We were so excited to win not one but two awards at The BALI National Landscape Awards.
After 30 years of designing and creating gardens, we joined BALI (The British Association of Landscape Industries), the country’s leading professional organisation for our sector. So imagine our excitement when we were told that at our first attempt, we had won not one, but two of their National Landscape Awards.
Having never entered before we then took a team of 12 to the awards ceremony at The Grosvenor on 1 December 2023, where overall winners were announced. So imagine our reaction when we won two awards for best in category and best newcomer – watched by some 1000 guests representing the very best designers, contractors and suppliers in the industry. Truly amazing that our professionalism and team effort were recognised as being second to none.
As if that wasn’t excitement enough we have won again this year with our Manor House – designed by in-house designer Sophie.
The Manor House - National Landscape Awards Winner
Pip’s Wildlife Pond - principal Landscape Award Winner
Designed by Jo Alderson Philips, our BALI National Award winning creation, which won the prestigious ‘Principal Award’ and ‘Special Award’ in 2003, replaced a modest pond with a dramatic 250m wildlife pond, created using a liner that weighed one tonne, complete with a boardwalk to entice you across to a cantilevered deck.
Deep marginal shelves were generously planted amongst 84 tonnes of Caledonian glacial boulders, whilst grass paths lead around the feature to open a variety of vistas, all nestled seamlessly along the edge of an established mixed native woodland.
A wonderland in Wimbledon - National Landscape Awards Winners
Our second BALI National Award winning creation was, before we started, a frankly rather ordinary and uninspiring rear garden, laid to lawn with a few shrubs.
The challenge was to create something striking, highlighting the stunning London brickwork, whilst maximising the use of the modest space. The end result a wildlife friendly haven, incorporating water, wildflower meadows, stunning trees and several places to sit and ponder.
It has also been recently featured in Country Homes & Interiors.
“A wonderful project in a unique setting, beautifully complimenting the house. A quick fly through gives you the sense of a very special scheme.”
