Repurposing elements from previous RHS Chelsea Show Gardens since 2010 – steel fins into information boards; scaffold boards and timber reused – this year’s Cityscapes London garden “RHS Chelsea Repurposed” will be broken down, reused and relocated in a number of gardens benefitting other people and wildlife.

The drought-tolerant grasses and locally sourced wildflowers were planted in Type 1 crushed concrete and sand, supplied in bags by MCM and salvaged from demolished buildings and construction waste.

MCM worked with the build team at Gardenlink, supplying the materials to meet the design brief of Darryl Moore.

Award-winning Gardens at Chelsea

MCM are regular suppliers of materials beneath the surfaces at recent RHS Chelsea Flower Shows, returning in 2024 after recent successes with Landform Consultants in two award-winning gardens in 2023.

Following our involvement at recent RHS Chelsea shows, supplying topsoils and aggregates to prestigious landscapes, this week we have been supplying bagged material for the RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival.  With many of the garden builds well underway, our bagged deliveries were scheduled closely and with access and timing of high importance.

Working with the “Four Season Sanctuary” organiser Fran Handley, the garden, featured in the Get Started Gardens category,  has been designed by Tim Jennings. Tim is a Cambridgeshire based designer who is renowned for his outdoor space creation from small courtyards to the grandest homes and estates.

Returning as Category Sponsors at the BALI National Landscape Awards 2023, MCM celebrated UK landscape excellence with friends, colleagues and customers on Friday 1 December in London.

Presenting the award this year, and representing the next generation of MCM and the industry, Omar Matthias, Commercial Coordinator, stepped up and celebrated on stage with the Principal Award Winners Maylim, for their stunning scheme at Regent’s Place Phase Two.

You can view the full list of winners on the BALI Award website.

Returning as Category Sponsors at the BALI National Landscape Awards 2023, MCM will be celebrating with all the winners, announced this week (September 2023).

BALI Board Director Shazna Ali will be joining the Principal Winners on stage in December at the Ceremony.  This year, MCM are sponsors of the Hard Landscaping Scheme over £500K but have been previous sponsors in Community, Education and Soft Landscaping categories. 

MCM return as Hard Landscaping Category Sponsors

Celebrating our 8th year as Category Sponsors, we would like to congratulate all the Winners, and especially those in the Hard Landscaping (Non-Domestic) >£500K category:

Three Dover charities receive donations from MCM

We were asked by one of our customers Colas to support one of their charitable initiatives to collect food and toy donations for three very worthy and deserving charities. We obliged without a moment’s hesitation.  As the cost of living crisis really begins to hit as well as the cold weather, we are all only too aware of the necessity for support and donations to those who are the most vulnerable right now.

Based close to one of the sites managed by Colas at Dover Fastrack, MCM’s Darrel Burgess jumped to the call from Paul Massey, UK Projects and Works Manager on site.  Darrel and Paul have been working together on the highways and infrastructure project throughout 2022, with MCM supplying over 10,000 tonnes of Highways Specification aggregates and removing thousands of tonnes of waste from the site in preparation for fresh deliveries to ensure the project’s efficient progression. 

On MCM’s behalf, Darrel sourced and delivered food and a range of toys and gifts suitable for babies, toddlers, children and teenagers. Bringing the delivery to the Colas Dover site office, these donations form part of a huge drive by the Colas team for two local charities and the nearest foodbank: Buckland and Whitfield Childrens’ Centre, Kent Young Carers and the Dover Pantry.

Colas Public Liaison Officer Michelle Penn will be collating the final donation parcels and deliveries this week and plans to drop them with the charities in good time for Christmas. The company has also welcomed donations from O’Sullivans, M O’Briens, Flannery’s, Fortel, Down to Ground Works and Ovendens.

“The support from everyone has been phenomenal – we’re truly grateful for all the donations.” – Michelle Penn, Public Liaison Officer, Colas

In December 2022, Shazna Ali, Managing Director of MCM (SE) Limited, became a Board Director of the British Association of Landscape Industries.  Representing landscape suppliers across the UK, Shazna’s appointment to the Board comes after a Members vote in Autumn 2022.

Shazna joined MCM in 1998 and has been Managing Director since 2017.  She established bagging and haulage partnerships across the South East and now leads the business forward, sourcing British Standard soils, quarried and recycled aggregates, and providing construction waste management within the landscape, civils and construction sectors.

Leading the UK Landscape Industry

With an objective, pragmatic and collaborative approach, Shazna, assisted by her MCM team, support industry initiatives and are active within trade organisations across landscape and broader client sectors. She will be helping BALI in their strategic development, supporting, promoting and planning initiatives to help membership.  She hopes to focus on sustainability and supply chain issues, and to broaden the Association’s reach to ultimately strengthen the industry’s reputation and amplify its voice.