LANDSCAPE: The Interviews

Platipus Anchors

LANDSCAPE 2015 exhibitor Platipus Anchors were proud to sponsor the "Pocket Garden" category at the SGD Awards 2014 which they awarded to Rosemary Coldstream MSGD as the winner with her project, The River Garden. Learn more about the Platipus Tree Anchoring System at the LANDSCAPE Show.

LANDSCAPE 2015 Floorplan is Already Booming

With over 8 months until LANDSCAPE 2015 opens its doors, the industry is showing its support in huge numbers by booking their space at the show and making 2015 the biggest experience to date. For more information on exhibiting click on the Thinking About Exhibiting button!

LANDSCAPE 2015 News!

We are delighted to announce that LANDSCAPE 2015 is already bigger in size compared to last year's Show & continuing to grow at a fantastic rate! With 120 confirmed exhibitors, including 30 brand new companies, coupled with a fantastic re-booking rate we are set to create THE most established landscape industry event ever!

Tobermore

Lavish Royal Swiss Homes in Barnes, London, have been perfected with a selection of permeable paving from Tobermore. Tobermore will be joining us  for the second year running. To see their stunning range of paving make sure you register for your ticket to the LANDSCAPE Show!

Merry Christmas!

The team at LANDSCAPE would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone that has supported us this year and we look forward to seeing you again in 2015!

Paul Hensey

We are thrilled to announce that Paul Hensey will be hosting a seminar next year at LANDSCAPE 2015. Paul is regarded as one of the leading CAD practitioners and in particular for SketchUp as well as an author and journalist.

CED at Christmas

Over the years, instead of sending Christmas cards within the workplace, CED Natural Stone have collected donations for a charity. This year they chose to donate advent calendars to local foodbanks! A wonderful thing to do!

Harrod Horticultural Win

Big congratualtions to LANDSCAPE 2015 exhibitor Harrod Horticultural for their fantastic win at the BALI National Landscape Awards. They won the BALI Principal Award for Affiliate Exceptional Service Award! Well Done!

Patrick Cullina at LANDSCAPE 2015

Patrick Cullina, horticultural desinger, photographer & lecturer, has served as Vice President of Horticulture & Park Operations for Friends of the High Line in NYC and as Vice President of Horticulture, Operations & Science Research at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He will be part of the Seminar Programme for LANDSCAPE 2015!

Perennial's Naked Gardeners

The 'Grubby Gardeners' bare all in aid of a great cause! Perennial has produced a 'Naked Gardeners Calendar' for 2015, which is available now & makes a great Christmas gift idea for garden lovers & is all in aid of UK horticulture's trade charity.

The Landscaper Reviews The LANDSCAPE Show

David Curtis has compiled a highly insightful and complimentary 13-page report on the LANDSCAPE Show 2014 in the October edition of The Landscaper. A fantastic read for those that exbited at the Show or for those considering being involved in next year's Show.

Jacksons Fencing

We would like to thank Louise Tomlin from Jacksons Fencing for her glowing review of LANDSCAPE 2014 in the October edition of Fencing & Landscaping News. She describes the Show as "one of the biggest and, dare I say it, important trade shows in the country, for those of us involved with the world of external products and landscaping".

Architectural Heritage

Architectural Heritage will be returning to the LANDSCAPE Show in 2015 for the fourth year running! Their pieces are of the highest quality and include these stunning pair of covered lead vases based on the 'Sosibios Vase' in the Louvre.  

Green-tech

LANDSCAPE 2014 exhibitor Green-tech has supplied 1,4000 bags of topsoil to a new £150m 'town centre' for Gateshead. Their lightweight Green-tree Intensive Roof Garden Substrate and Green-tree Amenity Tree Soil products have been chosen for the project. See Green-tech return to Battersea Park for LANDSCAPE 2015 next September.

Tobermore

Tobermore have been involved in a fantastic redevelopment project at the University of Lincoln. An exceptional landscape has been created within the Brayford campus with Tobermore's fabulous Fusion block paving in Silver & Graphite. This sparkling colour combination has achieved a truly unique and modern look for the grounds. After their success at LANDSCAPE 2014 Tobermore will be returning to Battersea Park for LANDSCAPE 2015.

LANDSCAPE 2014 Film

The Official LANDSCAPE 2014 Video is now LIVE! Watch interviews with our fantastic Speakers & Exhibitors as to why the LANDSCAPE Show in a must-see Show!

Harrod UK - Going for Gold!

LANDSCAPE 2015 exhibitor Harrod UK are delighted to announce that they have just achieved the Investors in People (IIP) Gold award with flying colours! This award means "we are considered to have the highest standards of people management & development that support our business goals. Achieveing Gold is recognition of the commitment & passion of our team".

LANDSCAPE 2014 Success

We want to say a BIG Thank you to everyone who was part of the LANDSCAPE Show 2014 - our Exhibitors, Speakers, Media and Association Partners and all our Visitors. It was a fantastic Show and we look forward to seeing you all at Battersea Park in September 2015 for the next one!

BeeMat

BeeMat contains a combination of annual, biennial and perennial species that will flower vigorously over an extended period BeeMat can be cut to the size of any suitable growing area. Simply prepare the ground and clear any existing weeds.  Then lay the mat onto prepared soil and covered with a thin layer of sand or compost and water as required. Come and see BeeMat on Stand D65.

Scotscape

Inspired by their research programme at the University of Sheffield, which measured the thermal benefits of Living Walls, Scotscape have developed a Fabric Living Wall System with integrated insulation. This will allow architects and designers to quantify the thermal benefits and energy efficiencies that this Living Wall system brings to buildings. Come & see Scotscape at the Landscape Show on stand E51.

Barcham Trees

Barcham Trees have come to expect it is necessary and will continue to be necessary to import trees from across the world. This is part of our service. However, bio- security is a real and ever present issue that all users of trees must face and take action on. Come and see Barcham trees and the Landscape Show on Stand D61

BALI

Andy McIndoe

Meet Andy McIndoe on Wednesday 24th September at 4pm as part of our Meet the Author Programme! Andy will have copies of his new book - Creative Shrub Garden - available for you to buy! Have your questions for him ready!

Nigel Dunnett

For your chance to meet the successful & highly knowledgable Nigel Dunnett, come to the LANDSCAPE Show 2014 on Wednesday 24th September at 3pm. Nigel is taking part in our Meet the Author Programme and will be happy to answer any quetsions from his readers!

Egbert Roozen

Egbert Roozen from De Groene Stad ('The Green City') in the Netherlands will be at the LANDSCAPE Show 2014 on Tuesday 23rd September to lead a seminar discussing How Can We Build Green & Sustainable Cities? Do not miss him at 10.30am in Seminar Room 4!

Farrow & Ball

We have representitives from Farrow & Ball at the LANDSCAPE Show on Wednesday 24th September 2014 at 10.30am to lead a Seminar session on Colour Inside and Outside the Home. See colour in a whole new light with this illustrated and informal talk, explaining how, through the simple use of colour, you can achieve striking results

David Johnson - Barcham Trees

On Wednesday 24th September at 2.15pm we will be joined by David Johnson from Barcham Trees who will be leading a Seminar discussing The Continued Threat of Pest & Diseases to the UK Tree Population. Do not miss him in Seminar Room 4 for what is going to be an insightful session.

DEFRA

We will be joined by Louise Mount, Ruth Shin & Dr. Richard Watkins from DEFRA at 4.45pm on Tuesday 23rd September who will be holding a Seminar focused on Bees' Needs: Food and a Home. In this session they'll be exploring the role of pollinators, the environmental pressures they face & what we can do to support them.

Lucy Summers

For your chance to meet the lovely Lucy Summers, author of Fragrant Plants, come to the LANDSCAPE Show 2014 on Wednesday 24th September at 2pm. Lucy will be taking part in our Meet the Author Programme and will be happy to answer any quetsions from her readers!

