Soft Landscape Workshop 2018
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Taking Gardens and Landscapes to a Whole New Level
Podium Deck Planting - The New Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Ashford International Hotel Ashford Kent
Note Workshop full - phone for allocation on reserve list please
After many successful years of hosting our Soft Landscape Workshop in September, our next workshop will now become the first major event of the new year! Scheduled to take place on Wednesday 24 January 2018, we will be illuminating this cold, dark yet inspiring month with some inspiration of our own! With our 2018 workshop we will be focusing on gardens and landscapes free from their conventional ties to terra firma. Podium Deck Planting, Roof Gardens, Green Walls to name a few are all essential in a move to help 'green' our urban landscapes. However, these innovative landscapes raise many questions such as 'Will most plants cope with these environments? What soil/growing media is appropriate for these conditions? What criteria would drive plant selection for these landscapes?'
We have secured some outstanding speakers and are delighted to announce that:
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Award winning designer Dan Pearson will be presenting his work at the King's Cross developments as well as a number of other fantastic projects. To read an interview with Dan where he talks about his work please click here
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Laura Gatti – the planting designer for Stefano Boeri’s award winning Bosco Verticale, the vertical forest in Milan, will tell the story of how this awe inspiring project came to be and how it is being maintained and managed 4 years after its completion. To read an interview where Laura talks about her work click here
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Tim O’Hare, arguably the country’s most in-demand soil scientist, will discuss the essential foundation (the soil) that these decks, balconies and landscapes need and what happens to the often manufactured soil’s microflora and fauna
Professor Nigel Dunnett will discuss his acclaimed work at Beech Gardens in the Barbican where Palmstead plants are giving year long displays to the residents and visitors. Nigel will also discuss with his City of London client Alex Piddington-Bishop how they manage this 4 year old evolving planting with City teams and volunteers. This case study of a revitalised classic site will kick off the workshop day
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Please click here to read more about our workshop in an informative article published in Pro Landscaper magazine.
24 JANUARY 2018
We have some 330 delegates booked in as of 15th January and there is now very very limited capacity for more than 330. Our exhibition is full and includes Michael Packard's bookstore. The day offers lots of scope for CPD and excellent networking. Presentations etc will be made available here after the event.
At the Ashford International Hotel -see www.palmstead.co.uk for more information and booking from August. Tickets £39 including VAT (£32.50 + VAT)
The Soft Landscaping Workshop is now SOLD OUT
Programme for the day
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8.45-9.30 am Registration opens + exhibition viewing
Coffee + tea + Danish available
(First coach arrives 9.10 am from station pick up 9.00 am. Fast trains arrive 8.50 am & 9.14 am and coach arrives 9.30 am from rail station pick up 9.20 am)
9.40-10 am Welcome and Introduction to the day and the Barbican case study
Nick Coslett (Palmstead Nurseries)
10-11 am Professor Nigel Dunnett (Sheffield University)
A Barbican case study
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Alex Piddington-Bishop (City of London)
Maintaining the Barbican, with Nigel Dunnett
Session 1 Q&A
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11-11.40 am Coffee break + exhibition viewing (2 rooms) 40 mins
11.40 am -12.10 pm Tim O’Hare - Why soils matter in podium landscapes
12.10-1 pm Laura Gatti – Planting and maintaining the Bosco Verticale
(a model for future urban development)
Session 2 Q&A
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1 -2.25 pm Buffet lunch in both rooms
Delegates with dietary requests should head to the Canterbury Suite
Exhibition viewing will be available in both suites
The Palmstead team will be on hand for advice throughout
2.30-2.40 pm Dr Louisa Boyer (Plantworks)
Mycorrhiza an aid to success
2.40–2.50 pm Adam White and Andree Davies
Creating wild gardens for children and RHS Hampton Court 2017
2.50– 3.10 pm Professor Nicola Spence (Chief Plant Health Officer)
Biosecurity update - Xylella fastidiosa and other threats
Q&A session on biosecurity
3.20-4.20 pm Dan Pearson – Planting on podium decks and creating urban gardens
4.20-4.35 pm Q&A session & wrap up
4.45 pm Close + depart - coach to station
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Our shuttle bus departures are targeted at red train times
and link up with the half-hourly departing fast train to
London St Pancras
Trains to London St Pancras depart every half hour at:
5.16 pm to arrive @ St. Pancras 5.54 pm; 5.43 pm to arrive @ St.Pancras 6.23 pm
Please tweet with @palmsteadmedia #palmsteadslw
There are limited spaces available. Click here to book your place
or visit www.palmstead.co.uk and click on the events page
(Please note photography and filming will be taking place on the day)