Entries by Practicality Brown

Formal Private Garden, Buckinghamshire 30 June 2011 in , , , /by

A client with a Grade II listed manor house in Buckinghamshire appointed garden designer Caroline Davy, who created a beautiful formal garden. Practicality Brown Ltd supplied and planted specimen trees, topiary and instant hedging, after winning a competitive tender. Planting included elegant Hornbeam Square Columns, taxus pyramids and a line of Box head Hornbeam trees (Carpinus betulus).

Unusual Specimen Tree Sourcing 28 June 2011 in , /by

Our client in Wiltshire was looking for an unusual specimen tree to take pride of place in his beautiful cottage garden. We sourced and planted a beautiful Chinese beech tree (Fagus enleriana) which is a rare and graceful medium size tree with slender, sea-green foliage hanging from horizontal branches. The tree weight was 1.6 ton so […]

Satisfying Developers 18 May 2011 in , , /by

Satisfying Developers Practicality Brown Ltd was approached by a regular developer client to carry out tree clearance on a newly acquired site prior to re-development. The programme included felling, processing and removing over 175 trees in a two day condensed contract, some of which had a girth exceeding 3m; our extensive range of machinery, trained and experienced […]

Beech Instant Hedge providing maturity on a new development 12 January 2011 in , , , , /by

Beech Instant Hedge providing maturity on a new development A new build development in Gloucestershire gained immediate maturity by the installation of Elveden Instant Hedge; we supplied and installed 36 metres Beech Instant Hedge for a construction company at Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Compared to a traditional size hedge transplants, our unique Elveden Instant Hedge products provides […]

Sensitive Vegetation Clearance 12 August 2010 in , /by

Sensitive Vegetation Clearance Practicality Brown worked on the £380m road building project on the A46 Newark, over a number of months. Some of the clearance included ecologically sensitive work such as stump grubbing in Great Crested Newt habitat. We worked closely with main contractor Balfour Beatty Plc and ecologists from Scott Wilson to carry out […]

52 trucks of Instant Hedging to Stoke 14 December 2009 in , /by

52 trucks of Instant Hedging to Stoke As part of the regeneration of Potteries Way in Stoke, over 1350 linear metres of Elveden Instant Hedge have been supplied by Practicality Brown. Potteries Way regeneration required an impenetrable and established hedge, which could be quickly installed to meet the completion deadlines set upon Stoke City Council. […]