2016 LANDSCAPE & GARDENS AWARD: sponsored by The Earnest Kleinwort Charitable Trust
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The Sheep House commands a wonderful position overlooking the Brede Valley. It was originally built in the late 16th-century. The clients wanted to make a beautiful garden worthy of the house and position and also to provide a productive walled kitchen garden, using locally reclaimed materials.
Submitted by: Marian Boswall Landscape Architects, Staplehurst. Tel: 020 7305 7153. www.marianboswall.com Landscape Architect: Marian Boswall Landscape Architects.
Architect: Jonathan Gale Architects, Stocks Farm, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7ET. Tel: 01797 270 312.
Site Manager: Steve Kingsford, 65 Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, B16 8OH. Tel: 07786 343 609.
Contractors: Nathan Donovan, Frogheath Landscapes, Burwash Weald. Tel: 01435 883 516. www.frogheath.co.uk Craftsmen: John Philcox, The Gatehouse, Brede Place TN31 6BS. Tel: 07966 391 369 | Paul & Jean Beaney, Atlas Business Park, Harbour Road, Rye, TN31 7TE. Tel: 01797 229 871 | Mike Managh, Growth Rings Unit 3, Sycamore Farm, Old Romney, Romney Marsh, TN29 9SY. Tel: 01797 344 197.
To rescue a previously abandoned wild scrubland area of the garden, where it was noted there is a fine grove of white poplars, and to continue the natural character by introducing a large pond with an island refuge for water birds.
Submitted by: St Mary’s House & Gardens, Bramber. Tel: 01903 816 205. www.stmarysbramber.co.uk Designer / Site Manager: Roger Linton MBE DesRCA (Designer Royal College of Art). Details on request.
Contractors: Fairwater Limited (Water Garden Specialists), Ashington. Tel: 01903 892 228. www.fairwater.co.uk | Alan Stenning & Son, 1 Kings Stone Avenue, Steyning, BN44 3FJ. Tel: 01903 815 019.
Craftsmen: Luigi Della Luna (Carpenter), 2 Downland Gardens, Worthing, BN14 9EZ. Tel: 01903 525 894.
Other: Dan Watts, Garden Management, 5 Rudyard Close, Woodingdean, BN2 6UA. Tel: 07734 082 752 | Craig Tearle (Growing Places Garden Mgt.) 18 Coombe Road, Steyning, BN44 3LF. Tel: 07788 555 528 | Eddie & Pam Hurcombe (Volunteer Gardeners), 4 Highdown Avenue, Worthing, BN13 1PU. Tel: 01903 690 542.