Best Use of Recycled & Reclaimed Materials

Special Awards are discretionary and are selected by the adjudication panel from amongst the category Award Winners and can vary from year to year.

Jilayne rickards mbali & landscaping solutions

special AWard WINNER 2020

the urban retreat - london

The design ethos for this delightful small urban garden was to creatively reuse and recycle as much as possible in order to reduce the carbon footprint of the build and to use original and unique items. There was a lot of trust involved between the clients, the designer and the contractor, working with unseen and undefined products from reclamation yards and many items sourced between client and designer to achieve the overall look that the designer had set out to achieve. Recycled and reclaimed materials included decking boards and shelving, slate paving, slate roofing, existing bricks for the retaining wall, all furniture and accessories, and stained glass for the arbour. The result is playful and magical with great variety and interest.