Case Studies

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Devana. A BNG habitat bank in South Cambridgeshire

The Devana Centre for Environmental Recovery is a Section 106 approved habitat bank for BNG Units and nature recovery.

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Wildfell. A BNG habitat bank in North Essex

Creating habitats for Biodiversity Net Gain since 2021

Biodiversity Net Gain / Buy BNG Units Off-site / Biodiversity Baseline Surveys / Habitat Management and Monitoring Plans (HMMPs)

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The Children’s Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

An ambitious design and build project creating a destination play area, themed around ‘What do Plants need to Grow’. Winner of the 2019 BALI Grand Award.

Hotel & Leisure / Education / Facilities Management & Managing Agents / Landscaping / Landscape Design & Consultancy / Play Area & Sports Facilities / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping / Landscape Architecture

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Great Linford Manor Park

Supporting the Parks Trust to 'Reveal, Revive & Restore' a historic park

Housing & Communities / Hotel & Leisure / Landscaping / Biodiversity Net Gain / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping / Play Area & Sports Facilities

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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)

Creating a landscape to bring the beauty of the surrounding Warwickshire countryside on-site with distinctive sense of place.

Industrial, Manufacturing, Logistics / Hotel & Leisure / Landscaping / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping / Landscape Architecture / Large Tree Installation

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Forty Hall

Within the grounds of this Grade 1 Listed Manor House and Scheduled Ancient Monument Status we worked to restore the grounds and historical features to their original layout and enhance the overall landscaping under Archaeological and Environmental watching briefs.

Facilities Management & Managing Agents / Hotel & Leisure / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Little Cowbridge

An in-house project creating over 22 acres of new woodland from existing pastureland in Essex with over 22,000 native trees and shrubs planted to create a new, multi-functional, broadleaf woodland

Grounds Maintenance / Biodiversity Net Gain / Landscape Design & Consultancy / Landscaping / Woodland Creation / Landscape Architecture / Ecology

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Woodhouse Urban Park

Woodhouse Urban Park is an important part of the regeneration of South Kilburn, transforming the area and creating a real sense of place and a better place to live.

Housing & Communities / Landscaping / Landscape Design & Consultancy / Play Area & Sports Facilities

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Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Designing a functional tranquility garden to provide a functional space with access to fresh air and nature.

Medical & Healthcare / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Stanborough Park Water Play Area

Collaborating with specialist contractors and the local community, the project created a new outdoor water park for children, with new public facilities, and a traditional play area.

Hotel & Leisure / Landscaping / Play Area & Sports Facilities / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Hinkley Point Connection Project

A National Grid partnership carrying out the large scale landscaping for the 340 square kilometers Hinkley Point Connection Project.

Energy, Utilities & Inland Water / Landscaping / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Longbridge Retail Park

Reprofile the green spaces at their Longbridge Headquarters to “create green spaces suitable for their staff to enjoy and relax in".

Retail & Commercial / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Nine Elms Point

Providing greenery for residents, and a place where they can escape from busy lifestyles and reconnect with nature above the rooftops of Central London.

Housing & Communities / Landscaping / Podiums & Roof Gardens / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Monksmoor Park, Daventry

A newly created community situated within Daventry developed by Crest Nicholson. Ground Control have been appointed to extend the existing country park and provide community access routes to the woodland and meadow areas.

Housing & Communities / Landscaping / Integrated Tree & Vegetation Management / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Maggies at the Christie

Medical & Healthcare / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Get Cumbria Buzzing

Supporting and consulting National Highways and Cumbria Wildlife Trust (CWT) in a funding application to HLF for the Get Cumbria Buzzing Campaign.

Infrastructure / Ecology

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Inverness Campus

A high specification hard and soft landscaping infrastructure project which services business, research, and educational units within the 215-acre campus.

Education / Landscaping / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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PSA Dealerships

2020 saw many more Electric Vehicles come on to the market and one of the biggest dealership groups PSA wanted to be ready for the launch of their new range

Infrastructure / Electric Vehicle & Fleet Charging Solutions

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Pinner Park Primary School

Inviting nature back to Pinner Park Primary School, and raising biodiversity awareness with hands-on experiences

Education / Biodiversity Net Gain / Woodland Creation

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Biodiversity at the Industrial Estate

Transforming wasteland into beautiful, biodiverse habitats

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Mini allotments at office roof gardens

Empowering workplace wellbeing and environmental sustainability

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Workplace charging

Helping businesses meeting their sustainability goals by Installing EV charging facilities.

