Landscape & Urban Design Issue 14 2015 | Page 67

The positive energy of flowers and plants JUB Holland have been heavily involved in several UK projects, including providing the bulbs for this year’s Tulips for Liberators flower mosaics in Kew Gardens and Lincoln Cathedral to mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied liberation of the Netherlands. JUB demonstrated their bulb planting machinery in Warrington’s Walton Gardens, as part of our Greener Cities day, and they donated 50,000 bulbs for planting across Manchester and nearby Warrington. “With our special planting machines a local council can plant 25,000 bulbs an hour in grass as opposed to around 5,000 a day with manual planting,” explains JUB’s Robbert Uittenbogaard. The bulbs were JUB’s “Happy Bee Mixture”, which have been designated “bee-friendly” by The British Bee keepers Association for their biodiversity credentials. They are also “budget-friendly” as the bulbs will flower over a period of up to six months, so you save money on mowing, and they will last for a minimum of ten years. We were also delighted to welcome Village Sensation, a Dutch company specialising in brightening-up towns and public spaces with cost effective flowers and plants. As well as the familiar flower boxes and hanging baskets, councils and co