Lord Kenilworth

Meet the notable & inspirational Randle Siddeley, the Lord Kenilworth, at LANDSCAPE 2014 on Wednesday 24th September at 1pm as part of our Meet the Author Programme. Lord Kenilworth is the author behind 'Garden’, the critically acclaimed book showcasing a selection of Randle’s most creative designs.

Architectural Heritage

Aerchitectural Heritage will be exhibiting at the Landscape Show 2014 presenting a stained glass panel of the "Three Lions" and a rare 17th century fireback with the coat of arms of Bristol, with extension panels - a very interesting fact to a very small number of people! With a marble console table completing the architectural side. Come and visit them on stand D23

Val & Steve Bradley

Meet Val & Steve Bradley at 12pm on Wednesday 24th September as part of our Meet the Author Programme! Steve has written (or co-written) around 45 books on various gardening topics & Val has written (or co-written) 12 books. Together, they have worked for the Sun newspaper since 2002, writing the Gardening page & answering hundreds of readers’ letters every year. 

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan

Meet Todd Longstaffe-Gowan on Wednesday 24th September at 11am as part of our Meet the Author Programme! Todd is the author of several books including The London Town Garden 1700-1840 & The London Square: gardening in the midst of town and has recently redesigned the gardens at Kensington Palace to mark the Diamond Jubilee of HM The Queen.

Fernando Gonzalez

Fernando Gonzalez will be returning to the LANDSCAPE Show at Battersea Park on Tuesday 23rd September to hold a seminar focusing on Advanced Garden Design for the New Emergent Times. He will discuss the possibilities of how digital animation & new manufacturing techniques are changing the way we design gardens Do not miss him at 4.45pm in Seminar Room 2.

LCGD Masterclass - PLANTING

Andrew Fisher Tomlin & the London College of Garden Design are holding a series on Masterclasses at the LANDSCAPE Show. On Tuesday 23rd September at 3.15pm Andrew will be joined by Jamie Dunstan, Sam Ovens & Jo Thompson who will discuss their approach to planting design & working with clients. 

Martha Schwartz

We are delighted to have Martha Schwartz with us at the LANDSCAPE Show on Tuesday 23rd September to hold a seminar on her journey from the USA to the UK and the opportunities and the chances she encountered along the way. Do not miss this inspirational and informative talk at 3.30pm in Seminar Room 3.

Aralia- Patricia Fox

In 2004 Patricia set up her landscape and garden design company Aralia Garden Design LLP and has been working on commissions from compact urban gardens to large country estates, in Britain and abroad. From 2009 Patricia started designing innovative award-winning gardens and is a critically acclaimed double Silver Medallist at RHS Chelsea Flower Show and a multiple winner of the BALI Landscape Design Excellence Award.

APL- RHS Hampton Court 2014

The APL’s success at Hampton Court continued with am impressive accolade of Best in Show, Best in Category,  two Gold medals, four Silver Gilt medals and three Silver Flora medals, taking their tally to a 26 medals in the past three years of the show. Come and Vist APL at the Landscape Show on stand G1

Alloway TImber

A Staffordshire garden has been transformed into an idyllic retreat. A stunning 40m² raised Timeless Timber Brushwood deck forms the centrepiece of the space, which has been completely renovated with eye-catching features that will stand the test of time. Mandy and Glenn Hulse, who won the garden makeover in Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, are now able to enjoy the outdoor haven from the comfort of their own garden. See Alloway Timber at the Landscape Show on stand B3

Tom Petherick & Adam Hunt

On Tuesday 23rd September we will be joined by Tom Petherick & Adam Hunt from Petherick, Urquhart & Hunt who will be holding a seminar focusing on Designing with Nature. Do not miss them at 3.30pm in Seminar Room 2 for what is undoubtedly. going to be an informative session.

4MemorialBench

4MemorialBench.co.uk specialise in engraving & installation of hardwood and softwood commemorative & memorial benches with personalised inscriptions & engraved logos / images. A wide range of benches is available to suit every location, taste and budget. See them on Stand CP7!

Judith Blacklock

The lovely Judith Blacklock from The Judith Blacklock Flower School will be joining us at LANDSCAPE 2014 on Tuesday 23rd September to hold a seminar focusing on The Changing World of the Flower Business & how to have a successful career working with flowers, including new trends for 2015. See her at 2.15pm in Seminar Room 4.

Neil Porter

We have Neil Porter from Gustafson Porter at the LANDSCAPE Show on Tuesday 23rd September. Neil will be holding a seminar at 2.15pm to 3pm in Seminar Room  3 on the subject of Landscape Themes such as Land movement, Light and Water, Framed Space & Places of Translation. Don't miss what is going to be a very interesting session!

Dr Alan Knight

We are delighted to announce that Dr Alan Knight will be joining us at LANDSCAPE 2014 on Tuesday 23rd September. He will be speaking at 4.45pm in Seminar Room 4 on Sustainability - The Greatest Gift to Horticulture and Landscaping. 

3KS Profile Ltd

3ks profile ltd is a German based manufacturer of filigree steel elements for gardening and landscape construction. Under the brand name ARCADIA®, we develop and sell in all Western European countries a large range of high end products for private gardens and public areas

August edition of LANDSCAPE Show News

Sculpture by Langtry

Isabel H Langtry is a contemporary sculptor who will be showing a range of her beautiful bronze pieces at LANDSCAPE 2014. Her work is inspired by the physicality of trees & plants. Find her on Stand F31 to discuss how she can help you with your next project.

Cityscapes

Join Adolfo Harrison & Darryl Moore from Cityscapes at 2.15pm on Tuesday 23rd September at LANDSCAPE 2014 to hear them discussing Creative Approaches to the Urban Environment. Do not miss the boys and what will be a hugely interesting seminar.

External Works

We are delighted to be partnering with External Works for LANDSCAPE 2014. External Works offers the broadest mix of supplier & product information on the market, combined with insightful articles & case studies to help you identify the best solution for your project. Find them on Stand C56! 

John Wyer

John Wyer from Bowles & Wyer will be joining us at LANDSCAPE 2014 on Tuesday 23rd September to talk about Gardens in the Sky - A Look at Some of the Technical & Design Issues Involved in Roof Gardens. See him in Seminar Room 4 at 1pm.

Brandon Fey

On Tuesday 23rd September we will be joined by Brandon Fey who will be representing the American Institute of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Brandon will share information about the profession in the U.S as well as the opportunities across the pond. Do not miss him at 1pm in Seminar Room 3.

Andrew Gill at LANDSCAPE

We will be joined by Andrew Gill from the Chartered Institute of Horticulture on Tuesday 23rd September at 1pm to 1.45pm. Andrew will be explaining to the visitors of LANDSCAPE 2014 the importance of being a Chartered Horticulturist.

LCGD Masterclass - DESIGN

On Tuesday 23rd September at 11.30am to 12.30pm, we will be joined by Jeni Cairns, Sarah Eberle & Tom Harfleet for one of our London College of Garden Design Masterclasses - this one will be focused on DESIGN! Their unique insights are invaluable for anyone looking ahead to the future. Chaired by Andrew Fisher Tomlin, this is one not to miss!

Peter Murray

We are lucky to have Peter Murray from New London Architecture joining us at 11.45am to 12.30pm on Tuesday 23rd September to discuss New Public Space in London, with particular reference to the areas around the base of tall building clusters and the planning of Nine Elms. This is going to be a highly informative talk and definitely not one to miss.

LCGD Masterclass - CONSTRUCTION

We are excited that David Dodd, from The Outdoor Room, & Guy Watts, from Streetscape, will be taking part in our London College of Garden Design Masterclass looking at Construction! Do not miss them on Wednesday 24th September at 3.15pm. Talk will be chaired by Andrew Fisher Tomlin.

Wayne Grills

Wayne Grills, BALI, will be holding a seminar at the LANDSCAPE Show on Wednesday 24th Septmeber at 3.30pm to explore the issues facing the Landscape industry today with regard to education, training and development.Come along and enjoy what should be a lively debate!  

