trees to address climate change. It includes a concrete block permeable paved adopted highway that also accepts runoff from impermeable surfaces.
Low Intervention Retrofit
Another important innovation – particularly for regeneration – is the retrofitting of CBPP as an overlay to existing, conventional road bases or other hard surfaces. These thin overlays create attractive, safe and sustainable shared-surfaces.
They can be particularly effective when used to supply a gradual flow of clean water horizontally into raingardens or bioretention areas with trees and other green infrastructure, via simple slot inlet/ outlets, to store water for irrigation and biodiversity, as well as flood prevention. Such low-intervention techniques enable transformation
At Love Lane, Tottenham, structural tree pits connect road-narrowing tree planters on each side, based on the ‘Stockholm Solution’. Image courtesy of Robert Bray Associates.
This paving incorporates structural tree pits, based on the ‘Stockholm Solution’, to enable trees to benefit from rainwater collected from an extended catchment, making them healthier and more resilient to drought. At Broad Lane Square in south Tottenham the same designers take forward these principles with ‘inverted raingardens’ protect existing trees and new green infrastructure, supplied with a gradual supply of clean water from extensive permeable paving catchments. of the public realm in response to the raft of recent active travel, low traffic and open space initiatives.
This approach is exemplified in Bridget Joyce Square, London, an important regeneration project which won the top prize at the 2017 Landscape Institute Awards. Here, a typical, adopted asphalt street and adjacent parking areas were transformed for community use with CBPP overlay shared surfaces and tree-planted raingarden basins – an exemplar for future urban landscapes. The basins provide water storage (in place of the paving sub-base) for SuDS to reduce overloading existing drains, as well as for irrigation.
Innovative concrete block overlay paving collects, conveys and cleans rainwater for tree-planted basins at Bridget Joyce Square, London
Well-established Green Infrastructure
Interpave revisited the project in August 2021, around 5 years after completion, and noted that trees and other green infrastructure were healthy, substantial and particularly well-established. The permeable paving is also performing well and, it is understood from local sources, experienced no problems during recent extreme summer storms, despite extensive flooding nearby.
For project case studies and guidance on all aspects of permeable paving and SuDS visit: www.paving.org.uk
LANDSCAPE SHOW
28TH AND 29TH SEPTEMBER 2022
LANDSCAPE - the UK’s premier landscaping exhibition, looks to showcase the industry more than ever before by bringing more exhibitors, more visitors and even more features to Hall 3 at the NEC - National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on the 28th and 29th September 2022.
Welcoming hundreds of exhibitors with a vast collection of industryleading products, services and innovations for the design, build and management of exterior and interior landscaping projects, LANDSCAPE 2022 is the trade event you will not want to miss, and the best part is - it’s all FREE! The LANDSCAPE Show is the chance of the year to network with professionals at the top of their game at the largest event the industry has ever seen!
LANDSCAPE is proud to say that 86% of visitors are very likely to recommend and use an exhibitor for a future project, and the exhibitor
list continues to go from strength to strength, year on year. The extensive exhibitor list ensures that when they say that there is “something for everyone”, they really do mean it!
This year alongside the highly anticipated CPD accredited seminar programme, LANDSCAPE will be introducing some brandnew features including a Student Showcase by London College of Garden Design, and an additional program of ‘How to’ Seminars for anyone in the industry to learn, be inspired and expand their skills. Back again at the central bar area, LANDSCAPE will be hosting the incredibly popular PechaKucha 20x20 and Meet the Designer programme. LANDSCAPE’s Women in the Industry Day was so well received in 2021 that it’s back with an additional Networking Morning running in conjunction with #Yes She Can. Also back this year is the highly anticipated design competition, which will be focused on Wildlife Friendly designs and supported by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust.
Both the exhibition and all seminar sessions are free to attend. For more information or to register to attend the show, simply visit the registration page online. Expect the biggest names in landscaping to feature in the 2022 line-up and be sure to keep an eye on LANDSCAPE’s social media channels for the latest updates and be the first to hear about even more reasons why LANDSCAPE 2022 is the show you do not want to miss.
