JOHN CHAMBERS WILDFLOWER SEED SUPPLIED FOR
INNOVATIVE NEW SCOTTISH WICK CAMPUS
A new £48 million Wick Campus lawn mix, planting compost, tree
project; part of the Scottish stakes, cross bars, belting and blocks.
Government ‘Scotland’s Schools
Client: The Highland Council
Main Contractor: Morrison
for the Future programme’ John Chambers Wildflower Seed has was commissioned by the a 35-year history of supplying native Highland Council. British produced wildflower seed and Ryder Architecture
mixes to rural and urban projects Landscape Architect:
The 17,500sqm campus replaced across the UK. Seed is sourced from
the previous Wick High School and growers that are long established
consolidated a number of existing and stringent in their collection
primary schools, a nursery, sports processes; it is cleaned by hand, a
facilities, a community library and labour-intensive process that will only
swimming pool; into one integrated achieve the highest quality standards.
community facility. The team of specially trained seed
cleaners only dispatch the best seed
The campus formally called the that ensures optimum growth and
East Caithness Community Campus success no matter the climate or
was officially launched in the soil quality.
Summer 2018.
As well as the standard mixes, the
Ashlea Limited, one of the UKs team at John Chambers Wildflower
largest privately-owned commercial Seed work with Landscape Architects
landscaping company, is part of and Ecologists across the UK to
the supply chain for Morrison create bespoke wildflower mixes
Construction and has undertaken that meet specific criteria. The team
the soft landscaping to a number takes time to consider bio-diversity,
of schools in the central belt of location, flowering periods and project
Scotland and in the Highlands. They aspirations before it creates a mix
were awarded the contract for soft suitable for a specification.
landscaping which included wildflower
seeding around the extensive grounds Commenting on the project Stuart
of Wick Campus. Simpson, a Director of Ashlea Limited
They turned to leading landscape said, “The establishment of the
provider Green-tech who supplied over wildflower areas has been excellent.
300kg of John Chambers Wildflower It was first seeded in May 2018 during
Seed for phase 2 of the project, the very dry period we experienced
including a specialist eco species rich this summer.
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Construction Architect:
LDA Design, Glasgow
Landscape Contractor:
Ashlea Limited
The establishment of the flowering
lawn has been excellent, one of the
best we have ever seen and I am sure
the warm weather was the main
contributing factor. Being so far north
in Scotland the site is subject to ever
changing weather conditions and an
almost constant wind. It has been a
pleasure to work on this project and
we always turn immediately to Green-
tech as our landscape supplier. They
always supply what we need; when we
need it; at the most competitive prices.
Their John Chambers Wildflower Seed
is hand prepared and of excellent
quality. We have used their seed on
many other projects; always with
outstanding results. “