Landscape and Urban Design Issue 45 2020 | Page 28

GREEN & BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE
GREEN-TECH IS A MAJOR
SUPPLIER TO NEW LEEDS
SKELTON LAKE M1 SERVICES
Overview
A £60 million Leeds Skelton Lake
Services on Junction 45 of the M1
has been completed during the
Covid-19 Pandemic.
The innovative new service station
includes a business centre, food and
beverage outlets and landscaped
areas. A visitor area with a lakeside
viewing deck is still to be built.
Landscape Contractors
Brambledown Landscapes Services
were commissioned to undertake
the soft landscaping of this huge
project which had to tie in with the
natural environment of the nearby
Skelton Lake and Gardens. They
turned to their long-term supplier
Green-tech for the landscaping
materials and sundries.
The Solution
Skelton Lakes Service Station
in Leeds is unlike any other. It
boasts a twisting living roof and
many unique landscape features.
Brambledown Landscapes Services
were responsible for constructing
natural landscaping throughout the
30-acre service station site.
They have a long-standing
relationship with Green-tech,
who supplied the majority of
the landscaping materials which
included over 200 tonnes of Greentree
topsoil, 150 tonnes of compost,
300m3 of bark Mulch, in excess of
7000 Tubex Shrub Shelters and all of
the tree ancillaries, which included
stakes, belting, blocks and irrigation
for circa 500 newly planted trees.
For the trees planted into the hardlandscaped
areas we supplied in
the region of 100m² of the urban
tree planting system ArborRaft,
along with 100 tonnes of ArborRaft
soil and subsoil. Used together,
the system combines geo-cellular
ArborRaft units which lock together
within the tree pit and nutrientrich
ArborRaft soil. Combined
they provide essential load bearing
support and reduce soil compaction
within the tree pit to enable healthy
root growth.
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