Further information can be found online: Website: www.LandscapeShow.co.uk Email: info@LandscapeShow.co.uk Phone: +44 (0)20 7821 8221 Twitter: @LandscapeEvent #LANDSCAPE2022 Instagram: @Landscape.show #LANDSCAPE2022
LTP TO LAUNCH NEW ECOPROTEC® EXTERIOR RANGE
AT THE LANDSCAPE SHOW
Surface care specialist, LTP will be officially launching its new ECOPROTEC® range for exterior use at the Landscape Show, at the NEC Birmingham on 28 and 29 September. Exhibiting at Stand No. D81 – alongside exhibition partner, Barrettine – LTP will showcase its best-selling treatments, with new vibrant, image-led packaging designed to assist in specification. The new updated website - at www.ecoprotec.co.uk - will also be launched, presenting technical resources and exterior solutions as a new and separate category from ECOPROTEC® interior treatments.
With over 30 years’ experience in the tile and stone market, LTP’s ECOPROTEC® brand has become established within the contract sector since its launch in 2016. Treatments are predominately ecofriendly, low odour and low VOC and the entire range benefits from the most advanced research in waterbased technology.
The exterior range includes sealing & protection, cleaning & restoration and aftercare treatments designed for all types of polished and unpolished natural and artificial stone, porcelain, ceramic, concrete, masonry and terrazzo. All treatments are made in the UK and offered alongside expert advice from LTP’s technical team. “Outside living has surged in popularity and, along with it, external tile installations have increased dramatically. Our new ECOPROTEC® External range is designed specifically to meet this demand. It includes best-selling treatments as well as new ECOPROTEC® solutions, including a Blackspot & Algae Remover and Stain Away – a professional treatment which removes and protects against rust outbreaks,” explained LTP Managing Director, Richard Osborne.
Exhibiting partner, Barrettine will be showcasing its regular 5* Star rated, premier exterior wood care treatments that nourish & protect. Renovating deteriorated, grey external wooden structures is also a must and Barrettine has the perfect products and solutions to bring them back to life. Barrettine will also be launching the new Armourflex Ultimate UV Protection Oil - a premium blend of natural oils and protective resins, containing innovative UV stabilising technology - which is suitable for external cladding, furniture and joinery. Armourflex Ultimate UV Protection Oil imparts a rich enhancement to the wood colour and character and protects against the UV damage that causes wood to grey, whilst repelling water and deterring the surface growth of mould and algae. The oil-based formulation is perfect for both softwood and hardwood, giving a microporous finish that prevents peeling, flaking and blistering.
To find out more about ECOPROTEC, tel. 01823 666213, email technical@ecoprotec.co.uk or visit the new website at www.ecoprotec.co.uk.
CENTRALISED SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
Re-flow Field Management software has been adopted by numerous clients operating in the landscaping sector. Landscape businesses use Re-flow to digitally transform their operational processes, remove paperwork, improve communication and automate their workflows. Become empowered with a centralised software solution that seamlessly connects operatives on-site with the back-office, do away with dusty filing cabinets, fragmented legacy spreadsheet systems and manual processes.
Any landscaping business will eventually be faced with the many limitations of paper systems, risking being overburdened by a whirlwind of work.
Create and schedule jobs that can be assigned to individual users or entire groups. Attach all required information – PDFs, drawings, GPS locations and routes, along with any vehicles or equipment being used for the job straight from your library of assets. Using the app, users on-site can view all relevant information, scan equipment, and complete customisable digital forms. Operatives can include annotated photos, also stamped with time, date, location, and digital signature – information that’s communicated straight back to the office, allowing job progress to be tracked in real time through the dashboard, and ensuring strict compliance is being maintained. Real-time information also streamlines asset management capability, with the ability to track plant and vehicles in real time or automate maintenance scheduling.
“With 50 plus landscapers running around 4 counties, a satellite yard in Cornwall we’ve got a lot of people to worry about and we really needed to improve communication. Re-flow has just done so much more than that. Everything we do is just - ‘put it on Re-flow!’ – risk assessments, method statements, accident and near miss forms, vehicle checks, toolbox talks, drawings, playground inspections, everything you can think of – it just fits perfectly. We’ve been doing it for a year and a half, and we still feel that really we’re just scratching the surface of what it can offer us.” - Oli Hemson, Commercial Manager, Tony Benger Landscaping Limited
Numerous businesses in landscaping have now digitally transformed, allowing them to find freedom to thrive and tender bigger contracts, streamline their processes, and grow sustainably.
