Extending the soft landscape collaboration, Surrey based landscaping company, Goddards, will be returning to site at North East Lands this month to break-ground.

Phase one, awarded by John Sisk and Sons Limited, will see the delivery and planting of large trees, from 40-45cm to 65-70cm girth, as well as large multi-stems throughout the design.

The first of these, supplied by Baumschule Lorenz von Ehren, was a 60cm girth Catalpa weighing in at over 3500kg, delivered earlier this month, hoisted up to the podium and planted in the same day.

As well as the ground level landscape, Goddards will be constructing two podium gardens within the scheme. Across the planting plan of the project, the company will also be supplying and planting herbaceous, grasses, shrubs and wildflower turf, as well as reinforced grass and aquatics.

Goddards previous collaboration with Sisk saw the completion of the company’s 2021 BALI Award winning podium landscape at Canada Gardens in the category ‘Roof Gardens/ Living Wall Installations Commercial Roof Garden or Podium Landscaping Under £500K’.

Works on the project have an expected competition date of April 2025.