Posted on: March 9, 2011 by normanmaitland posted in News
The scale of the development at Europe’s largest eco village is vast so there is always plenty to do. Our montage of pictures shows some of the things we were busy with on Tuesday 8th March. First task, shown in picture 1 was to clear some 250 tonnes of timber from the site and haul it for recycling. Another team was on hand to repair the boundary fencing on the site (picture 2) whilst another was busy preparing the site for a VIP visit (The development has attracted a lot of interest from authorities throughout Europe). As part of that same preparation we litter picked the entire site so it was spick and span. You can see the first houses in the distance across the (litter-free!) vista in picture 4.
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The weather has improved (at least for now!) so we are able to get on with preparing the ground for re-seeding work across large areas of fairway at The Celtic Manor. While we were there it was good to see that work we had carried out before Christmas was taking nicely and will be sure to meet the Manor’s exacting standards.
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Posted on: March 8, 2011 by normanmaitland posted in News
The sheer scale of the work to be done to bring the landscape plans for this centre to reality becomes apparent in these pictures. There is serious earth moving and shaping to be carried out and drainage to be installed so that plants and trees from around the world can be placed in what will be a stunning landscape.
The picture below shows one of the huge ornamental rocks which have been sourced from a quarry in the Lake District being lowered (very gently!) to its resting place.
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Posted on: March 3, 2011 by normanmaitland posted in News
Some landscaping projects are quite simply jaw dropping in the their scale and scope. Such is the case at the Jane Hodge Care home in the Vale of Glamorgan which has just been acquired by new owners and is undergoing a massive transformation (pictured above with work underway). The new owners are determined to make this hospice a showpiece centre for brain damaged patients and have travelled the world sourcing his plants and landscape materials, in Japan, the USA, Germany, Italy and Ireland.
The link between well-being and access to green spaces is well proven and it is fantastic to think that such a world class care facilty is going to be such a showcase for this therapeutic phenomenon.
We’ll post more pictures as the project goes on
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Last year was something of a record in terms of the sheer volume of business and the number of projects we were engaged on at the is time of year. As 2011 gets into its stride we’re pleased ro report that the record has been broken!
We have just completed turfing 20,000 square metres of turf at the Celtic Manor: 14000 square metres on the driving range and 6000 square meteres on the hospitality plateau (pictured above) which visitors to the Ryder Cup will recall was a mudbath after the torrential rain which beset the event. Things are pretty wet there again as you can see from the picture of some of our team below. We are now just waiting for the weather to dry and will be back there seeding huge areas ready for the spring.
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