Mark Sutton Vane

We are delighted to announce that Mark Sutton Vane from Sutton Vane Associates will be joining us on Wednesday 24th September at the LANDSCAPE Show to host a seminar discussing how lighting can make open spaces enjoyable for more time and how to use it to create the right feelings.Don't miss him at 3.30pm.

Nigel Dunnett

Nigel Dunnett from the University of Sheffield will be at the LANDSCAPE Show on Wednesday 24th September to speak about Rain Gardens & Water-Sensitive Design. Do not miss this informative talk at 2.15pm to 3pm! He will also be taking part in the Meet the Author programme where you can have the chance to chat with him!

Tim & Topsoil

Following the successful opening of Gibraltar’s first public park, Tim O'Hare will be joining us at 1pm to 1.45pm on Wednesday 24th September to discuss the feasibility, stages and technical aspects of successfully manufacturing all of the park’s topsoil. Do not miss what is going to be an insightful & interesting seminar at LANDSCAPE 2014.

UK & USA Business Development

We are delighted to announce that Caitlin Lesczynski from UK Trade & Investment will be joining us on Tuesday 23rd September at the LANDSCAPE Show. Caitlin will be talking through how the UK TI can help companies sell services and products into the United States. A MUST if you are interested in making that leap across the pond.

Platipus

Platipus was a proud sponsor of Perennial’s participation in the British 10K run which took place in London on Sunday 13^th July 2014. Amongst the runners was our very own Graphic Designer, Chris Matthews, who ran the 10 km in 50 minutes, a personal best! “It was really good fun, there was a great atmosphere and what fantastic views!” he reported.

BALI moves to new offices within Stoneleigh Park

The headquarters of the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI), the UK’s leading trade association for the landscape industry, has moved into a newly-refurbished building within Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire.BALI’s new Landscape House will continue to be a central hub for membership services from where its team of around a dozen staff will provide members with business, technical and promotional support.

Prometheus

Prometheus Lighting continue to develop their professional range of easy to install landscape lights.  New for the 2014 range are a wide range of accessories which include honeycomb glare shields, coloured gel holders and new mounting options. The accessories are complimented by an expanded range of light fittings including ground and wall recessed units.  All products are made in the UK and come with a 5 year warranty.

LANDSCAPE 2014 Newsletter

Everything you need to know about LANDSCAPE 2014 can be found in the LANDSCAPE 2014 Newsletter. It covers everything, from Exhibitors, Seminar Programme, LCGD Materclasses, SGD Product of the Year Finalists & much much more. There is still time to Register for a FREE ticket or to book a Stand. 

Perennial

Starting in September 2014, Perennial will fund a new, seventh, annual trainee placement for the Cambridge Certificate in Practical Horticulture and Plantsmanship course. Widely regarded as one of the best practical horticulture traineeships in the UK.

Streetscape

Streetscape were delighted to have been the lead contractor for the Silver-Gilt Medal winning Perennial Garden at the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show! Streetscape is a multi-award winning social enterprise that provides apprenticeships in landscape gardening to 18-25 year olds who are long-term unemployed: growing lives, transforming landscapes. 

The Garden Trellis Company

As well as an extensive product range, The Garden Trellis Company offer many other services to ensure that all projects run smoothly. Their services include a CAD design service, site visits and an installation service. They also offer a colour match service, and a range of cost effective, ready-made products that can be bought online. 

Streetlife- Rough&Ready

The Rough&Ready product range comprises sturdy, robust street furniture for public spaces. Streetlife offers a comprehensive selection, from benches and tree planters to bicycle stands and bridges. With Rough&Ready products, squares, parks and shopping streets undergo a metamorphosis. Come and vist them at The Landscape Show on stand D52!

Tobermore

Tobermore, top paving and walling manufacturer who supply products throughout the UK and Ireland, have provided £40, 000 worth of beautiful block paving products featured in the award winning Westpoint Homes development, Barronsfield Grange in Newton Mearns. The luxury housing scheme was named ‘Best Development and Best Show House’ at the recent Glasgow Herald Property Awards, 

London Stone

London Stone is a market leader in the supply of natural stone paving to clients throughout the UK. Renowned for their range of sawn paving, they provide high quality products, excellent value for money and superior customer service to landscape and building contractors, garden designers and architects as well as homeowners. Come and visit London Stone at The Landscape Show on Stand E15

July Edition of LANDSCAPE Show News

We are excited to bring you the biggest & best edition of LANDSCAPE Show News yet! Packed full of information on our Exhibitors, Speakers, SGD Product of the Year Finalists and a first glimpse at our 2014 Seminar Programme this is one not to miss!

Lumena Lights

Lumena Lights specialise in High End Garden Lighting, and prove to be lighting the way in style this month with their stunning new selection of durable recessed lighting for every application. The impressive range of recessed garden lights can be used to illuminate or ‘edge’ walkways, stairways, patio areas, walls, steps, driveways or decking. Come and visit Lumena Lights at stand C57 at The Landscape Show!

Lucy Summers

The lovely Lucy Summers from Lucy Summers Living will be holding a seminar at LANDSCAPE 2014 on Wednesday 24th September at 1pm to 1.45pm where she will disucss the holistic approach to landscaping and the importance of marrying the home and the garden together. Do not miss this insightful seminar!

LCGD Masterclass - DESIGN

LANDSCAPE 2014 is delighted that the London College of Garden Design is holding a series of Masterclasses as part of our Seminar Programme.On Wednesday 24th Sept at 11.30am to 12.30pm we will be joined by Kate Gould, Ann-Marie Powell and Alex Frazier in a session looking at Design and chaired by Andrew Fisher Tomlin.

Anthony Bastic

Anthony Bastic from the Australian Garden Show will be joining us at LANDSCAPE 2014 - all the way from Down Under - to host a seminar discussing the challenges & opportunities of creating a new show that appeals to an international audience. Don't miss this fascinating seminar on Wednesday 24th September at 11.45 am to 12.30pm. 

BALI

BALI is the UK’s largest trade association for professional landscape designers, landscape and grounds maintenance contractors and suppliers of industry products and services. Established in 1972, and this year celebrating its Ruby anniversary, it has a membership of over 750. It is the UK’s representative body within ELCA. Find them on Stand BP7 at The Landscape Show.

Angus Cunningham

Ever wanted to know more about the design, installation and maintenance of sustainable living walls? Then do not miss Angus Cunningham's seminar session at 11.45am on Wednesday 24th September as he explores the above as well as discussing the benefits of incorporating these aesthetic systems into our urban infrastructure.

David Lewis Discusses Small Spaces

Head Gardener at the Kensington Roof Garden, David Lewis, will be joining us for the second year running to host a Seminar at the LANDSCAPE Show. This year he will be exploring 'Designing Difficult or Small Spaces' & using the Roof Garden as an example. Don't miss him on Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am.

Tobermore

Tobermore, top paving and walling manufacturer who supply products throughout the UK and Ireland, have provided £40, 000 worth of beautiful block paving products featured in the award winning Westpoint Homes development, Barronsfield Grange in Newton Mearns. See them on Stand E31 to discuss how they can help you & your projects.

The Garden Trellis Company

The Garden Trellis Company have been hand-crafting bespoke garden joinery for over 20 years, with their main aim to enhance outside living spaces for people who appreciate fine quality products, attention to detail & excellent customer service. Their product range includes, Classic Trellis Panels, Contemporary Slatted Panels, Planters, Decking, Gates, Gazebos, Rose Arches & more.

Richard Miers

Garden Designer, Richard Miers, will be taking to the stage at LANDSCAPE 2014 on Wednesday 24th Sept at 10.30am to discuss 'How to Use Technology to Speed Things Up, A Designer's Perspective'. If you are interested to discover how to avoid excessive and unnecessary site meetings, increase productivity and reduce your time spent travelling then this is the Seminar for you.

