Landscape & Urban Design Issue 39 2019 | Page 88

GREEN & BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE JOHN CHAMBERS WILDFLOWER MATTING SUPPLIED FOR BALANCING POND ON NEW BELLWAY HOMES SITE Green-tech has recently supplied 1000 They were working on behalf of major As well as being lovely to look at, it sqm of John Chambers wildflower UK residential property developer, will encourage biodiversity and over matting for a newly created Balancing Bellway homes on their Ashtree time will help build up and support an pond on a new housing development. gardens development; a stunning ecosystem. PGE Landscaping Ltd is a professional landscaping, fencing and grounds development of new homes in the market town of Ashby-de- la-Zouch. maintenance company working within A balancing pond (also known as the construction sector throughout the a balancing lakes, attenuation or Midlands and surrounding counties. retention ponds) acts as a temporary storage facility for watercourses like streams. Rather than water being discharged directly into the watercourse, potentially overwhelming it and causing flooding, the water is stored in the balancing pond. John Chambers Wildflower Matting Jon Austin, Head of Sales & Estimating from PGE Landscaping Ltd said, “We have worked with Green-tech on numerous occasions and were really pleased with the quality of their John Chambers Wildflower Matting. It was delivered as specified and was easy to lay with instant results. The client was pleased and we’ve overheard local residents commenting on how impressive it is and how it has created a lovely view for those living in sight has been installed around the pond. It of it. They’re just waiting for the is a balanced mixture of wildflowers ducks now! I have no hesitation and grasses growing in a moisture recommending both Green-tech and the retentive biodegradable felt, that John Chambers Wildflower Matting.” provide an instant wildflower meadow. Made up of native wildflower species, the Wildflower Turf will provide beautiful blooms that will grow back year after year. 88 Landscape & Urban Design Issue 39 2019 www.green-tech.co.uk