Environmental Improvement

Interested parties:

Wildflower Turf Ltd, Greener Places, Croda International.

The brief:

Croda International create, make and sell speciality chemicals and are the name behind the high-performance ingredients and technologies in some of the biggest and most successful brands in the world. Croda’s…

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Client:

Lancashire County Council & Wyre Council

Contractors:

Balfour Beatty

Project:

Rossall Coastal Defence Scheme, Fylde Coastline, Lancashire

Date:

July 2016 – May 2018

Size:

28,000m²

Following four years of construction the Rossall Coastal Defence Scheme was officially opened on the 1st June 2018. The two-kilometre sea defence wall…

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Client:

Telford Homes

Landscape Architect:

Standerwick Land Design

Contractors:

Skidmores of Hertford

Consulting Ecologist:

Henriette Westergaard

Project:

Caledonian Road Development, Islington, London

Date:

April & May 2018

Size:

2,768m²

The Caledonian Road development in Islington, London is the site of 156 new apartments by Telford Homes, built on a narrow strip of land…

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Client:

Costain Skanska JV

Landscape Architect:

Turney Landscapes Ltd

Project:

Crossrail Exit Shaft Head, Limmo Peninsula, London

Date:

March & April 2018

Size:

2,600m²

Set to open in December 2018, London’s ambitious Crossrail project promises to deliver a high frequency, high capacity service to make travelling in the capital…

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Landscape Contractors:

Cormac

Project:

Green Infrastructure for Growth (Cornwall)

Date:

March 2018 to date

Size:

7,700m² to date

Alongside incumbent contractors Cormac, Wildflower Turf Ltd have recently assisted Cornwall Council to deliver part of the council’s Green Infrastructure for Growth (GI4G) project.

The far-reaching GI4G programme will see…

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Client:

Darwin Escapes

Landscape Architect:

RPS Planning & Development

Contractors:

Karl Watson Contracting

Project:

Darwin Escapes Keswick Reach Lodge Retreat, Lake District, Cumbria

Date:

Autumn & Winter 2016

Size:

24,600m²

Keswick Reach Lodge Retreat in the Lake District is the latest luxury holiday park by Darwin Escapes, and was opened in…

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Client:

BAM Nuttall

Landscape Architect:

Atkins

Project:

Hampstead Heath Ponds, London

Date:

August 2015 – October 2016

Size:

8,800m²

Hampstead Heath is one of London’s key landmarks, with the much-loved green space enhanced by 30 man-made ponds.

Following studies which indicated that the earth dams represented a significant risk should…

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Client:

Belfast City Council

Contractors:

Farran Construction and Cameron Landscapes

Landscape Architect:

Paul Hogarth Company

Project:

Connswater Community Greenway, East Belfast

Date:

April 2016 – October 2016

Size:

7,235m²

Connswater Community Greenway is a £40 million investment in East Belfast. The project will create a 9km linear park through the city…

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Client:

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London

Landscape Architect:

BDP

Project:

The Hive, Kew, London

Date:

May / June 2016

Size:

2,270m²

Situated in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, The Hive is a 17-metre-high aluminium latticed structure that aims to raise awareness of the rapid decline of the world’s…

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Date: April 2013 – October 2015

Interested parties:

Wildflower Turf Ltd, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, ABG Geosynthetics, Geogreen Solutions, Prater, Laing O’Rourke, BDP.

The brief:

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool opened in October 2015, and is Europe’s only hospital situated within a…

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