Case Studies

Green-tech has worked with both Re-form and Atlas Green for many years. To ensure that the trees and shrubs thrive, it is crucial to give them good quality soil to grow in. Atlas Green chose Green-tree’s British Standard Green-tree topsoil, and around 900 tonnes was supplied to site in staged deliveries, along with top quality bark mulch to finish the planting beds.

Green-tech was asked to advise the best way to integrate tree pits into the project. There were several challenges to overcome; the main one being the level of lateral loading from traffic, which made the use of geo-cellular units impractical. Another was the extremely narrow width of some of the central reservations, and how to maximise the rooting volume.

Green-tech has announced that their Green-tree roof garden substrate was used in the award-winning scheme installed by Palmer Landscapes. Leodis Square, Sweet Street, Leeds is a city centre development project, comprising four apartment blocks of up to 12 storeys high. The development is also home to two podium gardens; situated on the roofs of the on-site car parking, which form the courtyards for the apartments.

Works in Bristo Square included tree planting, creation of more social spaces and improved accessibility. It was designed to give a light, open space, with tiered seating steps around the central events area. Bordering this paved pedestrian area are ten semi-mature trees set in hard landscaping. These trees help to soften the cityscape and provide much needed shade during the summer months.

The idea behind the Nexus Building was one of collaboration - setting up a “community of innovators”, as well as becoming home for the University of Leeds new Design and Innovation Centre. With an impressive new entrance on Woodhouse Lane, Nexus forms a striking gateway between the city and the southern corner of the campus.

Eddington is Cambridge’s newest neighbourhood with something for everyone. It is promoted as ‘a whole new area of Cambridge, designed for twenty-first century sustainable living’.

One of the UK’s busiest retail sites, Teesside Park in Stockton-on-Tees, is undergoing its biggest overhaul for 30 years.

The idea behind the Nexus Building was one of collaboration, setting up a “community of innovators”, as well as becoming home for the University of Leeds new Design and Innovation Centre. With an impressive new entrance on Woodhouse Lane, Nexus forms a striking gateway between the city and the southern corner of the campus.

Green-Tree supply substrate for roof terrace installed for Barratt London

150m3 of Green-tree intensive substrate; an established growing media with an excellent reputation in the marketplace has been supplied for a new courtyard area at the Queens Walk development in Reading.

A newly built secondary school in the North East of England has had its sports pitch constructed and grounds landscaped by Brambledown Landscape Services, one of the UK's leading Landscaping, Sports Pitch & Groundwork operations. Brambledown Landscape Services turned to Green-tree to supply premium grade topsoil, specifically manufactured for high quality sports pitch application. Green-tree advisers met with Brambledown Landscape Services

England’s first public park, Derby Arboretum, was renovated by laying almost 8,000 square metres of a variety turf products.

Glasgow Fort Retail Park is one of Scotland’s largest and most popular ‘out of town’ shopping destinations with 100 outlets and parking for 2,500 vehicles. It has a catchment area covering in the region of 2 million people and circa 100 retail and leisure outlets covering over 800,000sq ft.

Green-tree’s intensive roof garden substrate has been installed in one of the most high profile and newest commercial buildings in the centre of York. Global insurer Hiscox Ltd has recently completed a £19 million office-build in the city’s historic centre, employing 250 people so far.

Green-tree has supplied the materials for a roof garden and landscaping at a new state-of-theart £23m emergency care centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.

Streatham Hub is an exciting new development in South London offering modern apartments and leisure facilities. Building three is set around a landscaped residential courtyard and the entire site boasts exclusive landscaped walkways.

The Green-tree Roof Garden Substrate was specifically selected due to its workability, lightweight qualities and good water holding capacity; all variables that contribute to a successful roof garden planting scheme. The Green-tree Amenity Tree Soil was installed to provide an excellent start for the planting scheme, ensuring that the trees and plants that make up this development establish themselves quickly in time for the official opening of the student halls in autumn 2014.

Green-tech were able to provide the perfect solution – a bespoke soil mix which was very light and had a high nutrient content. Green-tech produce and deliver organic top soil ideal for planting, turfing and landscaping, known as Green-tree Topsoil. Manufactured using organic compost and overburdened sand from quarries, our high quality top soil has been recognised across the UK and awarded the Green Apple award. This is awarded to companies carrying out projects that enhance the environment.

Green-tech produce and deliver organic top soil ideal for planting, turfing and landscaping, known as Green-tree Topsoil. Manufactured using organic compost and overburdened sand from quarries, our high quality top soil has been recognised across the UK and awarded the Green Apple award. This is awarded to companies carrying out projects that enhance the environment.

A £15m new development of the Business School at the University of Essex, has incorporated over 140 tonnes of Green-tree topsoil into its landscaping and groundworks. Spread over 5500 sq m, the building features a Bloomberg Financial Market Lab, study pods and a café with sun terrace and elevates the school’s position to compete with the premier business schools in Europe

​Green-tree’s intensive roof garden substrate and gtRoofdrain has recently been installed in the prestigious London development of Four Pancras Square.

​Green-tree has launched its new Rain Garden Filter Medium; a bespoke engineered soil for use in rain garden applications

Over 1,200 tonnes of Green-tree, British Standard Topsoil has been installed into the recent regeneration programme of Harton Quay Park, South Tyneside.