Mark Gregory

Mark Gregory, from Landform Consultants, will be joining us at the LANDSCAPE Show this year to hold a Seminar discussing his recent Commonwealth Park project in Gibraltar. Mark will be sharing his experience with you on Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am to 11.15am. Our Seminar Programme is FREE to attend so make sure you register for a FREE ticket to the LANDSCAPE Show now!

WoodBlocX

WoodBlocX returned to the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show with a statement stand design which helped them to win a prestigious Four-Star Trade Stand Award. Planters, seating, steps and decking mixed with bright and bold planting formed the company’s exhibit at the show. They will be exhibiting at LANDSCAPE 2014 on Stand C51.

Tim Gosling at LANDSCAPE Show

The influential Tim Gosling from Gosling Ltd, the bespoke furniture design company, will be at the LANDSCAPE on Wednesday 24th September to hold a seminar discussing 'The Garden Informing the Interior'. Do not miss this informative & intersting talk at 2.15pm. 

Matt Keightley at LANDSCAPE 2014

After his sucess at Chelsea, Matt Keightley will be joining us at LANDSCAPE Show to hold a seminar exploring ''A Garden Relocation - Making it Work for Everyone (The Practicalities and the Pitfalls)'. Don't miss Matt at 1pm on Wednesday 24th Septmeber for what will be an insighful talk.

John Taylor - Malmo

John Taylor from the Malmo Garden Show will be joining us this year to hold a seminar to discuss the Malmö Garden Show & the City's investment in Slottsträdgården since 1997 & how the garden has a leading role in Swedish horticulture and in local community participation. Don't miss him at 11.45am on Tuesday 23rd September.

Kensington Roof Gardens

David Lewis has been involved in the replanting The English Woodland, The Tudor Garden and The Spanish Garden. Alongside his team they have restored & renovated them as part of a major refurbishment project, which has been the only renovation of The Gardens since they were originally designed and built in the 1930s..

Meet the Author

We are so excited to announce our Meet the Author Programme which is new for Landscape 2014. Visitors to the Show will have the opportunity to meet & chat to industry authors such as Andy McIndoe, Dr. Nigel Dunnett, Lucy Summers, Lord Kenilworth, Val & Steve Bradley and Todd Longstaffe-Gowan. 

Institute of Horticulture

Chris Parsons, has won the much sought after and nationally acclaimed Institute of Horticulture 2014 Young Horticulturist of the Year competition (YHoY) at the Grand Final, held at the John Innes Centre. He wins the coveted £2,000 Percy Thrower Travel Bursary, provided by the Shropshire Horticultural Society. 

Finalists Announced!

Terraseed - Bee Mat

Terraseed a company based in Hampshire specialising in advancing crop technology by offering a major step-change in food quality, assurance and safety, to the benefit of consumers, food retailers, suppliers and the environment.  This is achieved by the use of physical barrier systems, replacing agrochemicals for weed, insect and disease control.

Gone Surfin'

With their recent new brochure launch, the team at Online Playgrounds champion the addition of the Surfer Spring Rocker. The yellow beach surfer is a new concept in Spring Rocker play and can be used by up to 4 children at one time. Promoting social play and training balance skills, the children will be ‘totally stoked’.

Handspring Design

Established in 1991, Handspring Design is a designer-maker practice creating beautiful sculptural timber structures, shelters and seating installations.We produce a range of shelter & seating products as well as structural, sculptural features suitable for both hard and soft landscapes. 

Black Knight

Black Knight have been working hard to bring you an affordable, high quality brick barbecue kit that can handle commercial catering for hungry crowds as well as domestic barbecue parties. Come and see us on stand no C9 at the Landscape Show 23^rd and 24^th September

Juliet Sargeant & Alex Johnson at Landscape 2014

Juliet Sargeant from the Society of Garden Designers & Alex Johnson from Alex Johnson Garden Designs will be at the Landscape Show 2014 on Tuesday 23rd September to hold a seminar discussing "The New Designer's Contract & Why You Need It."

Nicola, Helen & Matt

We are delighted to announce another addition to our Seminar Programme for Landscape 2014. Joining us on Tuesday 23rd September at Battersea Park will be Nicola Gammon, owner of Shoot Gardening website, Helen Elks-Sminth, from Helen Elks-Smith Garden Design, Julia Fogg from Julia Fogg Associates & Matt Nichol from Matt Nichol Garden Design. Together they will be discussing "Using Plant Care Services to Build Your Garden Design Business".

Landscape Update keep readers updated on Landscape 2014

Landscape 2014 Media Partner, Landscape Update, have included a fantasic article about this year's Show in the Summer issue of their magazine. We are so delighted to be working with the team at Landscape Update & excited to welcome Nicky Harding & Lea Tarrant on board to take part in the Meet the Media programme at the Show.

APLD

APLD is an international organisation established in 1989 to represent the interests of landscape designers & the profession of landscape design. Their mission is to advance the profession of landscape design & to promote the recognition of landscape designers as qualified & dedicated professionals. We are delighted to have thier support for Landscape 2014.

Landscape 2014 in The City Planter

The City Planter, the magazine for urban gardeners, has written a great article about the Young Hort Conference which is taking place at this year's Landscape Show on Wednesday 24th September. 

Matthew Childs Shares His Experience

Matthew Childs will be joining us on Wednesday 24th September at the Landscape Show to inspire those who have always wanted to know more about creating their own Show Garden. Don't miss Matthew's talk at 11.45am - 12.30pm 'How To Build a Show Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show'.

Patricia Fox talks Stylish Gardens

We are very exicted to announce that we have the wonderful Patricia Fox from Aralia joining us at the Landscape Show to hold a Seminar discussing 'Finishing Touches for Stylish Gardens'.

Don't miss her at 4.45pm - 5.30pm on Tuesday 23rd September!

APL

The Outdoor Room won two Gold medals, one for ‘The Homebase Garden – Time to Reflect’in association with Alzheimer’s Society. They also won Gold for their 'London Square' garden which was designed by Jo Thompson and represents the corner of a London garden square and another Gold winning garden came from Landscape Associates Ltd for the build on the Royal Bank of Canada’s 'Waterscape Garden'

Alloway Timber

Alloway Timber are a leading supplier of both internal and external timbers. They will be joining us at the Landscape Show in September this year & the products they are going to exhibit will include an innovative new type of decking, timeless brushwood, as well as sleepers and fencing. 

LEETS - URBAN DESIGN

Landscape 2014 exhibitor Leets - Urban Design,  in collaboration with the University of Porto,  will organize an event to introduce the work of 3 students. The event will begin with lectures from two special guests, one from the Sheffield Hallam University and a recognised Portuguese designer. This event will be sponsored by the Porto City Hall & the Portuguese society Norchapa – steel industries.

Boot & Co. Nurseries

Boot & Co. Nurseries are one of Europe's leading suppliers of Hardy Nursery Stock for use in all types of Landscape Projects. Based in Boskoop, Holland, for several decades B&C have expended considerable resources on their R&D activities, which continue to expand.

In+ Ex Feature the Landscape Show 2014

This month's In+ Ex Magazine features a 4-page spread focusing on Landscape Show 2014 and our mission to bring the indoors out.

Unravelling the Mysteries of Social Networking

Landscape Show 2014 is excited to announce that Liz Ackerley from Poppyhead Consultancy & Angela Lambert from Q Lawns will be joining us on Tuesday 23rd September to hold a seminar at this year's show to discuss the benefits of using Social Media. Do not miss this interesting discussion!

Andy McIndoe Speaking at Landscape 2014

We are thrilled to announce that Andy McIndoe, the Managing Director of Hillier Nurseries & Garden Centres, will be hosting a seminar at this year's Landscape Show. Andy will be discussing Essential Plants for Creative Landscapes. Make sure you do not miss him on Wednesday 24th September at 2.15pm to 3pm.

Furnitubes International Ltd.

Furnitubes success comes down to three things: expertise that comes from over sixty- five years of designing, producing & supplying street furniture; the commitment to constantly assess the needs of its customers & to design products and solutions that are right for changing times; & a belief shared by all its staff that only the best possible customer service is good enough. Find them on Stand D19 at the Landscape Show.

