Brambledown
Brambledown are an external works company based in North East England employing between 95-100 Full-time staff. History. Brambledown Landscape Services Ltd, part of the Brambledown Contracts Group Ltd, was formed in 1972 with the combined skills of a horticulturist and construction worker. A founding director, Frank Curry, remains with the company as Managing Director to this day. Brambledown began life in Shincliffe village on the grounds that is now Poplar Tree Garden Centre in Durham. As the company expanded it was decided that the Garden Centre would remain on the site and the landscape contracting business should  be moved to a larger more efficient site. This site in Brandon is still the headquarters of Brambledown although Brambledown has also expanded to sites in Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear, and Leeming, enabling it to cover landscaping and external works schemes across the entire north of the United Kingdom. Brambledown currently has 3 depots across the north of England and currently employs over 100 full-time staff. Brambledown Landscape Services Ltd covers all forms of external works including natural and artificial sports ground construction, historic park restoration, school playground installation and refurbishment, Heritage Lottery Fund Environmental regeneration schemes, lake, car park  and pathway construction and other forms of hard and soft landscaping projects. Brambledown have a fleet of over 50 vehicles ranging from Tippers to HGVs and Grab wagons, and a large range of heavy plant in house such as JCB's, Mini excavators, 360 Excavators, Tractors, as well as hand held plant such as chain saws, laser levels, In 2003 Brambledown regained control of the Garden Centre from where it first started operating in Durham and now use it as a retail division which trades as Poplar Tree Garden Centre which is still based in Durham City. Services. Historic Park  Restorations, Steel & Timber Fencing, Block Paving, Earthworks, Land Remediation, Groundworks, Stone Walls, Carpark Construction, Civils, Brick walls, stone walls, lighting, ducting, Multi Use Games Areas (MUGA), Play Area Construction, Artificial and Natural 3G Sports Pitch construction, Mature Tree Planting, Hedge Planting, Drainage, Sports Pitch Drainage, Sports Facilities, Line Marking, Grounds Maintenance. Awards. In 2009, and 2012 Brambledown were awarded the National Considerate Constructors Bronze Award in Edinburgh for Construction Excellence. The sites, Barnes Park Sunderland and Newcastle West End External Works, were found o have high levels of Construction and Civil Engineering excellence. One of the sites that was  examined was based in Newcastle upon Tyne and involved the external fascia renovation of several West End Housing Estates, along with fencing, paving, garden walls, tarmac surfacing, drainage and planting works. Most recently, in 2018, Brambledown were awarded a National BALI Award for works carried out at Segedunum Roman Fort, in the category of "Commercial Hard Landscaping under £300k". The Award was presented to Brambledown at a prestigious ceremony presented by Dan Walker in Park Lane London in front of over 1,000 Landscape & Construction industry guests. Brambledown have now received 14 National BALI (British Association of Landscape Industries) Awards  between 1980 and 2018, and numerous Local Environmental Landscape Awards throughout Yorkshire and The North East. Major projects. Brambledown are responsible for some of the North East and Yorkshires largest, and most prestigious Commercial Landscape and Civils projects. Many of these projects are over £1 million in value. Some of the most recent Award Winning Landscape Contracts in the North East are: Retail Outlet - Poplar Tree Garden Centre. Brambledown Landscape Services Ltd are part of The Brambledown Contracts Group Ltd, and also have a retail outlet in the form of Poplar Tree Garden Centre based in Shincliffe Village Durham  City. 2006 saw the opening of Brambles Coffee Shop on the site of Poplar Tree Garden Centre. In 2007 Poplar Tree Florists were created and began to run operations from Poplar Tree Garden Centre. Poplar Tree Florist is an Interflora Florist. Poplar Tree Interflora Florist Durham References. Brambles Coffee Shop