At the 42nd BALI National Landscape Awards, BALI
Registered Contractor Bowles & Wyer received the coveted Grand Award for a
Private Residence in the Chilterns, the stunning implementation of a garden
design by BALI Registered Designer Gavin McWilliam and Andrew Wilson.
A BALI
member since 1993 and winner of numerous BALI Awards, including the Grand Award
and the Design & Build Award in 2010, Bowles & Wyer impressed the BALI
Adjudication Panel with this year’s scheme.
The BALI
National Landscape Awards, with headline sponsor Green-tech, are held annually
at London’s Grosvenor House on Park Lane and are the largest landscape Awards
in Europe.
They
recognise excellence in landscape design, construction and maintenance, and in
Affiliate customer service, achieved by Registered members of the British
Association of Landscape Industries. 127 entries were judged this year and 101
National Awards made.
The
Awards ceremony was hosted by popular sports journalist and breakfast TV
presenter Dan Walker, who addressed the record-breaking audience of over 1000
BALI members and guests during the luncheon and joined Awards sponsors on stage
to present the 29 Principal and 3 Special Awards. The presentation of the Grand
Award to Bowles & Wyer’s Managing Director Dan Riddleston was made by
headline sponsor Green-tech’s Sales Director, Richard Gill.
VIP
guests this year included Sue Biggs CBE, Director General of the Royal
Horticultural Society; Adam White, President and Daniel Cook, Chief Executive
of the Landscape Institute; Sarah Morgan, Chair of the Society of Garden
Designers; Matthew Bradbury, Chair of The Parks Alliance; and Rod Winrow,
Chairman of the Association of Professional Landscapers.
A full
list of award-winners and a description of the winning schemes is available on BALI’swebsite here.
Benefitting
from a collection at the event, this year’s chosen charities were Greenfingers
Charity, which creates beautiful outdoor spaces in hospices for children with
life-limiting illnesses and their families, and the BALI Chalk Fund, which
supports education and training in the landscape sector, including the BALI
GoLandscape careers outreach initiative. The total amount raised was £5,353.
