Industry Partners
TASK thrives on strong links and collaborations with our industry.
We are proud to have partnered with some of the industry’s most highly respected organisations and suppliers who are at the forefront of the industry. We are grateful for the support that our partners give to TASK and to our students.
If you are interested in becoming an industry partner, contact the team at
ACO Technologies plc
ACO is a world leader in the design, development and implementation of sustainable surface water management systems. For over 50 years ACO has pioneered unique solutions that satisfy the need for high performance, environmental excellence, optimal return on investment and long operational life across a vast range of applications. Product solutions include award-winning surface water management, high performance stormwater control and hygienic and corrosion resistant building drainage systems.
Altrad Belle, the No.1 for Light Construction Equipment, combines design and manufacturing expertise to present the most comprehensive range of tools to the construction industry. Our focus on engineering quality makes our portfolio of:- Compacting, Mixing, Concreting, Pumping, Cutting, Breaking, Moving, Generators, Pressure Washers and Wheelbarrows the established brand it is today. #No1forLightConstructionEquipment
Arbour Landscape Solutions supplies landscapers, garden designers and self builders across the UK with a comprehensive range of landscaping materials. Headed up by Richard Bickler, a highly experienced landscaper, the company is renowned for their superb customer care and attention to detail. Unique online quoting tools make pricing jobs easy whilst Richard’s talent for sourcing bespoke materials takes the pain out of procurement.
APL- The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) comprises accredited landscape companies who design, build and maintain gardens throughout the UK. The rigorous inspection process to join is the toughest within the industry. Along with the initial inspection, each member is inspected annually to ensure each member has up to date insurances, complies with health and safety law and their quality of work is to the highest possible. The APL is the only landscaping scheme operator of TrustMark, a Government endorsed initiative that promotes professional trades to consumers.
Aquacut Limited is based in Chesire and our building finishes are installed in premises around the world. The group comprises of three divisions:
Aquacut - the fabrication division, creation functional and attractive building finishes from clients' tile and stone.
Tilers Tools - distributors of high-quality tools, equipment, consumables, cleaning and maintenance chemicals and adhesives to landscape, tiling, swimming pool and building professionals.
Babilonia - creating luxurious rooms in the garden by supplying and manufacturing high quality bespoke garden products to enhance outdoor living.
Aquacut has a dedicated team of craftsmen with decades of experience processing a wide range of building materials such as porcelain, stone, metals, glass, and composites to create functional and beautiful building finishes.
Bespoke Stone Walling offers a wide range of dry stone walling and landscaping services to locations across the Cotswolds, Cirencester, Bath, Tetbury, Malmesbury, Stroud, Nailsworth, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
Brickworks Vande Moortel is manufacturer of bricks, pavers and slips.
Brickworks Vande Moortel was established in 1864 in the Scheldt Valley in Oudenaarde. Today it is more active than ever at the same location. Under the management of the Vande Moortel family, the company has grown to become an important manufacturer at the top line of facing bricks and a reference in clay pavers. The fact that the business has retained its family style and has remained accessible at all levels makes the company extremely customer-focused. Currently the brickworks produces 95,000,000 bricks per year, destined for markets in Belgium, neighbouring countries, the Scandinavian countries, Eastern Europe and other export markets such as Japan, America and the Arabian Peninsula.
Country Supplies over the last 25 years has built its reputation and loyal customer base by reliably delivering high quality, consistent products, economically to both site and home. With an unrivalled range and stock holding this has meant it has grown into a true one-stop shop for both Landscaping and the Fencing trade alike. After constant investment Country Supplies can offer an unparalleled delivery service that unlike most online companies does not rely on cumbersome pallet truck deliveries. Operating a 10-strong fleet of delivery trucks we aim to offer a next-day delivery service within a 40-mile radius of High Wycombe.
The Decking Network is a community and forum for advice for anyone who has or builds Decking and Cladding structures in the UK and Worldwide. All decking is welcome and it’s a place to showcase your projects for everyone to see. We promote correct construction including EC5 regulations.
Grad is a European family-owned business created to improve the way we do decking and cladding. By replacing the timber subframe with aluminium rails, the boards clip easily onto factory-fitted clips, reducing installation times by half and ensuring easy precision alignment. The Grad decking system is engineered to warp less and survive longer in better condition.
