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his month was filled with news about the top brass of the
industry’s trade associations.
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) board
announced that Chris Pateman has left his post as
chairman due to family reasons. Pateman said: “I find a number of
family issues are now requiring my attention and the long commute
had made it harder than anticipated. As a result, I no longer feel able to
contribute to the HTA as I would have wished. In my short tenure with
the HTA, it has been both a privilege and a pleasure to have witnessed
the enthusiasm of the HTA teams.”
Ken White stepped down as chairman of the Association of
Professional Landscapers (APL) to be replaced by vice chairman
Rod Winrow, from Garden House Design, and David Sewell from the
Garden Makers assuming the position of vice chair. White said: “I have
thoroughly enjoyed my time as Chairman and wish the APL Committee
and its members continued success.”
Finally the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) paid tribute to
leading landscape designer John Brookes following his death on 16
March. A tribute was written by society member Andrew Duff, who
said: “An icon of garden design, it is not an exaggeration to say that
John Brookes FSGD MBE has influenced us all as designers. Brookes
enjoyed a breathtakingly diverse and broad career from the late
1950’s working until his death last week leading the way forward from
traditional to modern garden design.”
This month Alessandro Carrara learned about the Calverley
Adventure Grounds landscape project in Tunbridge Wells, an intricate
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playground designed to evoke the local landscape and provide an
exciting play area for children. Meanwhile, Lewis Catchpole caught up
with the designers of a project that will never be built: a submission for a
competition to create a horse-based theme park and racetrack in
South Korea.
I hope you enjoy the issue.
Michael Northcott
Editor
Landscape Insight
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