Camden Council opens first Active Space playground
Camden Council this week launched its first Active Space site at Argyle Primary School in inner London. Camden has one of the worst obesity rates in London, with one in three 10 year olds in the borough being overweight or obese. The Camden Active Spaces project is a new initiative inspired by the Olympic legacy to create exciting active spaces specifically to increase physical activity in seven schools across the borough. LUC has been appointed as the designer and landscape architect of bespoke natural play in three of these schools, including Argyle Primary. ‘Our designs for two junior and one…
New merchandising stand and video sells more DeckWright Inserts in-store
Launched earlier this year as the ultimate solution to slippery timber decking, DeckWright Inserts are now available to retail in a compact merchandising stand that also houses a video presentation, decking sample and sales leaflets, ensuring that the unique anti-slip product can sell itself from builders merchants, garden centres are other retail outlets. Manufactured by WJ Group in Hull, DeckWright Inserts are a fully tested and approved T shaped grit and resin product, supplied in 2.5 metre coiled lengths. Easy to cut and apply to most grooved decking boards, a specially formulated adhesive fixes the inserts into the necessary grooves,…
Barrus launch new, fully responsive corporate website
E. P. Barrus Ltd has launched its new, corporate website, which is fully responsive with enhanced functionality, navigation and design features. The design structure and layout clearly shows the content and features of the whole site and highlights the diverse market sectors that Barrus operates in; garden, marine and industrial. There are over 30 brand landing pages and micro sites showcasing the impressive portfolio of leading brands including Mariner outboards, Cub Cadet Garden machinery, WOLF-Garten and Wilkinson Sword garden tools, Yanmar and John Deere marine and industrial engines. The website has a user-friendly and coherent navigation system which guides users…
Basingstoke MP and Shaw Trust promote World Mental Health Day
Maria Miller, MP for Basingstoke, visited Shaw Trust Enterprises – Hampshire, a horticultural social enterprise in Basingstoke, to support World Mental Health Day. The MP praised the project’s work to support people from Basingstoke contending with a range of barriers to employment, including mental health difficulties. Maria Miller was given a tour of the project’s centre – based in the Elizabeth Road allotments. During the visit, Maria Miller met Shaw Trust beneficiaries from the area who have been supported by the social enterprise to improve their skills, gain invaluable experience and find work. The centre enjoys support from a committed…
The Landscape Institute announces Awards shortlist
The Landscape Institute Awards shortlist has been announced – entries include Eastside City Park, Birmingham, Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon and Battersea Power Station Pavilion and Pop-Up Park. The Landscape Institute Awards are presented annually to encourage and recognise outstanding examples of work by the landscape profession. This year’s shortlist, announced today, was drawn from entries received from all corners of the UK and overseas. The depth and range of the entries in all categories is testament to the depth and innovation present in these schemes. All projects entered for the Landscape Institute Awards, need to have been completed during…
Latest Greenfingers Garden Opens in Essex
Greenfingers(1), the small national charity dedicated to creating gardens in children’s hospices across the UK, opened its 44th garden last week at Little Havens(2) Hospice in Essex. A fully accessible and interactive ‘Grow Your Own’ garden has been created at the hospice where seriously ill children and families cared for by Little Havens can enjoy growing and harvesting their own food. This project has seen a previously vacant outside area of the gardens transformed into an abundant fruit and vegetable garden with many engaging features for all the children who spend time there to enjoy. The garden has been designed…
Landscape award for Irvine town centre
The Bridgegate public realm project in Irvine has gained national recognition with an award from the British Association of Landscape Industries. Land Engineering received the BALI National Landscape Award for their development of Bridgegate in Irvine. The project was completed on behalf of Irvine Bay Regeneration Company as part of a wider programme of works in Irvine town centre being carried out in partnership with North Ayrshire Council. The works involved a comprehensive programme of high quality public realm and streetscape improvements to transform and re-establish the area as a landmark location for Irvine town centre. The outcome is an urban…
Q&S win awards for the landscaping at Green Park, Reading
Green Park, Reading (the 195 acre prestigious Business Park owned by Oxford Properties) is celebrating winning not one, but two awards within the RHS Britain in Bloom Campaign 2014:- Thames & Chilterns in Bloom 2014 – Regional Award for Best Business Park The Gold Award in the Commercial Landscape category – Reading in Bloom 2014. Leading independent commercial landscape company Quality & Service Ltd (trading as Q&S), in partnership with Broadgate Estate, delivers the landscaping for Green Park. Sue Payne, Managing Director of Q&S, is delighted to have received these official recognitions “We are extremely proud of our landscaping team…
Calling all budding flower arrangers – Countryside Live needs you!
Countryside Live, the rural showcase, which takes place in Harrogate next month, is hoping to encourage more people to take up flower arranging. Organisers will be equipping visitors with cut flowers and foliage to enable them to ‘have-a-go’ at what will be the 12th show. Countryside Live, organised by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, takes place at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October. Around 12,000 visitors are expected to flock to the event when as well as competitive classes for cattle, sheep, horses, pigeons and poultry, the Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Show will feature….
Bodnant Garden to feature in new BBC One series
A CONWY heritage site will be featured in a new BBC television series. Bodnant Garden will be one of the sites shown in Glorious Gardens from Above, a programme that features some of the most picturesque places in the country from the air. The show will be presented by broadcaster and horticulturalist Christine Walkden, and she spent several days at the gardens earlier this summer with a BBC crew. Gardener Fran Llewellyn said: “The BBC team pulled off quite a technological feat to get all this wonderful film footage from the air. “We can’t wait to see the show,…