SCREENS BY CORE
Screens By CORE design and manufacture an incredible range of decorative garden screens and planters that have been used in private homes, commercial projects, and garden designs throughout the UK.
With 5 stunning designs, all available in either composite, black metal, or Corten, you are certain to find a screen to compliment your interior or exterior space.
Our steel panels feature innovative, edge-to-edge laser cutting, leaving you with no bezels. This allows you to create seemingly endless designs by bolting them together with the fixing kits provided. These steel panels are offered in a high-quality Akzo-Nobel Black powder coat or rustic Corten finish.
All our Corten products have been sealed, ensuring the chance of rust runoff is minimised.
All metalwork comes with an industry-leading 25-year guarantee.
Our Composite panels are manufactured from a combination of 100% recycled polymer and FSC-certified wood fibres and are offered in a Black or White woodeffect finish. They are UV stable, and suitable for external use all year round and come with a 15-year guarantee. Both the composite and metal panels can also be custom sprayed for bespoke orders.
All panels are offered in a 1200x600mm or 1800x900mm size – plus, we have recently introduced an 1800x300mm composite panel to the range!
If you’re looking to go one step further and really add that WOW factor to your project, Screens by CORE offers a 1200x600mm LED wall panel in both Black and Corten finish, which transforms the panels into stunning wall art, both for indoor and outdoor areas. They are even compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Home! Included with the screen is the colour wheel remote – enabling the 64 million LED colour combinations for you to choose from which allows you to make your space truly unique.
Screens by CORE decorative screens have proven to be a popular choice amongst homeowners but have also been carefully specified and chosen to be included amongst the landscape industry’s most prestigious events – including featuring heavily within Gillian Goodson’s ‘Step Into Spring’ garden designed for CORE Landscape Products debut RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden.
AGRICULTURAL, LANDSCAPE AND GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION
TWL Irrigation (formerly Tonick Watering) has been providing irrigation product’s and support from Tony Ware, all over the world since 1996.
TWL offers an extensive range of turf maintenance Underhill product’s that provide start to finish turf care.
TWL sell automatic and hand watering irrigation product’s for golf courses, sports grounds and agricultural area’s.
TWL offers advice and training through website articles and over the phone assistance.
Soil sampling is easy with either the compact fast and handy Soil Sampler, for small core sampling, or a deep inspection with the Soil Probe.
Identifying turf killers 2-10 before they attack is simple with TurfSpy Glasses, so you can protect your turf.
Gulp Pro Premium Water Removal Hand Pumps from handy syringe to large Gulp with hose attached. Removing water effectively from valve boxes, for pipe repair, toilets and much more....
CatchCan Ultra Sprinkler Auditing Cup assists you in accurately measuring your sprinkler performance. PelletPro provides wetting agent and LiquidPro can literally paint wetting agent to a 92 square metre turf area in less than 1 minute.
Hand watering and DrainBlaster Nozzles providing the the right amount of water to the right spot. Magnum, CoolPro and Precision range, for light fan spray to drenching.
We provide small to large scale application Irrigation Controllers, Decoders and Field wiring fault finding equipment.
TW-4 Controller operates 2 Wire and radio decoders, remotely via an App or Cloud.
Buddy Bag contains handy items and tools needed for around the course.
EasyOut, EasyReach and SuperKey enables you to remove a sprinkler in 3 minutes or less, carry out repairs and maintenance effortlessly. TurboTrim with its forward and reverse drive ratchet mechanism keeps sprinkler heads turf free, easily!
THE UK’S LEADING SUPPLIER OF HEDGING PLANTS
Hedges Direct is the UK’s leading supplier of hedging plants, despatching direct from our 16 acre nursery site in Lancashire. We’ve been selling quality hedging and garden plants since 2005 and in that time, we’ve sold millions of plants direct to trade and consumer.
