Gardens and landscaping
Our highly skilled team of expert gardeners and arborists care for the prestigious University Parks and various environmentally beneficial green spaces of the University’s estate
GARDEN AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
All Souls turf renovation
Lawn Care
- Mowing, to include college quadrangles and building frontages and large open spaces and verges.
- Treatments for improving the appearance and health of fine lawn areas, to include scarification, aeration, product applications for lawn feeds, top dressings and pest, disease and weed control.
Border Maintenance
- Shrub pruning, to include routine thinning and renovations, training of climbers and staking herbaceous specimens.
- Design and planting Seasonal bedding schemes for spring and summer interest.
- Container planting and maintenance to include seasonal displays and watering.
- Carrying out weed, pest and disease control using a range of techniques from mulching to mechanical removal.
Hedge Trimming
- Trimming and shaping of formal and informal hedges, to include, care of topiary, cloud hedges, height reductions and hedgerow renovations.
Hard Surface Maintenance
- Sweeping and collection of debris utilising specialist industrial equipment. Weed control using mechanical and chemical methods and small scale surface cleaning and maintenance.
TREE MAINTENANCE
Arborist working within tree
Tree Care
- Remedial work, including crown reduction and reshaping, removal of hazardous limbs, dead wood, and root zone amelioration.
- Tree and stump removals.
- Tree planting, establishment and aftercare.
Tree surveying
- Tree health inspections utilising a range of techniques, including visual tree assessments, sonic tomography (PICUS) surveys, and resistograph examinations.
- Condition surveying of tree stock with associated management planning.
Trees in relation to planning and construction
We undertake arboricultural reporting for planning submissions that comply with the British Standard ‘BS5837:2012 Trees in Relation to Design, demolition and Construction – Recommendations’.
This includes:
- Surveying and categorisation of the tree stock
- Production of constraints diagrams for design teams
- Arboricultural impact assessments
- Tree protection plans
- Arboricultural method statements
- On-site technical investigations in relation to roots and tree condition
- Arboricultural facilitation works
- Programme monitoring of works for compliance reporting
LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Landscape design
St Antony's College landscaping plan
- Consultation and development of planting schemes, landscape features, producing planting plans and creating interesting and sustainable outside spaces.
Soft Landscaping
- Planting and soil preparations, lawn creation through turf laying and seed sowing to include correct aftercare and establishment.
Hard Landscaping
- Installation of paved areas, pathway construction, gravel laying and fabricated lawn edgings.
