Planting ideas and making them last…
Thursday 23 September 2010
This year’s Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) and Society of Garden Designers (SGD) autumn workshop will be held at Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses on Thursday 23 September 2010. Planting ideas and making them last is the title of workshop which provides a great opportunity for APL and SGD members to get together to listen and share experiences.
The day promises to be both lively and informative with a wide range of topics covered by well known personalities; their expertise is based on first hand knowledge and will certainly plant inspirational ideas for all delegates. There will also be time during the day for discussion on issues raised before a tour of the variety of specialist gardens and glasshouses.
Programme
09.30 Arrival and registration
10.00 Welcome and introduction from Mark Gregory, Landform Consultants (APL Vice-Chairman)
Award Winning Planting - Antony Henn, Director of Gardens for Life, Supreme Winner of the 2010 APL Awards, will share the secrets of his success in the design and construction of a natural look garden scheme with a dramatic planting plan to a demanding client specification.
Sustainable Plants – Nigel Dunnet, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, Dept. of Landscape will be showing examples of how ecological ideas including biodiversity and water saving methods in landscape architecture can be applied to large and small scale areas with exciting and novel uses of plants.
Morning tea/coffee
Growing Media and Working on Site – Tim O’Hare, Director of Soil & Landscape Consultancy, will focus on demonstrating how soil and landscape science supports contractors in creating a practical commercial landscape, with case study illustrations of how plant failures can be reduced by top soil quality assessments to aid successful installations. This talk will be coupled with a specific example by a member how theory is successfully put into practice.
Supply Chain & Procurement – Nick Coslett, Marketing Director of Palmstead Nurseries, will give practical illustration of how locating quality stock combined with trading integrity enhances the efficient working relations with customers. Providing dependable production and procurement methods ensures client satisfaction. Nick will be joined by a customer who will demonstrate how their partnership across the supply chain works so effectively.
Quality Selection - James Alexander–Sinclair, garden and landscape designer, writer and television presenter, will share his wide experience in achieving the stunning application of plants into garden design and providing his views on the importance of planning and quality in the selection process.
12.45 Light lunch
13.45 Introduction to the afternoon session from Adam Frost of New Ground Landscapes (APL Chairman).
Garden Tour – an introduction by Phillip Aubury, former Director of the Botanical Gardens for more than 20 years, followed by a tour of the gardens, glasshouses and facilities. The plant collection now contains over 7000 plants. Some plants are planted because the flowers, foliage, fruit, or bark give pleasure while others are chosen for practical purposes to give screening, shelter or food. Some are of botanical interest, are a rarity, or under threat nationally or globally so are therefore in need of conservation.
16.00 Tea/coffee and depart
The early bird rate for bookings received on or before 31 August is
APL and SGD members - £69 + VAT
Non members - £120 + VAT
Rates for bookings on or after 1 September are
APL and SGD members - £79 + VAT
Non members - £140 + VAT
Last date for bookings is Friday 17 September.
For further details and to book your place contact the APL events team by visiting emailing events@the-hta.org.uk or calling 0118 9303132.
Contacts
Gill Ormrod or Jade Jennings
APL Press Office
Tel: 0118 930 3132
Email: press.office@the-hta.org.uk
The Association of Professional Landscapers represents landscapers who meet a required standard of professionalism. Members of the Association are registered with the government endorsed TrustMark Scheme. They are regularly inspected and agree to follow a customer charter with clients. The APL is part of the Horticultural Trades Association which is the trade Association for the UK gardening industry. It is dedicated to helping develop the industry and its member businesses, including most garden centres and other garden retailers, growers, landscapers, manufacturers and service providers. www.landscaper.org.uk