As a specialist hedging retailer we offer a vast range of hedging species, in a choice of root type ALL year round. From seasonal bare root and rootballs through to pots and containers. And from individual plants to instant troughs and screens. Additionally, we also have a wide selection of shrubs plus specialist lines of topiary, trees and garden essentials.
And if we don’t stock what you need, we can source it from our extensive network of growers across the UK and Europe, taking all the hassle out of finding the right plants at the best prices.
Our expert team are available 7 days a week to support on any project regardless of size and budget, offering bespoke quotes at competitive prices. You can also expect expert advice and support every step of the way from purchase to delivery and aftercare. With Hedges Direct, you’re in safe hands.
The Hedges Direct Service
• Our customers come first.
Over 15,000 5* reviews and a
Platinum Five Star Trusted Feefo status speaks for itself.
• Buy with confidence.
We are dedicated to providing our customers with quality hedging plants, shrubs, garden plants and trees, so much so that we offer, as standard, a full 12 month guarantee on all of our plants!
• Product expertise.
We have a dedicated and friendly sales team available 7 days a week. Every member of our team has extensive product knowledge and will take the time to understand your requirements and offer advice.
• Bespoke sourcing service.
If we don’t currently sell what you’re looking for, we’ll find it.
And, we’ll always provide the best price possible.
WINNERS OF THE 2022 NATIONAL LANDSCAPE AWARDS ANNOUNCED!
No other Awards for designers and contractors demand the level of professional excellence expected by the National Landscape Awards judging panel. Every construction and design project entered was visited personally by a judge throughout July and August and scrutinised individually. If that’s not enough, the judges jointly deliberated each decision at a three-day long meeting to ensure consensus that the winners really do represent the very best in landscape construction and design.
The team at Landscape House, the board of directors and the Judging Panel wish to congratulate every member of the Association who has won a 2022 National Landscape Award and extends its thanks to every member that entered this year. Principals, Specials and the coveted Grand Award winner will be announced at this year’s ceremony which will be returning to JW Marriott Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London on Friday 2 December. As always, demand for tickets will be high, ensure you visit baliawards. co.uk today to confirm your place at the largest landscape Awards in Europe.
Limited sponsorship opportunities remain available, so if you want to reinforce client confidence in your brand, build trust, significantly expand your reach and position your company as an integral part of the landscaping industry, contact Diane McCulloch via telephone at +44(0)24 7518 5614 or via email at diane.mcculloch@bali.org.uk.
Ticket prices
Individual Place - £190.00 (early bird), £210 (full price) Table of 10 - £1,700.00 (early bird), £1,900.00 (full price) Table of 12 - £2,040.00 (early bird), £2,280.00 (full price)
For general enquiries contact Emily Feeney via telephone at +44(0)24 7518 5613 or via email at emily.feeney@bali.org.uk.
PLEASED TO BE BACK ON HOME TURF AT LAST SAYS RABY’S NEW HEAD GARDENER
From the palace of the King and Queen of Jordan to the foothills of a Caribbean mountain-side mansion, Raby Castle’s new head gardener has had a career which spans near three decades and has taken him all over the world.
But since joining Raby Estates recently, Tim Marshall says he feels like he’s returned home, as he leads the transformation of the walled garden and the grounds to the north of the castle in the project known as The Rising – working with other high profile garden designers as well as his home team.
“I was brought up in West Yorkshire so being back in familiar terrain is absolutely brilliant,” says Tim. “Not only a familiar landscape but weather that I absolutely love – rain suits me down to the ground after being in tropical and middle eastern heat for several years. I must admit that I’ve missed it.”
Tim is no stranger to working on the estates of historic houses, having spent many years working for Scampston Hall in North Yorkshire, the Daylesford Estate in Oxfordshire and Holkham Estate in North Norfolk where he was landscape and forestry manager.
Tim’s new role at Raby, working closely with Lord and Lady Barnard will see him managing the two-year project to transform the area to the north of the castle, outside the paywall, to encompass landscaping around the new and renovated buildings as well as the complete redesign of the historic Walled Gardens – working with world-class garden designers Luciano Giubbilei and Richmond-based consultant Alistair Baldwin.
