Case Studies

England’s first public park, Derby Arboretum, was renovated by laying almost 8,000 square metres of a variety turf products.

Landscape supplier Green-tech has supplied 9,000 Tubex tree shelters and 80,000 tree spirals for the first phase of the creation of a new 279ha woodland in the Kilpatrick Hills.

Haley and Judit bought a house in Witham, Essex without a fence or hedge boundary between their property and the neighbouring farmer’s field. They also had a lot of rubble to dispose of after knocking down walls and sheds to build a drive. They needed to install a boundary and organise costly rubbish disposal on a very tight budget. Haley contacted Green-tech and asked us to help. The Solution

Glasgow Fort Retail Park is one of Scotland’s largest and most popular ‘out of town’ shopping destinations with 100 outlets and parking for 2,500 vehicles. It has a catchment area covering in the region of 2 million people and circa 100 retail and leisure outlets covering over 800,000sq ft.

Glendale Civic Trees who specialise in the supply, plant and relocation of trees has undertaken the creation of a Parkland for a private client in Gloucestershire.

As part of an ambitious transformation programme to modernise Nottingham City’s leisure centre facilities to meet the needs of local communities a £13.5 million redevelopment project for the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre commenced at the end of 2013 and was completed in June 2015 ahead of its official opening in September 2015.

Green-tree has launched its new Rain Garden Filter Medium; a bespoke engineered soil for use in rain garden applications.

The Dakota Deluxe hotel in Leeds is the latest addition to the luxury Dakota hotel chain formed by Malmaison Hotel founder Ken McCulloch based out of Scotland. Opened in May 2017, the hotel is aimed at business travellers and guests that enjoy luxury hotels, it boasts a bar and grill restaurant in addition to a cocktail bar

Green-tree’s intensive roof garden substrate has been installed in one of the most high profile and newest commercial buildings in the centre of York. Global insurer Hiscox Ltd has recently completed a £19 million office-build in the city’s historic centre, employing 250 people so far.

Ocean Road is part of the South Shields town centre redevelopment programme. The improvements to Ocean Road will provide a more attractive and pleasant pedestrian route which draws visitors to and from the Foreshore.

The new ITV Media City based in Salford is now the home of the nation’s favourite TV programme – Coronation Street. A major part of the Coronation Street move was the introduction of a tree onto the street, as the uprooting of the existing tree was considered highly impractical. The tree required planting in a specific restricted area and gtSpecifier was called upon to assist with drawing up the plans and visiting the site to prepare the tree pit.

The Marlowes Shopping Centre is Hemel Hempstead's main shopping area, situated in the town centre.

Green-tech has supplied the materials for a roof garden and landscaping at a new state-of-theart £23m emergency care centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.

A £3m business park development in North Yorkshire has specified the installation of GRB Plus to provide a robust and effective landscaping solution to its car parking areas. Rabbit Hill Business Park, located on the outskirts of Harrogate is the new home to four local businesses and boasting expansive warehousing and office space. Due to its central location off the A1, the car parking areas were key to the to the business park’s build and a secure, stable solution was required to accommodate t

Green-tech was part of the Radio 1’s Big Weekend that took place at Earlham Park in Norwich in 2015.

Green-tech has recently supplied 45 tree grilles to Dobson UK LLP, a leading provider of commercial landscaping and grounds maintenance.

The recent redevelopment of Tollgate Retail Park is a massive boost for the local area, revamping a retail area that required more parking and better walkways and access between retail units. As part of the improvements to the external landscaping and car parking area, 12 tree pits were installed incorporating the Mona Plant System.

Orchard Groundcare Ltd who are a specialist national Solar Park landscape contractor has been responsible for the seeding and planting at one of Britain’s biggest solar farms. They won the contract to manage the landscaping and maintenance of the site which is located in South East England and is capable of powering the whole of Herne Bay. The huge solar farm is set over eight fields which cover a total of 213 acres.

Trinity Square is a new £150m mixed-use commercial development that has created a new town Centre in the heart of Gateshead. The redevelopment includes a large 150,000 ft2 Tesco extra superstore with a new basement car park providing over 700 underground car parking spaces. Above the store is a rooftop student village for Northumbria University with accommodation for over 900 students, offices, apart-hotel, a PCT health facility and a 9 screen multiplex cinema, along with a beautiful landscaped

Over the past 3 years Green-tech has observed the development of the A1 upgrade scheme as it travels through North Yorkshire. A project worth £318 million, the A1 upgrade has been a logistical triumph and a long waited high quality improvement to the Northern motorway network. Green-tech was ecstatic to be selected as a supplier to the project, working in partnership with Ashlea Landscape Contractors to plant a mixture of trees and shrubs along the embankments and trunk roads of the A1 between D

Green-tech were able to provide the perfect solution – a bespoke soil mix which was very light and had a high nutrient content.

The United Synagogue recently commissioned a project to enlarge the UK’s most significant Jewish cemetery, a 16-acre site in London’s Green Belt, and to create two new prayer halls.

Eternal Lawns, a professional artificial grass installation company based in Morley, were hired by a property developer to install a York-stone patio and artificial grass. The large garden needed to be separated into three, one for each of the apartments. Eternal Lawns recommended the use of 20 one metre high ivy gt green screens from Green-tech to divide the gardens in Harrogate, and give it instant impact and privacy.

