Seminars

F1

10:30 - 11:15

Mark Gregory - Landform Consultants Ltd

New Technology with Traditional Materials

Mark Gregory from Landform Consultants will talk about how to use the latest design principles and technologies to work with traditional materials in order to deliver familiar products but in new and exciting formats. From design and construction through to handling and treatments, today's advances now enable effects not previously possible

F2

10:30 - 11:15

Francis Bean - Energy Saving trust

Heating up: The future of ground source heat pumps

Energy Saving Trust's Renewables Manager talks about what's been learnt from the UK's largest ever heat pumps field trial - and what the industry's done about it. Are ground source heat pumps on the verge of a mainstream breakthrough?

F3

10:30 - 11:15

Dr Glynn Percival - Bartlett Trees

The Science of Trees - Enhancing Tree Transplant Survival

Planting trees is easy, getting them to survive after planting is not. For example, across the UK death rates of newly planted trees the first year after planting is on average 24%. By year 3 rates can range from 30 - 100%. This seminar will discuss how to increase survival and establishment rates of newly planted trees.

G1

11:45 - 12:30

Simon Scott - Haddonstone Limited

Artificial or Natural Stone?

Simon Scott will be joining us at LANDSCAPE to discuss the effective use of ornament in the landscape and how artificial materials can replace natural to great effect.

G2

11:45 - 12:30

Alison Crofton - Barratt Homes

Development first, landscaping later?

A developer's view on the importance of soft landscaping design and appointing the right consultant

G3

11:45 - 12:30

Anne Robert - TheOutdoorStylist.com

Design Trends and How They Impact Garden Designers

1. Why 'The Outdoor Room' is now entering a new phase of its development and how this will impact client expectations. 2. How can you stay on top of trends? Which fairs should you attend? What are the best online resources for blue sky thinking as well as sourcing designs for clients?

H1

13:00 - 13:45

Randle Siddeley - Siddeley Associates

My 35 Years as a Landscape Architect - Randle Siddeley, The Lord Kenilworth, draws on his long career in landscape design talking the listener through gardens he has himself created both large and small, town and country, British and international. What unites his projects is a desire to make gardens that suit both the landscape that surrounds them and the people who use them. He will show how achieving a strong core design is essential in order to then make valid and effective choices of materials, plants, trees, furniture, lighting and artworks. He will have advice for the wishing to design their own spectacular garden as well as recognising that gardens are for many people a chance to engage with nature and create an outdoors space that is both pleasing and personal. For over 37 years Randle has seen the happiness that gardens give and has been passionately interested in them from an early age and hopes to impart in this talk that passion.

H2

13:00 - 14:30

UK Green Building Council

Can a building be truly "green" without greenery?

An architect and landscape designer (Carlo Laurenzi, Chris Wilford, Kenneth Freenman) debate and discuss the best way to deliver truly sustainable buildings. Is building design and engineering enough? Or can landscape make those designs even more sustainable in a greater sense of the word? Join us for a conversation on how designing in opportunity for landscape can achieve greater potential for sustainability, creating benefits for the environment, inhabitants and your bottom line.

H3

13:00 - 13:45

Colin Moore - SGD - Society of Garden Designers

Improving Standards and Saving Money in the Garden Landscape Industry

A JCLI garden construction contract and associated landscape consultancy agreement have been produced by the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) in order to save customers, designers and contractors time and money whilst raising standards in the garden design and construction industry. At the same time SGD have produced an update of Heather's Model Specification for Garden Construction which accommodates the garden construction contract. This seminar will introduce the documents and explain when their use is appropriate as well as the advantages of using them for designers, contractors and their customers.

J1

14:15 - 15:00

David Harber - Harber Sundials Limited

The Evolution of Garden Art Over the Last Few Decades

He will consider how garden design has changed and developed. While fashion has changed what styles and forms have held out and what new trends are coming forward.

 

J3

14:15 - 15:00

James Alexander-Sinclair

Blackpitts: From Rubble to Not Bad, All Things Considered

By James Alexander-Sinclair, professional gardener for a quarter of a century, who talks about finding and improving his family home in Northamptonshire, transforming it from rubble to the delightful space it is today.