11 August 2008
Urban
Vision’s landscape design group is celebrating after its
garden took one of only two Gold Medals awarded at
this year’s prestigious Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Flower
Show at Tatton Park in Cheshire.
The team’s entry – East Meets West - was entered in the
'Show Garden' category and combined the various hard and soft
landscape elements seen in the gardens of eastern and western
cultures.
Created by Urban Vision and one of Salford City Council’s
partner landscape contractors - the Casey Group of Companies - the
garden was praised by the judges for its design, construction and
planting.
This is the third time that the Urban Vision team has secured
success at the Tatton Show, having previously clinched a Silver
Gilt medal from the RHS for its first ever show garden, The
Garden of Illusion (2001), and a Gold Medal for A Healthy
Future – England’s Northwest (2006).
Dan Sterry, senior landscape architect with Urban Vision said:
“I am delighted and thrilled to have received the Gold Medal, which
is testament to the team effort from all of the Urban Vision and
Casey staff involved. Our contemporary combination of natural
materials from the East and West has been a big hit with our
visitors.”
Andy Stockton, project manager and group leader of landscape and
urban design at Urban Vision added: “The response from the judges,
RHS members and the general public has been phenomenal. Whilst the
group normally works on much larger projects, the profile of our
work and the talent of our designers have been raised
enormously.
The garden was designed to provide a stylised living space for
quiet contemplation, relaxation and a place of retreat to escape
the stresses of everyday life. The combination of Eastern bamboos,
pines and maples alongside Western stone walls created a unique and
striking garden and we are delighted to have been awarded the gold
medal.”