BALI National Award Winner 2002 - Grounds Maintenance of Public Grounds

English Landscapes Maintenance has been awarded three contracts by Portsmouth City Council. The first awarded in 2001 was for the South of the City, including the seafront, followed by the North and the East in 2002. All three contracts have recently been extended to 15 years.

The contract comprises:

Stripping, planting and maintenance of floral bedding schemes, hanging baskets, lamppost troughs and hedges
Maintenance of heather beds, alpines, herbaceous borders, rose borders and a sunken garden complete with pond
Maintenance of high amenity grass and sports areas - fertilising, selective weed control, scarifying and end of season reinstatement
Sweeping and weed control of selected hard areas and litter picking
Maintenance of internal plants - dead-heading, leaf shining, feeding and watering
Animal husbandry

Innovative initiatives on this contract include using environmentally-friendly electric buggies, introducing a green waste recycling programme and, in time, setting up an apprentice training scheme for young people based on the 'old-fashioned' parks apprenticeship scheme.