Tim will have a prominent position in the ongoing establishment and enrichment of a beautiful and complex garden scheme, which will welcome thousands of visitors each year. “Getting stuck into the exciting new developments and seeing the site transform into an inspirational tourist attraction for County Durham and the North East is what I’m looking forward to most about this new role.
“I am a self-confessed plantaholic so working with such inspirational garden designers as Luciano and Alistair as well as bringing some of my own passion and knowledge of planting to the Estate is going to be a fantastic project for me,” said Tim.
“Tim has had a glittering career as a head gardener which has taken him to far flung places, working in all sorts of terrains. His knowledge of plants is just incredible, and we know Tim will do a fantastic job as we begin our important renovation scheme at Raby Castle,” said Lady Barnard who as creative director at the castle, is leading the landscaping of The Rising project and the walled garden redesign.
Tim’s first job is to recruit a new team to work with him at Raby Castle including an assistant gardener and an under gardener and is already overseeing the rest of his team of gardeners, in all aspects of the horticulturally diverse and developing garden and wider landscape areas.
For further information, please visit: www.raby.co.uk/aboutus/development
STUNNING URBAN MEADOWS
Pictorial Meadows have been at the forefront of developing stunning designed meadows for our urban spaces for nearly 20 years. Across that time, the company has seen tremendous success in raising awareness of the benefits of designed meadows for people, nature, and our environment. Still, with innovation at its heart, it’s no surprise that the company has big plans for the future.
2022 has been a momentous year for Pictorial Meadows, with their meadows used for high-profile projects the breadth and length of the country, from the Tower of London Superbloom to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh. Welcoming a new CEO, Roz Davies, the plans for the future are looking bright and, perhaps unsurprisingly, flower-filled. “I’m incredibly proud to be leading Pictorial Meadows and its parent organisation, the not-for-profit Green Estate CIC, as we look at how we can continue to support landscaping professionals, local authorities, and private landowners to create landscapes that are resilient, adaptive, and engaging,” says Roz.
Resilient, adaptive, and engaging are the three concepts that drive innovation at Pictorial Meadows. Working alongside various partners, including the University of Sheffield, the company’s 14-hectare site serves as a testbed for many future landscaping approaches. As we continue to see the impact of climate change, our landscaping solutions must change with them. Resilience against drought and flood is one area the company focuses on, with multiple trials underway utilising their Sustainable Urban Drainage outdoor laboratory. “Our work with SCC on the Grey-to-Green SuDS scheme gave us valuable insights into flood resilience that we have been able to design into our meadow mixes,” says Sue France, Technical Director. Based on this research, the company will soon launch a new meadow turf, Rain Garden, that thrives in moist and wet conditions and will survive for short periods completely submerged. Alongside this, a Bioswale meadow seed mix suitable for larger-scale planting will be launched.
Pictorial Meadow’s parent organisation, The Green Estate CIC, specialises in parks and landscape management. “Being part of Green Estate means that Pictorial Meadows can uniquely test their meadows, using Public Parks to better understand people’s responses,” explains Roz. “As we increasingly look to replace our grey cityscapes with more nature-supporting solutions, it is important that schemes are having a positive social, economic and environmental impact and engage local stakeholders in the process.”
By combining the science of horticulture and environmental management with the creativity of horticultural designers, Pictorial Meadows bring a unique solution to several landscape challenges, all while creating stunning visual impact.
Pictorial Meadows offer a range of designer meadow seed mixes and turf, alongside a professional meadow creation, management, and consultation service.
To find out more, please visit their website at www.PictorialMeadows.co.uk or call 0114 267 7635
WELCOME TO
ARBOUR LANDSCAPE SOLUTIONS LTD.
As one of the leading trade landscape materials supply companies in the UK, Arbour Landscape Solutions are here to help you choose the very best products for your landscape projects.
We provide award winning customer service and the best quality products available. Catering to a wide range of customers from garden designers and landscapers to local authorities, builders and developers.
This is the ‘One Stop Shop’ for the landscape trade. with a comprehensive supply chain supporting the whole industry.
We offer over 5000 landscape materials, accessories, tools and plant hire, and have access to high levels of stock at all times. In addition, we hold extensive stock of paving and the associated installation accessories to keep the industry working seamlessly, uninhibited by global supply chain challenges.
