LANDSCAPING SERVICES
PRACTICAL INSTANT
HEDGES ARE ON KEW
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, in West
London, required a mature hedging
solution along the perimeter of their
planned Children’s Garden. The
hedging was needed for immediate
impact, to create the boundary of
the garden, with the intention of
leaving only one main entrance and
exit to the garden.
The Children’s Garden is a major
new feature for Kew and aims to
inspire children to love and care for
plants, gardens and open-air play.
The completed garden is over an
hectare in area and includes play
structures and extensive planting
among the existing trees; it is the
first significant development within
the Kew Gardens estate for over a
decade.
Practicality Brown won a
competitive tender to supply 190
metres Green Beech and 200 metres
of Mixed Native instant hedge. We
grew our Practical Instant Hedges™
for Royal Botanic Gardens, here at
out nursery in Iver. The Native Mix
was made up in equal quantities of
• Dogwood - Cornus sanguinea
• Field Maple - Acer campestre
• Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna
• Hazel - Corylus avellana
• Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus
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This project has been awarded the
British Association of Landscape
Industries’ (BALI) prestigious Grand
Award at the 43rd BALI National
Landscape Awards 2019. Planted and
managed by specialist landscaping
company, Ground Control, this
scheme also won the Community
and Schools Development category.
Congratulations to Royal Botanical
Gardens, Kew, Ground Control and
everyone involved; we are proud
to associated with The Children’s’
Garden.
As with all our dense, pre-planted
and ready grown Practical Instant
Hedges™, this was produced in 1m
long bags of continuous root strips
for easy, stress-free planting all year
round. In addition to the original
tender, we also supplied Quercus
Ilex Instant Hedge and as well as
additional Beech and Native Mix.
The Children’s’ Garden has
proven really successful for Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew with over
25,000 positive reviews. Our 400
metre Practical Instant Hedges™
contribute to the overall ambience,
providing a safe and secure
environment for the children to play
and explore nature.
For more information visit
www.pracbrown.co.uk
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