Lumena Lights

Garden Lighting Specialists Lumena Lights progress with their impressive high end outdoor lights with stylish new additions for 2014. Over the past year, they’ve supplied and advised garden designers and landscapers, some of whose projects have won or been shortlisted for national awards.

GARAIA COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

GARAIA COOPERATIVE SOCIETY, has started the spring/summer 2014 season! The sun is out here now, and we are already preparing, planting and covering, gardens, squares and roundabouts with our FLORFIT® planting system…. Our Flowermats, Groundcovers and Hanging Baskets incorporate new designs and compositions, so we are replacing last years planters, as well as covering new public spaces.

Wyevale Nurseries

Leets- Urban Design

A Portuguese SME, well known for its know-how in metal and steel industries, has developed a wood and cork-based high quality, functional and eco-friendly street furniture line, with smooth and modern design, easily adapted to both country and city contexts.

Holland Bulb Market

HBM is an established grower and exporter of flower bulbs and perennials, supplying landscapers, garden designers, local authorities, growers and garden centres internationally. In the Spring of 2014 we were honoured once again  to be the appointed bulb supplier to the Dutch Royal Family. 

ADP Surface Solutions

ADPave 40 is a new product from ADP Surface Solutions will be on show at Landscape Show in September please pop along and discuss your SUDS requirements.

June Edition of Landscape News Available Now

Take a look at the June edition of Landscape Show News, featuring articles on our Speakers, Exhibitors, Media Partners and the industry Associations that are supporting LANDSCAPE 2014.

Summer with Jacksons

This year's summer solstice, the longest day of the year is on Saturday. Make the most of the extra light in the garden with Jacksons products.

See them on Stand C1 at the Landscape Show 2014 for more information on their vast range of products.

TerraSeed

New from the experts at TerraSeed is BeeMat, a unique and simple solution to what has become a global problem. A pre-seeded, biodegradable growing mat that controls weeds, BeeMat™ is the best way to bring a whole host of bee favourite wild flowers to pots, beds, troughs or allotments across the UK.

See them at Stand D65 at Landscape 2014.

Streetlife

In addition to FSC hardwood beams, it is also possible to opt for All Black, a durable material made of recycled agricultural plastic sheeting. The All Black beams are black throughout, which means that scratches are hardly noticeable.

Streetlife will be at Stand B52 at Landscape 2014.

YoungHort Initiative

The YoungHort initiative which has been set up to promote and showcase young people in the industry and also to help encourage more young people to choose a career in horticulture are to host their 2nd event - The YoungHort Autumn Conference - at The Landscape show on Wednesday September 24th 2014 in Battersea Park.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Kyoto Garden Designs

Kyoto Garden Art's first shipment of large screens arrives in the UK and is loaded on the van ready for delivery to the client for their very own Grand Design project, there are other screens in other sizes in the shipment destined for more clients, more news to follow, watch this space ? and come to see the screens for your self at Battersea.

Greenleaf is now GreenBlue Urban!

To reflect our revitalised corporate vision, Greenleaf is now GreenBlue Urban. 

As the UK market leader in specialist tree pit products, local authorities, landscape architects, engineers and other related professionals increasingly turn to GreenBlue Urban for guidance and best practice advice in tree planting implementation. 

Visit them at Stand E5 at Landscape14.

Thrive at Stand G17

Thrive is the leading charity in the UK using gardening to bring about positive changes in the lives of people living with disabilities or ill health, or who are isolated, disadvantaged or vulnerable.

The charity uses the garden as a safe and secure environment in which to develop an individual’s ability to socialise, make friends, and gain practical skills that make them more independent and self-reliant. 

Brickworker Slab Cutting Guide

With the NEW Slab Cutting Guide by Brickworker you simply mark the start and end of the cut, align the Cutting Guide to the marks and follow the Guide Face with your saw for the perfect straight cut.

See them on Stand CP4 at the Landscape Show 2014!

Cranborne Stone

Cranborne Stone was initially established in 1968 by Mr. Dominic Cardozo at his family home in Dorset. Set up as a family business, he built up Cranborne Stone in the early years through creating unique garden ornaments to a high standard, using traditional handmade methods.

We're looking forward to seeing Cranborne Stone at Stand C25 this year at Landscape 2014! 

Archetech

The team at Landscape 2014 are excited to announce that we will be working with Archetech on this years show .

We hope that through this new partnership we will be able to reach more of the Landscaping industry.

For more information visit the Archetech website http://archetech.org.uk/

Gardeners Guild Membership

Gardeners Guild's aim is to help qualified, self-employed gardeners compete with larger firms by giving them affordable access to essential business tools. Membership is currently just £35 per year.

TGG members can now benefit from over 14 different member benefits including free legal advice and over 50 other document templates and spreadsheet based tools.

See them at Stand G27 for more information!

Tamar Nurseries

Tamar Nurseries is recognised as a reputable company within the horticultural industry with 35 years experience in growing hardy plants in numerous sizes & specifications. This comprises of shrubs, trees, herbaceous, forestry and hedging. They pridethemselves with supplying high quality plants, at extremely competitive prices. See them on Stand C33 at the Landscape Show!

Take Care with GroundsCare

GroundsCare Products sell and rent a unique range of time-saving landscape maintenance machinery. They are sole European importers for the award-winning  Turf Teq brand, and main dealers for Rotowash, a self-contained, walk-behind pressure washer. To find out more about them, visit the team on Stand BP5.

Get wild with Wildflower Turf

Wildflower Turf provide consultancy and advice to councils, architects, developers and landscapers alike and will have a full range of products and information to inspire you when you visit their stand within the BALI pavilion at the Landscape Show.  

Relax in Style with Jacuzzi

Jacuzzi® Hot Tubs are not just designed for large garden spaces, even the lack of a conventional garden does not mean that a client has to forgo the opportunity to experience Jacuzzi® hydrotherapy in their home. See them at Landscape 2014 to discuss their range of products! 

The Garden Trellis Company

The Garden Trellis Company have been creating bespoke garden joinery to enhance outside living spaces for people who appreciate fine quality & attention to detail. Their range includes Classic Trellis Panels, Contemporary Slatted Panels, Decorative Timber Panels, Rose Arches, Pergolas, Trompe L’oeil Panels, Stores and Covers, Planters, Garden Furniture, Garden Structures, Garden Features & more. See them at Landscape 2014!

Esthec Terrace

Esthec Terrace is a high quality decking that can be used for a wide range of outdoor applications such as hotel and resort terraces, beach club patios, high-end residential balconies, spa areas at luxury villas, pool decks, roof top gardens, docks and piers.See them at Landscape 2014!

In time for Summer...

Black Knight Barbecues are pleased to be exhibiting at the Landscape Show for the first time in September 2014. They are the only specialist supplier of brick BBQ kits in Europe and have a range of kits that have been enhancing domestic gardens as well as community projects, pubs and clubs for 35 years.  

Amandio Silva

Amandio are exhibiting their fantastic products at Landscape 2014. Among others, they manufacture street furniture like bollards, benches and litter bins. All of these products have a unique and modern design, as well as a premium finish. See them on Stand D3.

Holiday Park Scene - a new Media Partnership!

Holiday Park Scene is a print and on-line magazine for the holiday park sector, already earning itself a reputation as an essential read for anyone involved in holiday park management. Working with Holiday Park Scene we hope to attract new visitors to the Show who care for and maintain the grounds of the various Holiday Parks around the UK.

Q Lawns team up with Young Designer for Landscape 2014

Q Lawns are proud to announce that Ben Harrison of BH Designs has agreed to design and create their show stand for the Landscape Show. Q Lawns’ show stand promises to be an olfactory and environmental delight that demonstrates all of the benefits of their products.  Rumour has it that there will be a whole new product on show too…

LANDSCAPE partners with the GLDA!

