Gillespies scoops first prize at the European Garden Awards for Crossrail Place Roof Garden

Crossrail Place Roof Garden was awarded first prize for best “Innovative Design of a Contemporary Garden” at the European Garden Awards of the Schloss Dyck Foundation and of the European Garden Heritage Network, held at the IGA 2017 in Berlin.

The garden was selected as a positive example of how landscape architects can “rethink roof gardens and connect them with concepts for urban parks and architecture. The garden was praised for its “innovative concept and extraordinary plant skills”

Now in its 8th year, the European Garden award honours exceptional achievements in garden culture and in making use of parks and gardens in urban and regional development policies.

For further information, please visit the European Garden Heritage Network’s website.