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A general-purpose, high quality topsoil, ideal for landscaping and amenity projects. Continually developed over the past decade, this sandy loam has become the most successful product of its type in the UK.
Landscape20 is a registered trademark of British Sugar plc
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Landscape20 is analysed to the newly revised British Standard for topsoil BS3882:2007.
Application
As a highly friable topsoil with a good level of nutrients and organic microbial activity. It is easy to work on-site using conventional equipment or by hand.
Storage
All TOPSOIL products are delivered in their optimum condition and therefore to maintain the product’s consistency and ensure easy application it is advisable to keep it covered if it is not being used immediately.
Quality
Due to the stringent, fully-audited standards rigorously maintained throughout the TOPSOIL business, Landscape20 has a dependable quality assured by regular independent analysis. Unlike 'muckaway', it is entirely free of contaminated waste, glass or building material residue and is devoid of invasive weeds such as Japanese Knotweed. As a fully natural product Landscape20 does contain annual weeds but these are easily managed using normal weed-control methods. It is disease-free and contains no pesticide contamination.
Landscape20 is analysed to the newly revised British Standard for topsoil BS3882:2007.
Case Studies
1. Tiffin Girls School, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Working with NPS Property Consultants Ltd and sports ground contractor Gerald Davies Ltd, TOPSOIL delivered 2000 tonnes of Landscape20 to Tiffin Girls School, Kingston upon Thames.
The Landscape20 was used to create a grass playing area at the front of the school. NPS were appointed to project manage the improvement works to the school playing field. British Sugar TOPSOIL was specified following recommendations from a number of sources.
NPS were assured that by specifying this topsoil the client would be guaranteed material of a consistently high quality. Sports Ground Contractor, Gerald Davies Ltd was given a two-week window to excavate and remove the existing soil and replace it with the Landscape20, which was placed to an average depth of 150mm by a dozer and then graded and harrowed for seeding.
2. G B Building Solutions, Nottingham
G B Building Solutions is a national contractor committed to providing high-quality housing, which is both affordable and delivered on time. The site in Nottingham has been developed to offer 112 dwellings as a combination of flats, house and bungalows.
Over a period of 18months, TOPSOIL delivered over 1300 tonnes of Landscape20 to the site, providing all the topsoil that was needed for the whole project. This included the landscaping, turfing and planting of all the new gardens.
Paul Jarman, supervisor and assessor at St Ann’s, explains why they chose Landscape20, “We came to British Sugar TOPSOIL as we needed to ensure we had a good-quality topsoil that would meet the criteria set by Nottingham City Council. We were confident that in using Landscape20 we would not have to worry about any potential problems when the environmental officer visited the site.”
3. DeepRoot UK, London
DeepRoot chose Landscape20, the general-purpose product from TOPSOIL, to help exhibit its subsurface integrated tree and stormwater system called Silva Cell at the urban landscape show Cityscape 2008.
The Silva Cell holds unlimited amounts of soil while supporting traffic loads beneath paving and hardscapes and successfully serves two functions: growing large trees and treating stormwater on-site. It supports traffic loads to AASHTO H-20 loading standards and is ideal for almost any application, including car parks, footpaths, streetscapes and plazas. Stephen Chatwin-Grindey of DeepRoot, said ”we selected Landscape20 from British Sugar’s TOPSOIL business because of its reputation as a consistent, easy-to-work topsoil - this complements the quality we have designed into our own product”.
For more information on Silva Cell visit: deeproot.com
4. Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire
The Elton Hall estate, near Peterborough, used Landscape20 for the creation of a major new landscaped area, replacing a former rose garden.
The new project, designed by Lady Tollemache and Lady Proby and undertaken by landscape business R J Warren, based in Whittlesey, Peterborough, incorporated a water feature surrounded by rose & shrub beds edged with Indian sandstone and planters. The existing soil was dug out to a depth of 400mm and replaced with a total of 440 tonnes of Landscape 20 delivered from Wissington, near Kings Lynn.
Robert Warren specialises in landscape maintenance and construction projects and is very aware of the importance of good quality soil. "I was familiar with the TOPSOIL business and had heard some favourable reports, so I felt they had the right product for this prestigious project" he said. "It raked-out well and its high fertility level was very advantageous as it ensured fast establishment and growth of the shrubs and turf" he continued.
The Estate of Elton Hall lies in the heart of 3800 acres, straddling the Cambs and Northants border. The Hall, standing in landscaped parkland, has been in the Proby family since the 1600s.
5. Writtle College, Essex
Led by Nigel Beckford and Simon Grundy, Senior Lecturers in Horticulture, National Diploma students at Writtle College in Essex recently completed an evaluation of Landscape20 on their plot gardens.
The students used Landscape20 in a number of trial areas: to fill raised planters, backfill-turfing bays, establish a new rose garden and renovating a football goalmouth. The raised beds, constructed out of sleepers and concrete, were backfilled with the TOPSOIL product to a max depth of 60mm.
After digging out the existing soil, Landscape20, was placed to a depth of 500mm in the turfing bays. It was also spread by hand into the football pitch goalmouths then raked and seeded.
All the trials were successful and the students made several observations on the TOPSOIL product.
They found it well-graded and easy to handle straight from the stocking area. Once in place, Landscape20 was very easy to rake with no stone picking or breaking down of lumps needed to form a manageable tilth. The raised planters experienced a minimal drop of only 20mm between their filling with the topsoil in July 2005 and their planting in November 2005. The students reported that they found planting in the topsoil very easy and that it demonstrated good structure, drainage and moisture retention.
Although no specific test was undertaken, the students felt that germination rates and growth in the turf bays and goalmouth suggested a high level of nutrient availability from the product.
6. Alliance House, London
Essex-based landscaper, Stewart Landscape Solutions Ltd, used Landscape20 to create a stunning scheme in the grounds of Alliance House, a new housing development in Newington Green, London.
Landscape architect Colvin & Moggridge designed and advised the Shaftsbury Housing Association on the scheme and the eight-month project was completed in the spring of 2005.
The approved scheme used a varied planting list and required over 500 tonnes of Landscape20 delivered out of TOPSOIL’s site in Bury St Edmunds. The design featured planted beds to a depth of 300mm and tree pits up to 800mm deep with an integral drainage layer.
Mark Richardson, owner of Stewart Landscaper Solutions, was delighted with how quickly the scheme became established saying “When taking on a project I always ask that I can specify and order the soil so I can be sure the specific planting scheme will be successful. The quality of the TOPSOIL product proved very consistent and the overall customer service from enquiry right through to post-delivery follow-up was superb".
More case studies can be seen in the Customer Testimonials section
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