Practicality Brown was asked to plant two large trees into small residential gardens on a new boundary of a University in Camden Town, London. The residents had their existing trees removed during the demolition of the old boundary wall to make way for the erection of a new one. Each replacement tree had to be carefully craned from over the building from street side to the small Read more →
The customers requirement was simple, an effective screen from passing ramblers.
We suggested Yew hedging plants at 2.5 metre high and 79 linear metres was carefully planned and planted in just two days. In addition, Elveden Instant Hedge in Native Mix was planted in another area of the property, helping to create a mature garden and privacy that the client craved. The client gave us the following testimonial:
The new development of individually styled period houses was softened into the environment by the judicious installation of evergreen Elveden Instant Hedge.
Common Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus ‘Rotundifloia’) was chosen for its soft, pale green, fresh look and its even, vigorous growth that provides a year round hedge which reliably screens any new build project. Common Yew (Taxus baccata) was used on the front boundary to add a touch of classic evergreen maturity and sense of time to the development.
Practicality Brown were chosen to supply Elveden Instant Hedge for a high quality new home development in Winchester, Hampshire.
The project required:
Once again, the introduction of Elveden Instant Hedge truly added immediate impact and maturity to this brand new development.
Award-winning Garden Designer, Arne Maynard designed a formal garden for a manor house in Berkshire.
We supplied and planted Elveden Instant Hedge, Box hedge and specimen topiary to create an instant traditional garden in phase one of the garden design.
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).
Practicality Brown were commissioned to design and build an elegant topiary garden around the client’s rotunda in a private garden in Kent. We supplied and planted 24 semi mature trees, Instant Hedge and Specimen Topiary; the project required a high level of in-house project management and coordination with other trades on site and the entire design and build programme, from start to handover, was just eight weeks.
Purple Beech for New Build in Hockwold
Josephine Robertson of Robertson Builders Ltd visited our Elveden Nursey to view the Instant Hedge growing on site and selected the Purple Beech Instant Hedge, for a new build projects in Hockwold, Suffolk. A total of 100 linear metres of 1.8 to 2.0m high Purple Beech was installed, ensuring that the landscape matched the quality of the property build. Josephine was delighted, Read more →
Turnberry Resort, Scotland
Practicality Brown’s Instant Hedge was specified to complete an Instant Landscape for the Turnberry Resort, who were hosting the Ryder Cup golf event. 180 linear metres of Instant Holly Hedge were installed by Land Engineering Ltd, one of Scotland’s leading landscapers, who planted the hedge to our high standards.
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