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On the right path: Choosing landscape materials
Pathway to a perfect park landscape: Soils, Aggregates and Stone
First impressions really count, and that does not stop at any park entrance. It continues onto the thoroughfare and beyond into every pocket of land. Waterlogged patches, unruly pathways and pot-holed roads are an instant turn-off, causing untold damage to your venue’s reputation as well as to vehicles and pedestrians.
Planted beds, hedge screening, wildflower meadows and green roofs can make your outdoor experience stand out for all the right reasons, too. At that means taking a closer look beneath your feet…
Roadways, pathways, play and plants
Suppliers of British Standard topsoils and aggregates for almost a quarter of a century, MCM source materials from quarries and sites across the South East but have a UK-wide logistics network and are the first port of call for soils and aggregates to projects including Holland Park play area in Kensington, Kearsney Court historic park in Dover, roof gardens and avenues at Wembley Park and groundworks at the University of Winchester.
It is in these and other private, commercial and public open space projects where the correct specification, selection and supply of soils, gravels and aggregates is critical.
Choose the right landscape materials
Whether gabion stone for a cage wall or bank reinforcement, new planting or a forecourt of self-binding gravel that looks great all year round, discuss your options with us – we can guide you on product selection and advise on site preparation, calculating how much you need and how it can best be delivered to site dependent on access, space and location. MCM supply in loose, direct-to-site loads up to 20 tonnes or in multi-lift bags so that deliveries can be tailored to suit.
British Standards soils and blends for planting, turf and meadow
Now more than ever, we want to embrace and enjoy our outdoor spaces. And whilst your park is more than likely blessed with a natural environment, you can always add more – perhaps some hedge screening, new planting beds, lawns, playgrounds, improvements to your wooded areas or perhaps even a living wall or green roof. Creating new beds means new soil and to ensure the healthiest establishment and long-term success of your planting, you should select the best soil blend and one that meets the most rigorous of British Standard specifications – and has the test certificate to prove it. MCM supplies lightweight substrates for roof gardens and areas where soil weight and drainage are top considerations, as well as specialist soils for acid-loving plants. For wildflower planting in pockets around the development, choose a low fertility topsoil blend to provide the nutrient levels required for a thriving soft landscape whilst suppressing the onset of invasive weeds across the planting scheme.
The perfect park landscape
For paved and unpaved roads, temporary working areas or to prepare for an outdoor event, choose an aggregate that compacts and drains without losing stability. For new trees, shrubs or turfed areas, choose a rootzone material for a healthy root boost and a great start in life. For walls and embankments or a contemporary landscape statement, choose gabion stone, Scottish cobbles or other decorative aggregates to emphasise and complement the luxury of your accommodation.
A welcoming environment
Lakeside, forest path or car parking – the ground really matters. Make best of use of the space and the landscape around your park by ensuring each surface is fit for purpose. Crushed concrete for roadways and access; self-binding gravel for forecourts and around high traffic areas; permeable recycled aggregates for paving sub-bases; free-draining soils for planted areas; low fertility soils for wildflower planting and bioretention soils for swales to alleviate flood risks and waterlogging.