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An award-winning planting legacy

A planting partnership with Severn Trent for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, planting 72 Earthwatch Tiny Forests and 2022 acres of new woodland

Energy, Utilities & Inland Water / Landscaping / Biodiversity Net Gain / Woodland Creation

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Connecting communities on the Northumberland Line

Repurposing left-over materials from vegetation clearance for outdoor community use

Infrastructure / Energy, Utilities & Inland Water / Education / Arboriculture / Integrated Tree & Vegetation Management / Mechanised Vegetation Clearance / Tree Felling & Aboricultural Works / Rail & Utility Services

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National Maritime Museum

Harnessing innovation to safely maintain the grounds of one of the UKs most popular museums and World Heritage Site

Hotel & Leisure / Grounds Maintenance / Grass Cutting & Mowing / Hedge Cutting & Maintenance / Litter Picking / Weed Control & Invasive Weed Management

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Cross A Moor

Improving essential infrastructure to reduce congestion, improve safety and support 1000 new homes.

Infrastructure / Arboriculture / Landscaping / Rail & Utility Services / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Putting EV Charging on the map with Ordnance Survey

Upgrading infrastructure and mapping an EV future at OS Head Office

Facilities Management & Managing Agents / Low Carbon Energy Solutions / Electric Vehicle & Fleet Charging Solutions

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Edible Science: Kew’s Kitchen Garden

Revamping the popular 'Edible Science: Kew’s Kitchen Garden' and creating an enhanced visitor experience for groups and events

Hotel & Leisure / Landscaping / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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A Pioneering Partnership with JLL

Pioneering better landscapes, outside spaces and nature-based solutions at nationwide JLL facilities

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Urban Beekeeping at London Metropolitan University

Supporting CBRE in saving the resident urban bee populations

Education / Grounds Maintenance / Biodiversity Net Gain

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Headstone Manor Recreational Grounds

Awarded the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) award for ‘Nature Conservation & Biodiversity Enhancement’

Housing & Communities / Landscaping / Biodiversity Net Gain

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Sumpter Yard Revived, St Albans Cathedral

Reviving the Cathedrals east-end, Sumpter Yard, to create a beautiful, accessible, and welcoming approach through a walled garden.

Hotel & Leisure / Landscaping / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping

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Biodiversity enhancements with National Highways

An award-winning biodiversity net gain project along the A120

Infrastructure / Biodiversity Net Gain / Landscape Design & Consultancy / Weed Control & Invasive Weed Management / Biodiversity Baseline Surveys / Biodiversity / Woodland Creation

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Decarbonising Kingfisher House

Sharing the decarbonisation journey of Ground Control's head office

Blue Light / Education / Hotel & Leisure / Housing & Communities / Retail & Commercial / Low Carbon Energy Solutions / Consultancy and Design / Building Decarbonisation / Fleet Decarbonisation

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Decarbonising a leading nationwide health club chain

Working with Future Motors, our HVAC partner, to drive the clients 2030 carbon emissions target

Hotel & Leisure / Low Carbon Energy Solutions / Building Decarbonisation

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Decarbonising a motorway services chain

Working with Future Motors, our HVAC partner, to save energy and acheive ROI in less than three years

Facilities Management & Managing Agents / Retail & Commercial / Low Carbon Energy Solutions / Building Decarbonisation

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Diversity is Queen Exhibition at the Chelsea Flower Show

Working in partnership with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, the exhibition received the silver-gilt medal at the 2024 Chelsea Flower Show, with judges complimentary of the campaign message and the journey through the landscapes.

Landscape Design & Consultancy / Landscape Architecture / Biodiversity

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Avanti Grange Secondary School: The science of soil and sustainable landscaping

Enhancing a modern school campus with beautiful, biodiverse landscaping

Education / Facilities Management & Managing Agents / Landscaping / Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping / Drainage, SuDS, and Flood Alleviation / Woodland Creation / Biodiversity / GC Go Rapid Biodiversity Assessments

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Baglan Bay

Vegetation clearance, waste removal and ecology work for the Welsh Government

Energy, Utilities & Inland Water / Infrastructure / Arboriculture / Integrated Tree & Vegetation Management / Mechanised Vegetation Clearance / Weed Control & Invasive Weed Management / Ecology

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Severn Estuary Rope Access Clearance Works

Ground Control delivers vegetation clearance and enabling works, as part of a larger scheme to improve the resilience of the Newport-Gloucester line by Network Rail

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Biodiversity Improvements at Inchgarth Reservoir

Biodiversity enhancements and habitat improvements for wading birds, in partnership with Scottish Water and the Inchgarth Biodiversity Initiative (IBI).

Energy, Utilities & Inland Water / Biodiversity Net Gain / Landscape Design & Consultancy

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Westbridge Park - A new destination park for Stafford Borough Council

A ‘design and build’ community park and destination play areas to enhance the leisure, tourism and visitor offering in Stone, Staffordshire.

Housing & Communities / Landscape Design & Consultancy / Landscaping / Landscape Architecture / Play Area & Sports Facilities