GREEN ROOFS / LIVING WALLS
Frosts Landscape Construction
Project – Mint Hotel, London
JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This is a brilliant scheme. The 12th floor boasts a sedum roof with wildflowers, beehives, and planters with fresh herbs used regularly by the hotel’s restaurant chefs. The north and south walls have been covered with plants selected specifically for the living wall environment and kept alive successfully using a triple feed irrigation system. This is an amazing feat by the contractor.
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE AND
BUSINESS AREAS, LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS
Gavin Jones
Project –Sefton Park, Bells Hill, Stoke Poges
JUDGES’ COMMENTS – The passion of the contractor’s staff on the ground and the ,pride they take in their work is evident for all to see. The hedge trimming is perfect, the wild flower meadow is wonderful and all the areas are meticulously cared for. A cracking scheme.
BEST INNOVATION / TECHNOLOGY USED IN A LANDSCAPE SCHEME
Land Engineering (Scotland)
Project – Garscube Road at Dobbies Loan, Glasgow
JUDGES’ COMMENTS: Highly creative and unique lighting used within this imaginative scheme presented new technical challenges for this contractor. Ambitious use of steel plate, porphyry gabions and bright red rubber crumb path surface demanded a varied and high skill level and technical knowledge were essential to ensure success. The aim of the design was to regenerate a subway and in doing so reconnect a community split by Glasgow’s M8 motorway. It is non-standard and has been effectively and innovatively used to ensure safe passage for pedestrians, cyclists and street entertainers alike!
INTERIOR LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION
Planters Horticulture
Project – Grosvenor House, Dubai, UAE
JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This is a very high-quality scheme, totally in keeping with the standing of the hotel.
RESTORATION AND REGENERATION SCHEME
The Landscape Group
Project – Arundel Square Gardens, Islington, London
JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This was a unique scheme to renovate a derelict square in the Islington area of London, which was dissected by an open cutting containing two railway tracks. Network Rail installed an engineered deck to cover the tracks and cutting and the contractor installed the newly landscaped garden on top. The resulting square is a delightful enhancement to the area, installed to an excellent finish and achieved through careful management and execution of a complex and challenging brief.