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Elveden Instant Hedge wins new developer client /in , , , , /by

Practicality Brown were chosen to supply Elveden Instant Hedge for a high quality new home development in Winchester, Hampshire.

The project required:

  • A total of 180m of hedge
  • 136m Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
  • 30m of Common Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) and
  • 14m Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium).

Once again, the introduction of Elveden Instant Hedge truly added immediate impact and maturity to this brand new development.

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Instant Box Hedge with Specimen Topiary Plants /in , , , /by

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.

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RHS Hampton Court Flower Show /in , /by

Once again, we were proudly involved in the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in 2011. We provided hedge for the RHS exhibit together with trees and hedge for three additional gardens, all of them medal winners:

The Eye of the Internet Maze by Judy Cornford (Silver)

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Formal Private Garden, Buckinghamshire /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).

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New Build Tree & Hedge Planting Project /in , , /by

The client had built a spectacular new country home in East midlands on former pasture land and The Landscape Practice, based in York, designed the scheme. Practicality Brown won this project on a competitive tender basis; sourcing, supplying and planting 132 trees and 190 metres of Elveden Instant Hedge, together with an associated aftercare programme. This was an Read more →

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Topiary Garden Design and Build /in , , , /by

Elegant Topiary Garden

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.

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Beech Instant Hedge providing maturity on a new development /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 immediate maturity.  Beech is good hedge for year round seasonally variable interest; it holds onto its bronze autumnal leaves well throughout winter, thereby providing adequate winter screening, despite being deciduous, in the spring the leaves emerge a bright glossy green.  It is a very traditional English hedge and remains one of our best sellers.

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52 trucks of Instant Hedging to Stoke /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. Inspecting the hedges at our Elveden Nursery, Steve Ralphs, Senior Landscape Architect and his colleagues agreed that our Beech Instant Hedge was the most substantial product they had seen. The Beech Instant Hedge selected was typically 1.8 to 2.0 metres high and 60cm deep. Other areas where planted with 1.4 metres high Instant Hedge.

By liaising closely with the landscape contractor, we were able to deliver hedges in multiples loads, two or three times a day, as access and conditions allowed. Favourable comments were received by Steve Ralphs, both from the local residents and from the Councillors. “The impact has been dramatic” says Steve. The regeneration of Potteries Way included a significant amount of site clearance, turf and semi mature tree planting.

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Purple Beech for New Build in Hockwold /in , /by

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 →

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Turnberry Resort, Scotland /in , , /by

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.