The HTA welcomes garden retailers, growers, manufacturers and suppliers, landscapers and service providers in the UK.
We promote, support and nurture our industry to ensure a robust and sustainable future. We do this through representation of members’ interests to government and media, provide great garden gifting products and help members develop their businesses through first-class advice.
No matter the size or location of your business, if you're part of the gardening, amenity and landscaping industry, you need to be part of the association that represents it.
Keyscape Design & Construction are a multi award winning creative landscape gardening company based in Worcestershire and members of The Association of Professional Landscapers.
At Keyscape we listen to our clients and use our expert knowledge and understanding of good design to produce garden designs, construction and quality craftsmanship that not only works for but looks stunning!
We are proud of our landscaping achievements and have enjoyed working with some of the country’s top designers over the last 30 years, building award winning gardens at many of the top gardening shows including RHS Chelsea, RHS Malvern and BBC Gardeners World Live, where most recently in June 2022 we were awarded a Platinum Award and Best in Show for ‘Frances’ Garden’, BBC Presenter, Frances Tophill’s first show garden.
Landscapeplus is a true 'one-stop-shop' supplying landscape professionals with lighting, irrigation, and water feature systems. We’ve been trade-only since day one and every decision since has focused on the requirements of landscape professionals. Our aim is to help professionals create beautiful gardens with as little hassle as possible. Furthermore, we provide a unique Design Support Service and travel around the UK hosting training and events where professionals can learn and network with like-minded industry professionals.
London Stone are deeply committed to the growth and development of the landscaping industry. Our support starts with training academies, where we help nurture emerging talent through focused education and practical experiences.
Aligning with esteemed trade associations such as APL and BALI, we uphold and contribute to high industry standards and innovations. Our participation in APL Clusters and college visit initiatives further reflects our dedication to nurturing future professionals. Additionally, through factory tours and Landscape Plus open days, we offer valuable opportunities for industry professionals and enthusiasts to connect, learn, and grow within the landscaping community.
London Stone joined forces with leading landscaping and land-based course trainer TASK Academy in 2024. Incorporated by experienced landscaper, and APL & BALI Award judge, Rupert Keys, TASK is based in Worcestershire and provides workshops and courses in collaboration with London Stone. Landscapers and garden designers can access a range of tailored courses, learn more about London Stone’s range of products and services, while upskilling themselves, and the industry as a whole.
Makita
Makita, the foremost manufacturer of power tools in the world. With 100 years’ experience, our products are lauded the world over for both their performance and quality.
Millboard decking takes the best of real wood and enhances it, beautifully. Hand-moulded from natural oak to replicate the grain of timber, each length is carefully hand-tinted in incredible true-to-life tonal shades to create a highly authentic wood-look decking board.
Millboard decking is functional too. Designed to withstand the outdoor environment, the boards do not require sanding or oiling, are slip resistant in the wet and will not rot or warp.
Mobilane offers both indoor and outdoor sustainable and innovative green solutions for urban areas and buildings, such as green facades, green walls, green roofs, ready-made hedges and space-saving systems for green interior design. In doing so, the company contributes to global climate goals such as nature-inclusive & future-proof building.
With facilities in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia and an extensive partner network, its unique, solution-oriented green systems can be found worldwide.
OX Tools is a world leading manufacturer of hand tools, diamond tools, workwear, and safety products. Our mission is to bring energy and innovation to every tradesperson in the world. We do that by creating ground-breaking tool innovations, by making products more sustainably, by building a creative and diverse global team and by making a positive impact in communities where we live and work. Unleash the power!
Perennial have been helping people in Horticulture for over 180 years and is the UK’s only charity dedicated to helping everyone who works in horticulture, and their families who face need or crisis.
Perennial provides free and confidential advice, information and support to people working in, or retired from horticulture and their families.
Since developing the first tree anchoring system in 1983, Platipus Landscape Solutions has continued to innovate and develop products to help the Landscaping industry including their Piddler Tree Irrigation System. More recently they unveiled the G-WALL, modular living wall solution to give all garden designers, architects, and contractors a durable and efficient system to transform their green spaces.
