News

List of recent news items:

  • Evergreen Instant Hedge delights another customer

    Friday, January 20, 2012

    The Carrington family (Suffolk), were so impressed with their new Yew hedge, that Mr. Carrington expressed himself with the following e-mail…

  • See why Beech Instant Hedge is our best seller

    Thursday, December 01, 2011

    This development in Gloucestershire gained immediate maturity by the installation of Instant Beech hedge.

  • A blank canvas needing the soft green touch

    Thursday, November 24, 2011

    This development of individually styled new period houses was blended into the landscape by the installation of evergreen species of Elveden Instant Hedge. Common Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifloia') was chosen for its soft, pale green, fresh look and its even, vigorous growth pattern that provides an evergreen hedge which reliably screens any new build project.

  • Screening Trees Craned into position

    Thursday, November 24, 2011

    Here is the of Crane lifting Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) Trees into position in a London rear garden with no access.

  • Elveden Instant Hedge wins new developer client

    Monday, October 31, 2011

    Andbury Homes LLP are known for their attention to detail and high quality new homes. Practicality Brown Ltd are proud to have been chosen to supply their market leading Instant Hedge product for the first time to this new developer client.

  • Instant Box Hedge with Specimen Topiary Plants

    Thursday, July 21, 2011

    This project involved Elveden Instant Hedge, Instant Box Hedge and Specimen Topiary.

  • Hampton Court Flower Show 2011

    Thursday, July 14, 2011

    Once again Practicality Brown Ltd are proud to have been involved in the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

  • Formal Private Garden, Buckinghamshire

    Thursday, June 30, 2011

    To source, installing maintain specimen trees, Topiary and Hedging. This product was awarded as a Competitive basis and installed to a programme to dovertail with other trades on site.

  • Unusual Specimen Tree Sourcing

    Tuesday, June 28, 2011

    Our client was looking for an unusual specimen tree to take pride of place in his beautiful cottage garden. He asked us to find and plant a 'Fagus engleriana', a rare and graceful beech of medium size with slender glucose, sea-green foliage hanging from horizontal branches.

  • New Build Tree Planting Project

    Friday, June 24, 2011

    This project was won on a competitive tender basis and involved the sourcing, supply, planting, aftercare and replacement guarantee of 132 Semi mature Specimen trees and 190 metres of Elveden Instant Hedge.

  • Topiary Garden Design and Build in 8 weeks

    Monday, June 20, 2011

    From an initial website enquiry to supply and plant 24 semi mature trees in a private garden in Kent, Practicality Brown...

  • Latest Stock Arrivals - May 2011

    Friday, May 20, 2011

    Click here for a slide show of our latest tree stock arrivals which include many evergreen trees.

  • Tree moving at Buckinghamshire golf club 2011

    Friday, May 13, 2011

    On very cold January day, working together with the course manager Simon Graham and his groundsman, our 1.6 metre tree spade machine...

  • Specialised Fuel Chip deliveries

    Monday, December 20, 2010

    Practicality Brown has invested in a new in-house delivery vehicle to offer reliability and consistency to all fuel chip contract customers.

  • We Deliver

    Wednesday, December 01, 2010

    Here at Practicality Brown we strive to deliver fuel chip to commercial clients who need heat, despite the harsh winter road conditions we are all currently facing.

  • Sensitive Vegetation Clearance works continues on A46 Newark Project

    Thursday, August 12, 2010

    Practicality Brown has been working on this £380m road building project since February 2009 and is now in the final stage of vegetation clearance as parts of the new road have been opened , allowing access to land locked areas via the old road surface.

  • Satisfying Developers

    Tuesday, May 18, 2010

    Practicality Brown Ltd was approached by a regular developer client to carry out Tree Clearance on a newly acquired site prior to re development.

  • Luton Dunstable Busway - Vegetation Clearance

    Monday, May 17, 2010

    In Spring 2010 Practicality Brown Ltd carried out the Vegetation Clearance programme on the above project for main contractor, BamNuttall on behalf of Luton Borough Council.

  • Rhododendron 'Cunningham White'

    Friday, April 30, 2010

    Our special tree this month is the Rhododendron 'Cunningham White'.This spectacular tree is an old hybrid Rhododendron, which has continuously proved popular as a...

  • Garden Designers Show

    Wednesday, April 21, 2010

    Practicality Brown Ltd are a regular exhibitor at the Society of Garden Designers conferences. Last weekend, the conference was held at Imperial College, London...

  • Ivy Green Screen

    Sunday, April 11, 2010

    We are now the Sole Distributor for the Mobilane Ivy Green ScreenTM in the UK. Whilst our Elveden Instant HedgeTM is the premium hedge in our range, we also recognise the benefit of products that other companies can offer.

  • Practicality Brown add mulcher collector to hire fleet

    Sunday, February 07, 2010

  • New Fine Mulch

    Wednesday, January 06, 2010

    Practicality Brown can now offer a composted and attractive mulch ideal for small gardens and intricate planting.

  • Specimen shrubs and trees

    Tuesday, December 08, 2009

    Project to plan Beech trees, Yew topiary and Box balls

  • Major tree planting project secured

    Thursday, November 12, 2009

    Practicality Brown have just received confirmation that we have been awarded a large scale planting project in Buckinghamshire.

  • Turnberry Resort, Scotland

    Thursday, October 22, 2009

    Practicality Brown were specified to supply products to complete an 'Instant Landscape' for the Turnberry Resort, Scotland.

  • Fiscal Stimulus Tree Clearance

    Sunday, July 12, 2009

    As part of the government's fiscal stimulus road building package, Practicality Brown were approached to carry out some site clearance works on the A46 near Nottingham.

  • Purple Beech to Hockwold

    Friday, June 12, 2009

    Nearly 100 linear metres of Purple Beech were installed at Hockwold, Sussex.

  • Laurel hedge installation

    Tuesday, March 31, 2009

    400m of Elveden Instant Laurel hedge was planted in 4 days for a racecourse at Newmarket.

  • Sales Director appointed

    Tuesday, February 10, 2009

    Prem Mann has been with us for over 3 years now and has recently...

  • Major site clearance project

    Friday, January 09, 2009

    Practicality Brown have been chosen to undertake a 26km tree clearance project in the Midlands.

  • Historic Oak Avenue Restoration

    Tuesday, January 06, 2009

    Practicality Brown transplant local provenance trees to recreate 18th Century Oak Avenue at Wentworth Castle.

 
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