The GLDA is Ireland’s only association of professional garden designers, horticulturists & landscape architects. GLDA disseminates new information on methods, techniques & current best practice in landscape design & horticulture, & has created a new demand for improved quality & increased availability of a much wider & more interesting selection of plants.

Landscape Show partner with the APLD

APLD is an international organisation representing the interests of landscape designers & the profession of landscape design. Their mission is to advance the profession of landscape design & to promote the recognition of landscape designers as qualified & dedicated professionals.By working together we hope to promote their work to a UK audience.

Growing Lives, Transforming Landscapes

‘GROWING lives’ is what Streetscape do. The South London based award-winning social enterprise works to reduce the skills shortage in horticulture whilst providing training and jobs to 18-25 year olds who are long term unemployed. Find out more about them at Landscape Show 2014. 

ESF return with Urban Islands range

A large Island for sitting, the higher one can serve to lay the laptop, the highest one as a backrest. This unique shape based on simple geometry of several oval features & three levels of horizontal surfaces offers a new perspective on the seating elements in urban spaces. Possibility of combination is so wide that it will satisfy any creative architect who desires something new & unusual for his project.

Timber Decking & Cladding Association

The Timber Decking & Cladding Association (TDCA) is a virtuoso in how to build decking properly.  If you are involved in deck design and installation, their resources should be your first point of call. We are delighted to be working with them this year and have their support for Landscape 2014.

Landscape Show News - May 2014!

The May edition of Landscape Show News is now available. Packed full of our Exhibitors, Special Guests and articles on Perennial's Naked Gardeners, the Young Horticulturalist of the Year Competition and the Young Hort initiative it is a must read!

Landscape Update feature the Landscape Show

Make sure you read the Spring issue of Landscape Update as there is a fantastic article on the Landscape Show 2014.

SGD Product of the Year 2014 - Voting Open!

If you are a designer member of the SGD we want to know which product you think should be named the SGD Product of the Year 2014. The shortlisted products will be displayed at The Landscape Show where designer visitors will be asked to vote for the winning procuct!

#GrubbyGardeners

Well done to Perennial's GrubbyGardeners for completing the gruelling Dirty Dozen and raising over £5K for the charity. The team ran, swam and oozed their way round the 12km course designed by ex-British Special Forces personnel, tackling 20 military-style obstacles and tonnes of mud.

RHS Show Cardiff 2014 Winners

Congratulations to Landscape supporter and speaker Andrew Fisher Tomlin and Dan Bowyer who won Gold and Best Show Garden at RHS Show Cardiff 2014 with A Woodland Garden, demonstrating the beguiling effect of pairing woodland plants and excellent stonework. 

Perennial

“More and more people working in horticulture find themselves needing our help. In an industry that is typically low paid and suffers from a high rate of workplace injury, it’s no wonder that many are struggling to make ends meet. Whilst we are proud that our help is making a difference to a growing number, we’d like to increase that number even more this year. In order to safeguard our services for those who need them, we are looking for support to help us raise an additional £175,000 during our 175^th anniversary year.” 

Landscape Show News!

Product of the Year!

The Guild of Master Craftsmen

Hahn Plastics Ltd

Hahn Plastics Ltd. offer a landscape range which is ideally suited to applications where lifespan is important as it is durable; lasting at least five times longer than timber. Many landscaping designs now incorporate the use of recycled plastic products because of their many product benefits.

Gwyn Careless at Landscape 2014

Gwyn Careless Designs are truely unique interior & exterior lighting solutions that bring contemporary elegance & style to homes and businesses across the UK and worldwide. Their range of products includes contemporary exterior lighting, stylish interior lights, hanging chandeliers, bollard lights and even glass planters.

A Majestic Project

Originally created in honour of the Queen’s silver jubilee in 1977, the Jubilee Gardens are situated on London’s South Bank. Tarmac Building Products’ professional landscaping division, was approached to offer advice on helping to ensure that the new gardens received the optimum growing conditions for the turf and plants based on London’s soil type.

Q Lawns Help a Good Cause

Q Lawns' Meadowmat’s Passchendaele Poppy Mix has been created for gardeners who wish to mark the centenary of the First World War & help support wildlife at the same time. For every square metre of Passchendaele Poppy Meadowmat sold, 50p will be donated to the Royal British Legion to help care for serving members of our Armed Forces as well as veterans and their families and dependents.  

Mel Howse

Mel Howse is an established British glass artist, enameller, designer and maker of vitreous art. Her work embraces both contemporary and traditional techniques using both glass and steel. Her largest commission is a 500m2 glass façade for the retailer Sainsbury's. Her most unusual piece is probably ‘The Art Bath’ in cast iron and vitreous enamel.

Practicality Brown

Practicality Brown has announced that their top-selling Elveden Instant Hedge, which is usually grown to 1.8m high, is now available clipped at 1 – 1.2m high. Practicality Brown has over 40,000 metres of certified UK provenance stock currently in production. For more information, visit them at The Landscape Show!

All in a Day's Work

GroundsCare Products  sell and rent a unique range of time-saving landscape maintenance machinery. Their machines offer considerable time savings. In the case of the lawn Edger, operators have achieved in a day what would take a week using traditional methods!

Teardrops of happiness!

Europlanters manufactured the bespoke 5.2 metre diameter, GRP teardrop shaped planters for the New Birmingham Library. These were then used as flowerbeds to create a tranquil space on level three. Here visitors can relax, catch their breath or take a look at the interesting views of the Birmingham skyline.

International Pavilion Launched for 2014

We are proud to announce that we are launching a NEW International Pavillion. The price is £1200 per stand. Please call us on 0207 821 8221 or email us at info@landscapeshow.co.uk. We look forward to seeing you in September 2014!

Landscape Show & CPD

Landscape Show is proud to announce that it is now CPD Accredited. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the term used to describe the commitment to lifelong learning and the need to enhance skills to stay effective in the workplace. By attending seminars at the Landscape Show you can start working towards CPD certificates and awards.

Bronzino's Charger collection at Landscape Show

Bronzino containers are hand-made by artisans from solid copper and zinc, for use inside and out. Inspired by traditional metalworking forms & techniques, Scottish designer Kenneth Topp established Bronzino to create a showcase for craft-based functional design & to keep European metalworking traditions alive.

New PRO Landscape Software.

Drafix Software, Inc., the leading provider of professional landscape design software has announced a new release of its PRO Landscape design software. PRO Landscape Version 20 coincides with Drafix’s 20^th anniversary and includes many new enhancements for landscape & garden designers, contractors, architects and garden centres.

Play Time!

Online playgrounds is a one stop shop for playground spares and associated products from swing seats to surfacing repair materials, dedicated to offering a fast, efficient and professional service. A family run company who have been manufacturing high quality playground equipment in Cambridgeshire for 21 years.

Hannah Griffiths

Hannah Griffiths is a mosaic artist and painter; she makes bespoke mosaics for public and private clients. Her beautiful mosaics would enliven a courtyard or outdoor space where planting is not possible or could be incorporated into a planting scheme, complimenting it and providing year round beauty and interest.  

Land F/X

Land F/X, the standard in landscape architecture & irrigation design software, is pleased to announce their attendance to the 2014 Landscape Show in London in response to a growing international user-base & debate over the Government Construction Strategy.With the UK’s adoption of the (GCS), the necessity for BIM solutions specific to landscape architecture has risen & Land F/X is poised to lead the way.

Light`n`Shade from Gilkicker Ltd

Last year was Gilkicker Ltd.'s busiest season for sales and installations of their Light`n`Shade adjustable louvred canopy roofs. In 2014 Gilkicker Ltd are launching a number of new innovative canopy roof solutions to complement the Light`n`Shade system. See them at Landscape Show 2014 for more information.

Let There Be Light!

Garden Lighting Specialists Lumena Lights progress with an impressive range of high end outdoor lighting with stylish new additions for 2014. With a versatile, durable and reasonably priced selection of lighting and exclusive discounts available to SGD members and trade professionals, Lumena are the perfect choice for the discerning garden designer. See them at Landscape Show 2014!

