Roger Noakes - Trying To Help the Environment

This site is the parallel site to www.rngd.co.uk the web site of Roger Noakes Garden Design. Go to that site for much more information about what we do. We deliver high quality garden design and landscaping services with good old fashioned service in N and NE London, SW Essex and S Herts.

Since we are landscape gardeners and designers it would be surprising if we didn't have concerns for the environment, conservation and sustainability. So in our small way we try to do our bit and we want to help you do yours. It all counts. Not many people know this, but there are far more acres of gardens in this country than there are of protected nature reserves. So we can start to make a difference in our own back yards.

In the following pages:

  • You can find practical things you can do to conserve resources, attract wild life and perhaps save you money.
  • Find out how we aim to provide our services in environmentally friendly ways.
  • Points you to other sources of information about gardening in a conservationist and sustainable manner and provides news of latest developments in conservation gardening.

It is not always possible or practical in every garden to do everything in this way, but if you care why not do something?

  • A new strain of turf has recently come on to the market with apparently significant advantages over other turf. It is called Rhizomatous tall fescue (RTF for short). It is drought resistant, shade and frost tolerant and does well in any sort of soil. How does it do this? The answer is that its roots penetrate the soil to a depth of up to 1.5m (approx. 5ft) compared to 15 - 20cm (8in.) with other grasses. Thus RTF gains greater access to moisture and nutrients in the soil and saves you water. We have started using RTF in clients' gardens and our turf supplier reckons that it won't be long before its use is widespread. Worth looking out for given the likelihood of dry summers and further hosepipe bans.


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