Award Winning Customer Service
The service at Arbour Landscape Solutions Ltd forms the foundation of our business. Customers will testify that our team are knowledgeable and dedicated to ensuring that you receive the goods and services you need, when you need them and where you need them.
With 134 5-star reviews on google and named as winners of the Association of Professional Landscapers Supplier of the Year award 2021, we are confident that you will experience a service level from us which is unrivalled.
The team have a collective 90 years of landscape experience between us, we offer more than products.
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Testimonials
‘Great attention to detail, very clear and organised when it comes to logistics and deliveries. We really like his products too, they are carefully chosen to be on trend and excellent value.’ Matt Woods – Woods Landscaping
I love the guys at Arbour Landscape Services. Their customer service is second to none! Faith Ramsay – My Country Garden Design Solutions
Idverde contracting staff during training workshop - Euroflor seed being weighed. Straford upon Avon recreation ground. Site preparation before sowing is vital for success. Stratford upon Avon recreation ground after being sown with Euroflor Rainbow Annuals seed mixture.
SUMMER SHOW AT STRATFORD UPON AVON
I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows’
These words are from Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and a very apt quote as an introduction to the wonderful display of urban wildflowers that has played out in an area at Stratford-upon Avon.
In 2021, Stratford-upon-Avon District Council had been receiving some negative comments from the residents that the flower displays in their town compared unfavourably with others in the county. That year, the council asked their grounds maintenance contractor idverde, to renovate an area of 2,000 sq. metres in the town’s recreation ground and sow a bed of wildflowers. For a range of reasons, sowing date, cold weather, poor germination and other factors, the result was a disappointment so the company’s contract manager Alex Colbourne turned to another supplier and contacted Andria Backhaus, the area technical manager for Rigby Taylor. In early 2022, a site inspection was made and the use of a suitable mixture from the company’s Euroflor Urban flower seed was proposed. She suggested also involving Howard Wood, an independent environmental consultant and an onsite team meeting took place to agree the way forward. Not only was the plan to make the area visually attractive but to improve its biodiversity and provide a haven and food source for pollinating insects, birds and small mammals. There were other challenges also to consider as the town is a major tourist attraction and swamped with visitors so the work had to be carried out with little disruption to those viewing the town’s attractions.
To ensure a successful outcome, a training programme was instigated with Howard setting up a Workshop for idverde grounds staff involved in the project.
Site preparation was vital and began in early March with the cutting down and removal of existing vegetation. An application of a glyphosate-based herbicide Gallop 360 was applied in April and the ground was then rotovated four times and raked to create a fine seedbed tilth. The selected Euroflor, Rainbow Annual mixture was sown and watered daily for three weeks and germination was rapid.
The result has been highly acclaimed by residents and visitors alike with the council receiving a huge number of positive phone calls and emails; the Facebook page was really buzzing and the display was featured in the local newspaper, the Stratford Herald. Because of the positive reception received, three further areas on the recreation ground are planned for seeding with Euroflor mixtures in 2023.
As Alex Colbourne commented, “the results have been amazing and it is all down to team work. We involved everyone in the project from the very start and it is their collective effort and the resulting flower display that has enabled us to achieve such a fantastic visual experience and talking point in the town .”
Euroflor urban flower seed mixtures are widely sown throughout the UK. Sown in the spring, flowering can continue until the first frosts of autumn. Apart from watering, particularly leading up to germination and early establishment, Euroflor requires little maintenance. Mixtures are also available for autumn sowing for flowering the following year.
MEDITE SMARTPLY
BUILDING THE FUTURE GARDEN TO BE DONATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHARITY
Image by Ollie Dixon
Image by Ollie Dixon
After the hugely successful RHS Chelsea Flower Show event, the entirety of the award-winning MEDITE SMARTPLY Building the Future garden will be reused, with a large part being donated to Andover Trees United, a volunteerled environmental charity which works closely with schools and local authorities.
The charity’s evolving woodland site ‘Harmony Woods’ represents a 10-year planting project, which gives children and young people in local communities the chance to help turn 12 acres of farmland to the north of Andover into a natural urban woodland, increasing biodiversity and providing a wealth of opportunities for learning in and about the environment.
