PAYNES TURF
INSTALLED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY FOR
COMMEMORATION OF LANDSCAPE GARDENER
World Heritage Site and Royal a fine appearance year-round and The ‘extra mile’ service we received
Church, Westminster Abbey, had for its ease of maintenance. It was from Paynes Turf was incredible,
its famous Cloister Garth lawn installed by Countour Landscapes and one of the reasons we wouldn’t
returfed with 800sqm of Paynes (appointed by principal contractor hesitate to recommend them to all
Turf’s Premium Grade Turf for Bakers of Danbury), who also landscapers,” said Ken Swandel,
the commemoration of the great appreciated Paynes Turf’s client- Operations Director at Contour
18th century landscape gardener, oriented approach. Landscapes.
“With this particular job, access “Landscapers need reliable and
to the Cloister Garth was highly flexible turf delivery, otherwise
restricted. To help us overcome this projects can quickly go wrong for
challenge, Paynes Turf delivered them. Our objective is to save our
the turf in their rigid lorries rather customers time and hassle, which is
than their arctic lorries, enabling why we will always work with each
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. The
ceremony, held on Tuesday 29th
May 2018, was attended by TV
gardener Alan Titchmarsh, who
assisted in the development of a
fountain which was dedicated to
Capability Brown.
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them to get the turf as close to the individual client to understand the
Paynes Turf’s Premium Grade Turf site as possible. They also made two requirements of each particular job
was chosen for the project due to deliveries instead of one, dropping and devise a solution that ensures
its exceptional quality thick green off both deliveries before 6.30am – they have maximum laying time,”
sward, which is renowned amongst this made moving and laying the into said John Payne, Partner at Paynes
landscapers for its ability to retain the Cloister Garth more manageable. Turf.
Landscape & Urban Design Issue 34 2018