Landmark landscapes working in the community to help Uclan
Work has recently completed on a transformational school redevelopment project at Hilden Grange School in Tonbridge.
| Location | Tonbridge |
| Type of scheme | School |
| Size | 5145 sq.m. (landscape) |
| Lead landscape architect | BD landscape architects |
| Outline brief | To create a dynamic landscape with characterful play spaces for year groups with multi-use games area that links the new buildings into the sensitive school grounds. |
| Client | Alpha Plus Group |
| Contract value | £0.35m (Landscape) |
| Completion date | Nov 2012 |
| Project team | Architect: HawkinsBrown Architects LLPQuantity Surveyor: ArcadisStructural Engineers: Price & MyersM&E Engineers: Peter Deer & Associates |
| Planning authority | Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council |
| Funding | Alpha Plus Group |
| Contact details | Rob Beswick rb@bdlandarch.com |
| Website | http://www.bdlandarch.com |
| Awards | Tonbridge Civic Society Design Award 2012 |
Technical summary |
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| Materials | Rubber crumb surface by Playtop with an undulating patchwork of 3 colours to the middle terrace and oval shaped play area on the lower terrace that responds to the circulation patterns.Ecoblock SUDS gravel retention system to car park areaBorderline steel ring edging to tree planting |
| Planting | Wildflower seed mixes BSH mix of WFG8; WG3 and WF10 to buffer zone and Emorsgate EP1F for pond edgeLindum Grassfelt to sculpted grass bank from upper terrace to assembly hallBauder Xero Flor 118 wildflower blanket to green roofLindum Wildflower Meadow Mat to sculpted bank between middle and lower terrace with additional wildflower plug plantingTrees – Betula utilis ‘Jacquemontii’ of various sizes; Semi mature Pinus sylvestris & Fraxinus angustifolia‘Raywood’ (planted prior to outbreak of Chalara fraxinea)Shrubs, herbaceous and groundcover planting including Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’;Perovskia atriplicifolia; Rosmarinus officinalis;Verbena bonariensisGrasses: Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’
Climbers: Lonicera japonica var. repens; Parthenocissus tricuspidata ‘Veitchii’ Hedging: Carpinus betulus; Sarcococca hookeriana var digyna; Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ Woodland edge mix of transplants: Ash, Blackthorn, English Oak, Guelder Rose, Hawthorn, Hazel, Holly, Bulbs: Allium ‘Christophii’; Allium hollandicum‘Purple Sensation’, Galanthus nivalis; Hyachynthoides non-scripta; Narcissus ‘February Gold’; Tulipa ‘Purple Prince’ |
| Other technical details | Maccaferri Armater geotextile bank stabilisation was installed beneath the wildflower meadow mat between the middle and lower terrace |
| Contractors | Main contractors: BAM Construct UK LtdLandscape sub-contractors: ESL Landscape Contractors |
| Other info | All photos: ©Tim Crocker 2013 |
| Category | Individual buildings |
