Wick Pond – Valley Gardens
Project Title: Wick Pond Causeway and Totem Pole
Contract value: £120,000
Contract period: Nov ‘09 – Apr ‘10
Client: The Crown Estate
Designed to enhance the Wick Pond Causeway and Totem Pole at Windsor Great Park
Our Latest Edition
Kings Landscapes have recently taken delivery of ‘Debra‘ the latest edition to our fleet of LPG vehicles. Over 70% of our fleet now runs on LPG, an alternative fuel that’s less harmfull to the environment than diesel.
A Royal Opening
Kings Landscapes constructed the new Savill Rose Garden at Windsor Great Park.
Westminster Plaza Hotel
Project Title: Westminster Plaza Hotel
Contract Value: £82,000
Client: Volker Highways
Planting of five beds at the entrance to a hotel in Westminster, Central London. The trees were hand picked from a German tree nursery and shipped to the UK. Due to the size of the trees, site location, tight time frames & proximity of encroaching buildings the placing of the trees caused challenges.
Installation of sub & top soil to 5 planting beds.
Supply, planting and craning into position of 9no. 8-12m high Metasequoia sp. trees and 3no. 4-5m high Silver Birches.
Supply and planting of perennial plants.
Installation of irrigation system.
Bark mulching to the 5 beds surrounding the trees.
Bali Awards 2009
Bali awards 2009
Working in Conjunction with Landscape Designers – Wilson McWilliam Studio
Piazza Hyde Park, Hayes, Middlesex – Bali Award for Soft Landscaping Construction – under 1 Hectare
Kings Landscapes helped bring to life this Award Winning Scheme designed by Wilson Mcwilliam Studios.
This eight week project involved turning a tarmac car park into a contemporary landscaped piazza for a commercial office development. Hard landscaping works such as installing trellis and granite benches were carried out. Bespoke steel edgings to beds were implemented and irrigation and lighting systems were also installed. Kings also installed perennial beds and turfing and planted 12nr 6m tall Betula utilis ‘Doorenbos’ by crane into large designer pots. All of these elements combined to produce this stunning, award wining design.
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2009
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2009
Working in conjunction with designer with designer David Domoney
The Ace of Spades Garden – RHS Silver Gilt Medal
The centrepiece of this garden is a Harley Davidson, which takes pride of place next to a large sunken decked area shaped like a giant ace of spades. The Ace of Spades was also featured in the form of a garden art sculpture which was created in old garden spade heads. Bike parts, oil drums, old tyres and memorabilia are woven into the garden. The planting scheme is dark and dramatic, adding to the hard, urban feel of this very masculine retreat.
HPH2 Courtyard and Roof Garden
Project Title: Hyde Park HPH2 Courtyard and Roof Garden
Contract Value: £156,000
Client: Modus Interiors Limited
Landscape Architect: Wilson McWilliam Studio
This eight week project included Landscaping a commercial development in two areas:
1) Roof Garden terrace. This comprised of laying down a framework for outdoor decking area, using wallbarn adjustable supports and wooden framework. Black eco-decking which consists of recycled plastic was then laid down on the framework. Linear strips of Blue Irish Limestone were also laid in conjunction with the eco-decking which created a visual feature to the design. Hand picked Olive trees were installed within white designer pots along one edge of the terrace. And rectanglar designer troughs were laid in linear strips and planted with grasses. The project also included an irrigation and lighting schemes.
2) Inner Courtyard. The courtyard was hard dug out and all arisings removed by crane before landscaping took place. The fully enclosed courtyard was designed with an elliptical shape created with steel edged and black basalt pathways. A Blue Irish Limestone pathway was installed through the centre of the courtyard. Lighting schemes and irrigation was installed. Solid stone composite black benches were also craned into position within the elliptical pathways. Shrub beds were planted up with linear blocks of perennials and 16nr 20-25cm girth Betula pendula were craned into position and planted throughout the shrub beds.
Kingswood Park, Ascot
Improvement works to offices at Kingswood park in Ascot. Works included the supply and planting of 90 nr. semi mature Betula jacquemontii trees, installation of Charcon pavers in a radial pattern, Marshalls Saxon slabs laid on a 45 degree angle as a kerb along with location signs and lighting columns which are due to be installed shortly.
St Luke’s Memorial Gardens
During October 2006 we completed soft landscaping works as part of the regeneration of St Luke’s Church in the London Borough of Lambeth. Works involved the supply and laying of a very high quality turf, topsoiling to all planting beds and to supply and plant lavander, roses and box hedging in line with the landscapes architect’s design.