GREEN & BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE
GREEN-TECH IS A MAJOR SUPPLIER TO NEW LEEDS
SKELTON LAKE M1 SERVICES Overview A ÂŁ60 million Leeds Skelton Lake Services on Junction 45 of the M1 has been completed during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The innovative new service station includes a business centre, food and beverage outlets and landscaped areas. A visitor area with a lakeside viewing deck is still to be built. Landscape Contractors Brambledown Landscapes Services were commissioned to undertake the soft landscaping of this huge project which had to tie in with the natural environment of the nearby Skelton Lake and Gardens. They turned to their long-term supplier
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Green-tech for the landscaping materials and sundries.
The Solution Skelton Lakes Service Station in Leeds is unlike any other. It boasts a twisting living roof and many unique landscape features. Brambledown Landscapes Services were responsible for constructing natural landscaping throughout the 30-acre service station site. They have a long-standing relationship with Green-tech, who supplied the majority of the landscaping materials which included over 200 tonnes of Greentree topsoil, 150 tonnes of compost,
300m3 of bark Mulch, in excess of 7000 Tubex Shrub Shelters and all of the tree ancillaries, which included stakes, belting, blocks and irrigation for circa 500 newly planted trees. For the trees planted into the hardlandscaped areas we supplied in the region of 100m² of the urban tree planting system ArborRaft, along with 100 tonnes of ArborRaft soil and subsoil. Used together, the system combines geo-cellular ArborRaft units which lock together within the tree pit and nutrientrich ArborRaft soil. Combined they provide essential load bearing support and reduce soil compaction within the tree pit to enable healthy root growth.
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