Toby Goodger, Practice Principal, awarded professional certificate in Arboriculture

Toby Goodger, the principal of Goodger Design Associates, has now been awarded the professional technicians certificate in Arboriculture having achieved good marks in the eight units that make up the qualification. We now have achieved professional credibility to enable our practice to carry out arboricultural consultancy work for our clients whether they are individuals or organisations. We have been completing tree conditions surveys to BS 5837 (2005) on development sites for several years and now can complete safety audits and risk assessments related to trees.

Open Squares Weekend London 12 June

Karen and I had a fun day visiting several gardens and squares in the West End of London for Open Squares weekend sponsored by Transport for London. We visited the garden of apartment 1A at Kensington Palace where Princess Margaret lived-it is a very tranquil space with an attractive Trompe l'oeil archway along the back wall. Much of the garden was planted up by Roddy Llewellyn, Margaret's partner. We also visited the gardens and courtyards known as Abbey Green at Westminster Abbey. All these lovely gardens are very well maintained as can be seen from these images.

Landscape Scheme Created for Old Court Hotel Site, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England

We have completed a prestigious landscape scheme for the Old Court Hotel Site in Taplow, Buckinghamshire. The developer has planning permission to build 11 luxury apartments on the site and requested our services to prepare a landscape scheme that will feature the planting of several semi mature Hornbeam and Cherry trees along the frontage and communal and semi private gardens for the new residents. The apartments will go on the market shortly. The scheme drawing is attached along with an aerial view borrowed from Google Earth

Meeting at Beaumont House

Attended a Refer On Business networking meeting at Beaumont House Old Windsor today - very interesting and hopefully will generate new business leads.

Successful Masterplan Created for Birch Green Site in Staines

We recently presented our masterplan design for Birch Green in Staines, Middlesex to council officers and local residents. The attached plans and visualisations were received very favourably. The next stage is obtain consents and to put together a funding package for its implementation.

Have managed to win commission with St Georges School in Windsor helping with school grounds development plan

We have attached the article that appears in this month's issue of the magazine Spaces and Places decribing the work we have completed for and on behalf of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead at the Maidenhead Town Moor for your information. Watch this space regarding phase 2 of the project!