The 'Walking Barefoot with Bradstone' garden, featuring a ten tonne, 3m high giant natural stone boulder, has been awarded a gold medal at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
Extracted from Bardon Aggregates' Bardon Hill quarry the enormous piece of granite was transported to London to be the focal point of the show garden.
Created by first time Chelsea designer, Sarah Eberle in collaboration with Andrew Herring, the contemporary garden celebrates hard landscaping and textural planting.
"As a first time Chelsea designer, it was a very proud moment winning a gold medal," Sarah Eberle explained. "This is a great achievement and reflects the hard work and dedication expressed by the team in creating the 'Walking Barefoot with Bradstone' gardens."
Part of Aggregate Industries, Bardon Aggregates has won the Quality in Construction Awards 'Product and Materials Innovation' category for its proprietary asphalt product, Bardon Superflex.
The research and development team that submitted the Superflex entry had to demonstrate how the product has lead to increased performance, durability, safety economy and competitiveness in the UK construction industry as a consequence of its research and development programme.
Resurfacing from Bardon Contracting has taken place in a short timeframe on a road junction in Brixton, London. The project involved the company's Hitex product - an asphalt designed for a highly trafficked junction. The work was carried out over a 9hr. period at night.