Award winning landscaping supplier Green-tech has supplied the materials to stabilise part of a river bank in North Yorkshire.

Sun Rising natural burial ground is South Warwickshire's beautiful nature reserve burial ground. Situated at the edge of the Cotswold area of outstanding natural beauty, Sun Rising provides a final resting place.

John Chambers Wildflower Seed has donated 2.5kg of bespoke native wildflower seed to the Hagge Woods Trust for their woodland wonderland at Three Hagges Wood-Meadow.

Nottingham Trent University city site is located in the heart of Nottingham city centre with 30 buildings surrounded by 5.1 hectares of open space. The heart of the campus underwent a multi-million pound refurbishment in 2015 which included two new state-of-the-art buildings in the Clifton complex with beautiful landscaped outdoor spaces where Green-tech supplied the landscaping materials.

A £15m new development of the Business School at the University of Essex, has incorporated over 140 tonnes of Green-tree topsoil into its landscaping and groundworks. Spread over 5500 sq m, the building features a Bloomberg Financial Market Lab, study pods and a café with sun terrace and elevates the school’s position to compete with the premier business schools in Europe.

Green-tech supplies landscaping materials for new-look Stevenage Town Centre.

After four years hard work, developing a run-down farm house and field into Little Lion Gardens, owner Robert Furness thought it was time to improve and stabilise their parking area for the increasing numbers of visitors to the gardens.

The Green-tech team has recently assisted in the installation of the ArborRaft System at the new high profile Leeds City Arena. Due to open today, the 13,000 seater arena is a purpose built fan shaped 'super theatre', providing a unique concert going experience.

Pinderfield Hospital in Wakefield West Yorkshire is a brand new, state-of-the-art healthcare facility. The hospital is split over two blocks, five floors on each block covering 88,000m2. The project was completed in April 2010 with the Mona Plant System being some of the last installations on site.

GRB PLUS is the latest development in ground reinforcement from Green-tech. The interlocking system is made from 100% recycled material diverted from landfill and is fully recyclable. Sustain Landscapes recommended GRB PLUS to the Client after consultation with Green-tech, the product was specifically chosen for its environmental attributes as well as excellent drainage properties , ease of installation and robust design.

Supermarket and commercial developments across the UK are receiving a high class finish with the installation of gtResi-grilles to protect newly planted trees.gt Resigrille is Resin bonded tree protection.

A sand and compost based top dressing for use on sports grounds.Newcastle Racecourse holds 30 race meetings each year and is one of the major sporting venues in the north of England. With up to 20,000 visitors expected at the racecourse at high profile meetings.

Earlier on in 2012, gtSpecifier was approached by Red Rose Forest (RRF) a partnership between six local authorities in the North West looking for a tree planting solution that also considered surface water management. The project required the planting of 3 trees in a 16m permeable trench.

Last year Green-tech was approached by UPM Tilhill Forestry to identify a product or solution that would protect newly planted whips from voles and at the same time offer improved visibility in the challenging Dumfries countryside.

Over 2,500sqm of GRB Plus, the ground protection and stabilisation system from Green-tech, has been installed into the landscape at Donna Nook, on the Lincolnshire Coast. Donna Nook is the one of the most accessible sites for seal watching in the UK, with over 3000 seals arriving each winter to give birth to their pups. Between October and April each year seal watchers from all over the UK descend on Donna Nook to observe the seals and their new born pups.

In the spring of 2012, Green-tech were asked to help with an exciting new project being specified by Martin Woolley Landscape Architects. The project involved creating a sustainable roof top garden for the Chancellor’s Court, part of the University of Leeds.

Over 1,200 tonnes of Green-tree, British Standard Topsoil has been installed into the recent regeneration programme of Harton Quay Park, South Tyneside.

Streatham Hub is an exciting new development in South London offering modern apartments and leisure facilities. Building three is set around a landscaped residential courtyard and the entire site boasts exclusive landscaped walkways.

The revolutionary ArborRaft System has been installed on one of the most high profile projects, currently in construction in Cambridge. One The Square is the first phase of the CB1 project to incorporate the ArborRaft System into its landscape design.

68 Ivy (Hedera helix ‘Woerner’) green screens have been installed into a Liverpool Mutual Homes development, situated on land between Great Homer Street and Kirkdale Road.The regeneration of the prominent landmark tower block, is situated on a major route in and out of Liverpool city centre.

The Mona Tree Irrigation System has been incorporated into a series of urban trees that form part of a war memorial in Lancashire. The memorial honours the servicemen of World War II who passed through the Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Burscough, known as HMS Ringtail.

Green-tree’s intensive roof garden substrate and gtRoofdrain has recently been installed in the prestigious London development of Four Pancras Square.

York University has recently undergone a massive £750m campus expansion programme which included a programme to develop the landscape of the Heslington East campus, a site now supporting growing populations of wildlife and wild flowers.

The Barbara Hepworth inspired Summer Garden, located at the front of Tate Britain, was created to celebrate Yorkshire born sculptor Hepworth who was a leading figure in the international art scene throughout her five decade career.

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