The impressive garden structure, made with MDF panel MEDITE TRICOYA EXTREME will be relocated to a local school in Andover, who Andover Trees United work closely with. The buttresses and turf will also be relocated to the community school, in addition to the selfbinding gravel featured in the garden. “We are extremely delighted to be donating this astonishing garden to benefit local school children and students,” commented Chris King, Managing Director – Commercial at MEDITE SMARTPLY. “To be able to contribute back to the community and educate people from a young age about the importance of trees and how they contribute positively to the climate change emergency is an incredible opportunity. The garden name ‘Building the Future’ really does encompass the ethos of the garden and its longevity. As a company, we are very proud to be taking a steer on this.
“The construction industry needs to do more to avert the climate crisis. We need to embrace the concept of a circular economy; to reuse, recycle and refurbish existing materials to reduce waste and be more sustainable. Our engineered wood panels are an example of just what can be achieved.”
In addition, half of the trees used in the garden will be donated to Andover Trees United to be replanted in Harmony Woods as part of their 10-year planting project. The remaining trees will be reused by the multi-award-winning garden designer herself Sarah Eberle, in her other garden design projects.
Regarding the furniture used on the garden, artists Alex and Emma Devereux will be returning them to their site in Slough to be used. Even the fencing around the garden is to be reused. Landform Consultants, who are constructing the garden, will keep the 38 sheets of SITEPROTECT PLUS panels used in the boundary of the garden to reuse them in site hoarding of future projects.
To find out more about MEDITE SMARTPLY or its products please visit: mdfosb.com.
HOW STREET FURNITURE KEEPS OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER
The inclusion of street furniture in residential developments or community areas will positively contribute to the aesthetics - and the safety - of the surrounding public space.
Many UK towns and cities are using bollards to keep pedestrians, walkways and buildings safe. Strength and durability are the top priorities of our bollards, but we don’t sacrifice functionality for style, as we can design bollards to suit your environment. Bollards are also commonly used in parking areas to create a visual barrier to advise pedestrians where they can walk safely, reducing the risk of people walking into the path of vehicles.
Bicycle racks are another way to promote a safer community, allowing cyclists to park and lock their bikes securely and stop cycle theft in its tracks. And of course, bicycle racks encourage cycling and promote an active lifestyle to benefit residents’ health. Adding benches to community areas makes the environment a more inviting place in which to spend time. If residents are using the benches, it makes the area appear busy and less isolated, which plays a part in helping to discourage crime.
Clean streets provide the sense of a safer community, and strategically placed litter bins will instil community pride and help to deter littering and anti-social behaviour.
As with all street furniture solutions, durability plays a key role and items should be constructed from vandal-proof materials that can stand up to all weather conditions to maintain a positive perception of public spaces.
Talk to the street furniture experts at Harlestone Projects about promoting a safe and attractive space for your next project. Call 01604 586 000 now.
EVEREDGE 100% MADE IN BRITAIN
EverEdge has been manufacturing steel landscaping products in Britain for over 25 years. EverEdge have an extensive range of steel lawn, garden and landscape edging products for domestic, commercial and public projects. More recently, EverEdge have introduced a range of steel planters and walls that have been specified into projects such as hospitals, podium landscapes, streetscapes and stately homes. Manufacturing in Britain ensures that all EverEdge products are made to the highest standard. It also means that EverEdge limit their impact on the environment and are sheltered from the worst of the current global supply chain issues.
EverEdge’s bestselling edging product to the landscape trade is the Titan range of heavy duty steel edging. EverEdge Titan is available in a range of thicknesses from 2.5mm up to 6.0mm and depths of 100mm up to 300mm. Deeper and thicker edges can be specified. EverEdge Titan is used in both soft and hard landscaping projects on lawns, driveways and pathways and offers a more durable edge which is especially useful in public projects.
EverEdge Planters can be specified to virtually any shape, size and finish. CorTen is often specified in urban design projects due its durability and the fact that it is low maintenance.
Contact EverEdge now to discuss your next project.
Tel: 01630 417120 | Email: enquiries@everedge.co.uk Web: www.everedge.co.uk