Readyhedge is a UK nursery specialising in growing instant hedging in metre long lengths and heights up to 200cm tall. We grow over 40km of hedges in containers every year in over 35 varieties
Readyhedge is an innovative way of supplying hedges which over comes the problem of how many plants do I need, by supplying pre-spaced clipped metre long units of hedging that can be easily handled by one or two people.
https://www.readyhedgeltd.com/
Established in 2003, Resin Bonded Ltd was formed by a team of resin industry experts to meet the growing demand for contractors to buy good quality resin products. Their considerable growth as a company in the last decade has made them one of the leading and most trusted suppliers in the UK.
They service a range of businesses, from small independent contractors to large scale organisations. Their commitment is to offer high levels of support and advice to their customers together with their dedication to ensure that they supply only the best materials at competitive prices. Which has meant that their reputation as a business has grown just as much as their customer base.
Their friendly staff are always on hand to offer supply quotes, arrange training sessions, give technical advice, send out samples, process orders and give contact details of our trained contractors.
Rolawn is the UK’s leading turf grower and supplier of Britain’s Finest Turf. In addition, Rolawn is renowned for its market leading high quality topsoils and barks. The company is proud of its reputation for professionalism, reliability and integrity, which, allied to a culture of innovation and constant improvement, has resulted in the Rolawn brand becoming the industry benchmark of quality and service. As market leaders, they are also well-known for keeping a sharp focus on the future trends and issues that will affect the industry and are BS EN ISO 9001:2015 and BS EN ISO 14001:2015 certified.
Rolawn has provided products to many much-loved events and locations across the UK, including Gardeners World Live, the Royal Parks and Palaces, The Royal Horticultural Society and The Science Museum in London. Its reputation and ability to supply a diverse clientele reaches across all customer sectors and in all corners of the UK.
https://www.rolawn.co.uk/
Steintec are the market leaders in the manufacture of High Performance Paving mortars, which are designed to exceed the British Standard BS 7533 - 101
August 2021. Supplying projects in the commercial and domestic markets and providing solutions from Permeable bedding and jointing to manhole
placement and rapid setting for early vehicular trafficking.
Steintec provides market leading technical support to designers and contractors backed up with on-site support for the installers.
SuDSPlanter® provides a simple retrofit solution to ‘slowing the flow’ of roof water into the sewers. This system is designed to work on both commercial and residential developments.
Our aim was to produce an environmentally sound flood mitigation device which would improve home owners’ lives through urban greening and flood defence.
The Landscape Library is a unique on-line training and educational resource for Garden Designers, Landscapers, Maintenance Contractors and Gardeners. The library was founded by leading industry expert Alan Sargent in 2020 and includes, ideas, articles, features, books, templates, hints and tips, advice and information on a huge variety of topics for the horticulture industry.
https://www.landscapelibrary.co.uk/
Tilers Tools is part of the Aquacut Group, and was established to serve professional tiling, landscaping, and building professionals throughout the UK and Ireland. Based in Cheshire, Tilers Tools is the official Raimondi UK distributor, selling and delivering a wide range of equipment tools and consumables. Tilers Tools are also UK distributors for Jackoboard, Kaufmann, Kerakoll, and Tilemaster stocking a comprehensive range of products.
Trex composite deck boards offer the ultimate in low maintenance decking. They have been specially engineered to perform better in the rain and the sun’s UV rays and are designed to be fade, stain, scratch and mould resistant. This is supported by a limited 25-year guarantee on residential installations and a limited 10-year guarantee on commercial projects. Manufactured from a mixture of recycled plastics and wood fibres, Trex is a sustainable alternative to timber. It’s made from 95% recycled material including 1.5 billion used plastic carrier bags a year and hardwood waste.
Arbor Forest Products are the UK’s exclusive distributor of Trex Composite Decking since 2011. Trex are the world’s no. 1 composite decking brand and manufacturer. In addition to this Arbor Forest Products also offer a range of complimentary products including plastic subframes and pedestals, Trex Signature and ArborRail railing systems, lighting, fencing and cladding.
Viridis plants is a leading wholesale plant supplier, dedicated to delivering a premium plant supply service.
Operating from our midland’s nursery we reliably service elite garden designers and landscaping companies nationwide.
The Viridis team has a wealth of plant knowledge and horticultural experience, supported by a large range of quality production over four growing sites and a network of UK and continental suppliers