What is BS 4428 - landscaping code of practice about?
Landscape planning is very important to consider in developing land or restoring a city. Landscape professionals design, build, and maintain healthy green spaces in communities including sports fields, parks, gardens, and other facilities.
BS 4428 discusses the code of practice for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces).
BS 4428 code of practice gives recommendations for the following general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces):
- Preliminary investigations
- Drainage
- Grading and cultivation
- Seeding of grass areas
- Turfing
- Amenity tree planting
- Woodland planting
- Planting of shrubs, herbaceous plants, and bulbs
The code of practice includes recommendations for the gradients of sports fields that are not covered by the National Playing Fields Association technical publication Gradients for Outdoor Sports Facilities: 1983.
Note: The code does not cover the planting of alpine and aquatic plants.
Who is BS 4428 - landscaping code of practice for?
BS 4428 on landscaping code of practice is useful for:
- The landscaping industry
- The construction industry
- Landscape companies
- Landscapers
- Landscape operations managers / supervisors
- Civil engineers
- Project managers
- Real estate developers / architects
- Regulatory bodies / local authorities
Why should you use BS 4428 - landscaping code of practice?
Landscaping adds beauty and freshness to open spaces around buildings or other areas.
The recommendations of the code of practice take account of current techniques, equipment, and materials; and are restricted to general landscape operations.
Intensively used and specialized sports areas such as playing fields, bowling greens, cricket tables, and golf greens are excluded from the revision, both because they are specialized and because they are covered by Sports Ground Construction/Specification: 1975 issued by the National Playing Fields Association and the Sports Turf Research Institute.
BS 4428 walks you through the site investigations before operations, the information needed for the design of drainage for general grass landscaped areas, the design of drainage systems, and recommended gradients of landscape operations.
BS 4428 guidelines contribute towards the quality of our environment, which affects our physical and psychological health.
