The Secret Garden – Blenheim Palace
Landscape architects
MCA is a highly experienced landscape architects practice operating across the UK, based in Woodstock, Oxfordshire
MCA is a pro-active and amenable landscape architects practice which has been registered with The Landscape Institute for twenty-six years. The Practice Principal, Mark Cooper, is a Chartered Landscape Architect with thirty five year’s experience in the design and implementation of new residential and commercial developments on every scale.
The practice undertakes landscape planning and detailed design to produce sustainable developments which enhance biodiversity and create attractive environments in which to live and work.
Site Analysis
Site Assessment; identifying landscape assets
Tree and Ecology Surveys
Site Planning and Layout Development
Landscape Design Strategy
Public Consultation and Exhibitions
Pre-Application Consultation
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments
Documents which assess the impact of a proposed development on the visual quality of landscape or townscape and the implications for people who are impacted by the scheme whether residents, workers or passers-by.
Detailed Design
Hard and Soft Landscape Plans
Site Levels and Setting Out
Construction Details; tree pits, paved surfaces, edgings, walls, steps, street-furniture and boundaries
Lighting Design and Coordination
Co-ordination of drainage and services
Ecological Enhancements – Bird, Bat, Beetle and Invertebrate Habitats
Arboriculture and Protection of Existing Trees
Play Area concept and detailed design
Landscape Design Elements
Parks and Green Spaces
Urban Squares with Pools and Fountains
Structural landscape; avenues, hedgerows
Roof gardens and podium deck courtyards
Sustainable Urban Drainage
Pools, swales, rain-gardens
River and Water Course Restoration
Community Gardens and Allotments