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Sandown Racecourse was the prestigious setting for the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) award ceremony on 12th February, where Hambrooks walked away with yet another national award. Bringing the total since 1997 to a staggering 47 awards. No other garden landscape company has come near to this, so there was a euphoric reaction was winning designer Mike Hodges was called to the stage to receive his award.
Mike, who has been designing gardens with Hambrooks for 18 years, won the category for gardens up to £10,000 with an entry entitled ‘Urban Courtyard’. Although a very small garden, Mike managed to devise a stunning design, which made excellent use of the space and included raised beds as well as a ‘wall of glass’ water feature.
 
Converted from part of a town centre military hospital in Chichester, the area would have originally been outside of the old laundry. Once the building had been converted into dwellings, the small space was left as just compacted rubble, surrounded by a brick wall.
The Hambrook team soon got to work and built a garden set at 45 degrees to the house to give an impression of more space. Black slate tiles, to latch those inside the house, lead from the French doors and around the raised oak sleeper borders. The glass and stainless steel water feature was used to give a central feature which could be seen through and soften the town traffic noise. Mediterranean planting and subtle lighting complete the garden.
For more information on how any size garden can be transformed, call Kevin on 01489 779998.
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