Contemporary Country Garden Our clients had previously completed the re-landscaping of their front garden themselves but approached Nicholsons Lockhart Garratt to design and then build the garden area running along the back of their property, as this was proving to be more challenging to resolve. The final design solution is a combination of the clients’ own ideas and our designers’ creative vision to draw things Read more »

Linear Park Construction Management - Hanwood Park Hanwood Park is a Sustainable Urban Extension to the East of Kettering, which will see the delivery of 5,500 homes over the next 20 years. The client commissioned Lockhart Garratt to manage the construction tender and contract for the first of several public parks to come forward with the project. This area Read more »

Babworth and Hesley Estate – working in operational partnership The privately owned Babworth and Hesley estate in Nottinghamshire dates back to the 18th century.  Nicholsons has provided forestry and woodland management support to Sir Jack Whitaker and his small in-house forestry team and external contractors on a 535ha (1, 321 acre) estate since 2001. Since first instructed, we have Read more »

Bradgate Park- bat conservation in ancient parkland trees Bradgate Park offers 335 ha (830 acres) of publicly accessible countryside just a few miles north west of Leicester city centre and is popular with cyclists, dog walkers and ramblers. First enclosed as a deer park around 800 years ago, the landscape is wild and rugged, dotted with rocky outcrops and Read more »

Buccleuch Properties—Kettering (Oct 2018) Addressing the balance This 22 ha site, proposed for warehousing, comprised a former ironstone quarry restored to 25% woodland and 75% grassland in the 1980’s. In early consultation feedback with the planning authorities the need for ALC / soil survey was queried. Nicholsons (Formerly Lockhart Garratt) undertook a recce inspection in Spring 2018 including 3 Read more »

Disused naturist park gets new lease of life Nicholsons Lockhart Garratt was commissioned by Haulfryn Group Ltd to provide our suite of environmental services to support the renovation of a disused parcel of land at Surrey Downs Sun Club at Edgeley Holiday Park. The site consists of a dilapidated naturist park in a heavily treed setting.  The scope of the Read more »

Wellingborough Golf Club – strategy for woodland management Our team was instructed by Wellingborough Golf Club to devise a strategy for the conservation of their impressive 160-acre parkland. The objective was to create a sustainable, long-term plan for managing ash dieback and safeguarding the overall treescape for future generations to enjoy. The park is covered by several designations and Read more »

Nettlebed Estate – managing tree risk Safety first The Nettlebed Estate is located in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and consists of a mixture of woodland, pasture, open farmland and parkland. Also used as a location for shoots, the estate has long been committed to proactive woodland management, with woodland planting undertaken in the early part of the Read more »

D Harding – Leek Wootton, Warks (Oct 2017) Sustainable land-use for future investment The owner’s objective for their recently acquired 13 ha ex‐arable field was to create broadleaf woodland as a productive sustainable land-use for future investment and environmental education. Lockhart Garratt was instructed to design that new woodland, to source Forestry Commission (FC) grant and to manage the Read more »

Milton Keynes College – Bletchley Park Detailed Landscape Design Concept for New Institute of Technology Campus This project focused on delivering a new, high-tech campus building to serve students of Milton Keynes College.  A derelict building with a deep history of early technology was proposed to be renovated and repurposed for this task.  Our brief was to define a Read more »