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Landscaped podiums and pedestal paving

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Decades of experience in landscaping, waterproofing, green roofing, pedestal paving, planters and planting, makes Pritchard & Pritchard’s dedicated team the go-to landscaped podium infrastructure partner for the UK’s top architects, property developers and contractors.

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Podium landscapes – the new ground level

A landscaped podium is a communal outdoor space, serving adjacent residential or commercial buildings.

Well-designed podiums become a new ground-level oasis, leaving users oblivious to the fact that beneath their feet are several floors of commercial or residential amenities or car-parking.

Pictured is London’s Barbican Centre, one of the world’s pioneering podium gardens first laid out in the 1970s. For the multi-award-winning refurbishment, Pritchard & Pritchard supplied and installed all the infrastructure for flower beds, including 1000 cubic metres of substrate. Read the Barbican case study

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Barbican Podium Landscape

Landscaped Podium – the raised courtyard

Landscaped podiums create recreational spaces for people living and working above street level.

Raised courtyards or courtyard podiums use a combination of hard and soft landscaping to deliver welcoming communal spaces, as with this beautiful example at Wimbledon Grounds.

P&P’s landscaped podium service includes sustainable drainage systems, waterproofing, paving, decking, seating, flower beds, raised planters and planting.

Podiums are usually intensively planted with a mix of plants that may include trees, shrubs, herbaceous and flowering plants, sometimes lawns, wild-flower meadows and water features.

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Wimbledon Grounds Podium Landscape

Pedestal paving and blue roofs

Pedestal paving (slabs on adjustable pedestals) marries perfectly with ‘blue’ podium sustainable drainage roofing systems (SuDS) which help:

  • Total weight of the paving
  • Improve drainage
  • Heat dissipation
  • Speed of install
  • Perfect levelling (even if the roof has uneven surfaces)
  • Future flexibility (as the slabs can be easily lifted, replaced or removed)
  • Meet planning targets on sustainability, such as London’s Sustainable Design and Construction SPG

Pritchard and Pritchard’s paving team are the UK’s leading installers of pedestal paving and blue roof systems.

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Image shows the P&P paving team laying paving slabs on pedestals over a blue roof drainage system on a terrace of a new development.

Podium maintenance

Like any ground-level garden, if left alone, nature will soon take over. Different types of podiums require different maintenance regimes. Pritchard & Pritchard recommends the following maintenance plans:

  • Podiums with low maintenance extensive or sedum planting require four visits to inspect and tend per year.
  • Podiums with intensive or mixed planting require monthly visits to inspect and tend.
  • Podiums with lawns require fortnightly visits to inspect and tend.
  • Maintenance requirements include: inspection of the paving, drainage and irrigation systems; removing detritus, fertilizing; weeding; pruning; replacement planting or seeding; and pest control.
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Image shows the podium garden at the central London Stella McCartney which is maintained by P&P. The garden contains birch trees, climbers and moss.

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All your podium questions answered by the industry experts:

  • What is a landscaped podium?
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  • How do they reduce energy costs of a building?
  • Do podium gardens help getting planning permission?

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Latest podium and roof garden case studies

Bridge House, Central London

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The Pritchard and Pritchard team were subcontracted by DDC Limited To undertake the installation of this magnificent roof garden in the heart of London.

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Wimbledon Grounds combats flooding and pollution with 14,000 square metres of SuDS blue roofs and podiums

Wimbledon Grounds Blue Roof
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London’s largest blue roof.  Exemplar storm-water-management roofing project  Every roof in the development is blue and green (wildflower roofs) Half of the roofs are also…

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Magnificent rooftop garden on the bank of the River Thames

Magnificent rooftop garden on the bank of the River Thames
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The 650 square metre space is brought to life by the atmospheric planting by Pritchard & Pritchard.

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