A Spark of Genius!

What to do with those anonymous blocks that sit in our streets, the electricity sub station? A housing trust in east London commissioned leading mosaic artist Gary Drostle to come up with a scheme that would be both tough, beautiful and reflect on the purpose of the block in it's latest housing development. Gary took the flow of electrons along a circuit and the visible spectrum as his inspiration.

CED Natural Stone Supply to 2014 APL Award Winners

CED are very proud to have supplied four of the short listed projects at this year's APL Awards. The first was built by Living Landscapes and designed by Peter Reader, the second was for a project designed and built by Landspace and the other two projects were both designed by Kate Gould and built by Team Landscapers.

Architectural Heritage

SGD Product of the Year 2014!

10 Years of Success!

Aralia Garden Design was set up in 2004 when LANDSCAPE 2013 speaker Patricia Fox started out as a Garden Designer working locally across Hertfordshire & Essex. Aralia is now celebrating 10 successful years in business with both UK & international clients, and a string of prestigious national awards to it's name.

Wayne Hart

Wayne Hart, lettercutter, lettering artist and typographer, recently completed the prestigious memorial to C.S. Lewis in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey.  The final design features Lewis’s name and dates in the center of the stone encapsulated by one of his quotes. This reads, ‘I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it but because by it I see everything else’.

175 Years!

Guests gathered at The Kensington Roof Gardens to celebrate the 175^th anniversary of Perennial, the UK’s only charity working exclusively to support horticulturists. Speeches were made by Chair Sir Roger Singleton, Alan Titchmarsh, Perennial’s President and HRH Princess Alexandra, Perennial’s Royal Patron, who said a few words of congratulation and cut a magnificent birthday cake.

Tobermore & Northern Ireland's favourite outdoor venue

Leading Northern Ireland based paving and walling manufacturer, Tobermore, have supplied a range of fabulous paving products used to create the classic landscape of Cutters Wharf, Belfast. Products installed include Historic flags, Tegula Heather block paving, Tegula Setts Heather, Sienna Setts Silver & Step risers in Charcoal. See them at Landscape 2014.

Thrive at Landscape 2014

Thrive is a charity that uses gardening to help people living with disability or mental health. One of its most recent projects, funded by The Royal British Legion, is called Down to Earth which sees the charity working with ex-military personnel. It uses elements from Thrives’ successful ‘Working it Out’ programme alongside social and therapeutic horticulture aspect leading to qualifications.

ASLA Professional Awards

Successful Year for The Gardeners Guild

Awareness of The Gardeners Guild continues to grow. Appearing at Landscape 2013 they distributed all of their application forms and received lots of interest from designers who were looking for gardeners they could recommend. New member applications increased by 50% in the 2 months following Landscape show. The Landscape Team are happy to welcome them back for 2014!

WoodBlocX's Raised Bed Rescue campaign

The company that has turned the humble raised bed into a beautiful garden must-have in launching a nation-wide competition to help rejuvenate public gardens across the UK. WoodBlocX is pledging up to £5000 of it's products as part of its Raised Bed Rescue campaign, which aims to help community and public gardens that are in need of some TLC.

Solar Street Charge Stations keeps your mobile phone alive!

Street Charge has been successfully trialled in over 50 locations in New York, and is now available in Europe through a partnership with Belfast based Environmental Street Furniture, with a launch in the UK next month. The product keeps your mobile phone charged for people on-the-go in between home, office or the café, using only solar power.

Tamar Nurseries

Tamar Nurseries has been established since 1979 and has grown into one of the country’s leading nurseries. They grow over a million plants each year together with one of Europe’s largest range of trees up to semi-matures. One of their main strengths is their ‘Contract Grow’ service enabling customers to accommodate their specific specifications, right from initial planning, through production, to the final delivery stage.

Schellevis Launches in the UK

Schellevis, with over 70 years of experience on the Continent, is launching its products in the UK market. They produce a wide range of architectural paving slabs, roofing slabs, landscaping products, horticultural and noise reducing products which can be found in parks, homes,offices, and private gardens. The products are manufactured by using natural resources in an environmentally friendly way.

Erlau AG appearing at Landscape 2014

Erlau AG is a leading manufacturer of outdoor furniture & open space equipment. They are launching their new BellaVia outdoor furniture range, comprising an innovative trapezoid elegance, optical attractiveness alongside a bold distinctive style. You could expect to see the outdoor furniture range at train stations, parks and a variety of urban surroundings.

APL Networking Seminar - Growing Your Business

Landscapers and designers are invited to an evening packed with advice and guidance on how to take their business to the next level at the Spring APL Networking Seminar on the 6th March at Classiflora, Essex. Guests will receive a wealth of top tips, tools and advice to apply to their businesses. For the first time, the seminar will also feature an interactive panel session too.

Institute of Horticulture Young Horticulturist of the Year

There is still time compete in the Institute of Horticulture Young Horticulturist of the Year (YHoY) 2014 competition. Prizes valued at more than £10,000 are on offer, including the coveted £2,000 Percy Thrower Travel Bursary prize for the winner. This year’s competition is forecast to be the biggest ever, with well over 2,000 young horticulturists participating. 

Investment in car park tree planting really paying off

More emphasis is being placed on improving the long-term success rate of trees in retail car parks according to Landscape exhibitor Greenleaf. Large mature trees are particularly effective in regulating the microclimate, attenuating and filtering water, attenuating noise, improving air quality and sequestering carbon. 

Concepturbain at Landscape 2014

With 33 years of experience as a street furniture designer and manufacturer, Concepturbain works with cast iron, steel, aluminium and stainless steel in combination with wood, polyethylene or composite materials. Concepturbain offers technical responses for roads problems and elegant solutions for landscaping, public spaces or commercial centers.

Jacuzzi Partners with Pride of Britain Hotels

Jacuzzi Spa and Bath Limited are delighted to announce their brand new commercial partnership with the Pride of Britain Hotels consortium, a collection of 50 independent, mostly family-owned, luxury hotels in some of the most beautiful locations around the British Isles. Natasha McCreesh, Marketing Manager for Jacuzzi Spa & Bath Limited says “It is our desire to develop relationships with hotels who value the wellness experience of their guests".

APL Supporting Landscape Show 2014

We are pleased to announce that APL will be supporting the show this September 23rd & 24th in Battersea Park, London. We are offering a limited amount of APL members the opportunity to be part of the event with their own subsidised stand area allowing them to meet Garden Designers who are actively seeking Contractors but to also look for new products, materials and techniques.

Learn with the Landscape Show

Landscape Show is proud to announce that it is now CPD Accredited. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the term used to describe the commitment to lifelong learning and the need to enhance skills to stay effective in the workplace. By attending seminars at the Landscape Show you can start working towards CPD certificates and awards.

Jacuzzi Hot Tubs Celebrate Holiday Park Success

The Darwin Leisure Property Fund invested £8m to transform the brand new Cheddar Woods Holiday Park in Somerset, from a camping site to a luxury lodge park with extensive leisure facilities - including 29 Jacuzzi Hot tubs. They have also requested 27 tubs for Woodside Beach Holiday Park, which is coming soon to the Isle of Wight, as well as 30 tubs for Piran Meadows in Cornwall.

Landscape Show Video

Watch the video from Landscape 2013. Soak up the atmosphere and the excitement from our guests.

12-page Exclusive of the Landscape Show 2013 in The Landscaper

Grab a copy of this month's Landscaper to see an exciting 12-page exclusive of Landscape 2013. Praising the show as "gearing up to be one of the leading shows in the industry for years to come", The Landscaper has dedicated 12 pages to Landscape, People, Products and Services. Take a look...

William Hardie on Channel 4

Landscape 2014 speaker William Hardie is embarking on his second project for George Clarke's Amazing Spaces on Channel 4. Over the 8 part series he will design and build an accessible tree house for a charitable trust in Northumberland. The Project presents some very big challenges and some very unusual solutions. A recommended watch for those of you that are interested.

Fernando in Fitzrovia

Fitzrovia, London W1, once home to Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolfe is now said to be the home of eclectic celebrity Lady Gaga who has chosen one of the Fitzrovia Apartments as her London-home. Recently featured in The Times, this 7 storey apartment block boasts a number of pent houses which feature beautiful garden terraces designed by Landscape 2013 speaker and Chelsea Flower Show medal-winner Fernando Gonzalez.

Jacuzzi Spa & Bath Ltd put hotels on the map

Jacuzzi will be presenting the Jacuzzi® Original Wellness Hotel concept to hoteliers this year. Jacuzzi® Original Wellness is all about quality and experience this means every time a guest books into a Jacuzzi® Original Wellness Hotel, they will not only remember the exceptional feeling of using one of our baths, hot tubs, saunas or steam rooms; they will remember that hotel forever.

Success for Sorbus at Landscape 2013

Appearing for the first time at the Landscape Show, Sorbus have already booked their exhibition space for Landscape 2014 having had a fantastic show. The products they featured on their stand were remarkably well received and sales at and after the show are extremely encouraging. The show gave them a chance to meet hundreds of potential new customers with many of them taking an avid interist in the variety of the products they can offer. 

Troughs, troughs, troughs...

Architectural Heritage is exceptionally pleased with their new range of limestone period stone troughs. Sourced in France, these limestone troughs all have a wonderful patination, with a couple being of exceptional and notable size. These antique troughs can be made watertight, for a water feature, or alternately drill for drainage for planting. 

SASHA by Jacuzzi® wins BRONZE award at IIDEX Canada Innovation Awards 2013

The Innovation Awards celebrate the industry’s leading manufacturers and suppliers within the fields of design and architecture, and recognize outstanding achievement in new product design for the built environment. Jacuzzi® are therefore thrilled with this fantastic testament not only to SASHA but to their world famous brand!

Battersea Park Competition - Winner Announced!

From a shortlist of 8 innovative entries submitted to redesign The Promontory in Battersea Park there can only be one winner. Gerry Birtles from Wandsworth Council chose David Keary’s design as the winning design. “We think it makes the best of the promontory’s location to give really good viewing points up, down and across the river. It meets the requirements of being in keeping with the Victorian heritage of the park – which for us is a fundamental requirement.” 

A Successful Show for Landscape 2013

Set over two busy days in the beautiful Battersea Park, Landscape 2013 has been confirmed as a total triumph with more than 132 exhibitors launching new products as well as promoting their best sellers to key customers. A diverse seminar programme featuring 34 speakers explored key topics in the world of landscaping and design proved a popular talking point. With 69% of exhibitors rebooking on site to return for Landscape 2014 we are already enthusiastic that the next show will be bigger and better than ever.

Europlanters and the New Birmingham Library

Approached by Frosts Landscapes, Europlanters manufactured the bespoke 5.2 metre diameter, GRP teardrop shaped planters for the New Birmingham Library. These were then used as flowerbeds to create a tranquil space. where visitors can relax, catch their breath or take a look at the interesting views of the Birmingham skyline.

Environmental Street Furniture

A brand new concept of outdoor benches that can be installed in endless lines, straight and also variously curved. Unique is the combination of horizontal lamellas of tropical wood on a seat and vertical ones on an elevated backrest. It is not only about individual benches, but a landscape element in the city, a real small architecture.

Relaxation, comfort and intimacy in the comfort of your home...

These are the promises that Jacuzzi® makes with its latest wellness concept - City™ Spa. A new dimension in wellness that you can enjoy in urban spaces and compact gardens, inside the apartment or out on the patio, for all those that want to take all-round care of themselves. 

Hahn Plastics Ltd.

Their landscape range is ideal for projects where lifespan is important as it is durable, lasts at least 5 times longer than timber, made of dense solid material, chip, crack and splinter proof, low maintenance, will show little visible sign of wear, UV and insect resistant, impervious to water so will not rot and weather resistant making it easy to clean! Ideal!

4th Edition Live!

Green Roofing just got easier

Q Lawns have introduced Green Roof Kits.  Each kit contains the right quantity of the right materials to create a sedum roof on either a pitched or a flat roof.   All the buyer needs to do is measure the roof, decide whether it is flat or sloping and click on the kit that’s the right size.  Simple!

2000 Twitter followers and counting!

Grant of a Royal Charter to the Institute of Horticulture

The Institute of Horticulture (IoH) is delighted to announce that Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to grant a Royal Charter to the Institute of Horticulture. The Institute's Royal Charter will come into legal effect when it is sealed by the Crown Office at the House of Lords. It is expected that this will be completed in the New Year 2014.

Fernando Gonzalez Garden Design

Fernando Gonzalez Garden Design is an award-winning practice with a reputation for making gardens that are artworks in themselves. In 2013, FGGD was named one of the 50 Most Innovative Practices across the Globe by Digital Landscape Architecture Now. At the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013 Fernando Gonzalez was awarded a Silver-Gilt medal for the garden called ‘ The Sound of Silence ‘.

ASLA Joins LANDSCAPE 2013

Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) represents more than 15,000 landscape architecture professionals and students in the United States, its territories, and 42 other countries around the world.  ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship.

Europlanters

Europlanters has been established for over 20 years and are a major supplier of plant containers in the UK. They are also leading designers and manufacturers of Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) planters for interior and exterior landscaping. Based in Cheshire, they supply wholesalers, exhibition contractors and interior and exterior landscapers throughout the U.K. and Ireland.

July issue of LANDSCAPE Show News

The Gardeners Guild

The Gardeners Guild is now working with LoneALERT to arrange a group discount on lone worker protection services at a subsidised rate so that individual members can access this service at the same rate as a business. LoneALERT provides a range of products designed to ensure the protection of lone workers and staff who work remotely, including smartphone apps and Man Down alarms.

APL

The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) was formed to try and raise and maintain standards in the industry and to help consumers make an informed choice in a market place that is susceptible to problems. As a customer, you can feel confident that the APL landscaper you have chosen has met prescribed professional standards.

Architectural Heritage

Now well into its second generation, Architectural Heritage continues to grow, proudly producing the garden antiques of the future and providing clients worldwide with the fine service and expert knowledge that has been our hallmark for over 40 years. A selection of pieces will be displayed at this years LANDSCAPE show in Battersea Park this September.

Kensington Roof Gardens

The Roof Gardens in Kensington has long been one of London's most spectacular and extraordinary landmarks. Designed as an escape from London, The Roof Gardens comprises of three gardens spanning acress 1.5 acres. The Gardens are celebrating their 75th Anniversary so there is plenty planned throughout the year to help commemorate such an  occasion!

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Alan Titchmarsh launches the RHS Chelsea Centenary Appeal

Britain's best-known gardener, Alan Titchmarsh, has joined forces with the RHS to reach out to the next generation of horticulturists. The RHS vice president launched the RHS Chelsea Centenary Appeal, with the aim of helping the charity highlight the breadth of opportunities that horticulture offers. “We must act now to make horticulture appeal to young people.”

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Perennial

Perennial provides free, confidential advice, support and financial assistance to people of all ages working in or retired from horticulture and their spouses, partners and children. Their work depends entirely on voluntary donations from the horticultural industry and the garden-loving public; they will be at the LANDSCAPE show in September and look forward to your visit.

Juliet Sargeant - SGD

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Professional collaboration is key to good garden design. The Society of Garden Designers is proud to be promoting excellence in garden design at the LANDSCAPE Show.

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Richard Miers Garden Designer

“The one and only event for the whole industry to come together”

ASLA join The Landscape Show

Landscape Show is delighted to announce a new partnership with ASLA and their trade publication. ASLA has more than 15,000 members and 49 chapters, representing all 50 states, U.S. territories, and 68 countries around the world. Looking to attract more designers and architects, Landscape Show is the perfect platform to help push their brand and draw a new audience.

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