Kingcombe Aquacare

John Colton 
Managing Director 
Kingcombe Aquacare Ltd 
St. Francis Farm  
Hooke  
Dorset  
DT8 3NX  
Tel.: +44 (0)1308 862711  
Fax: +44 (0)1308 863524
E-mail: info@kingcombe.com
Web: www.kingcombe.co.uk

"Kingcombe Aquacare are delighted to be assisting in the creation of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons' Malaysian Garden for the 2005 Chelsea Flower Show" said John Colton, managing director of this specialist water management company. "Our relationship with Le Manoir goes back many years, having been responsible for the restoration of the main ponds in the grounds of the hotel itself. Utilising limited water resources to achieve the most beneficial aesthetic and environmental impact always presents us with a challenge, but the totally organic setting of Le Manoir's gardens posed even greater demands than normal.

"We look forward to working closely with Stephen Hendry and the plant specialists of Newington Nurseries on the Chelsea show garden. It will certainly give us another opportunity to demonstrate that water challenges are only solutions in disguise!"

Kingcombe have developed an enviable reputation over the last 20 years, within its specialist aquatic field. Projects have been as varied as the creation of a 5m high rock cascade for Lord and Lady Rothermere at their new home at Ferne Park, the restoration of the water features in The Barbican in the heart of London, the restoration of the Capability Brown lakes at Rycote Park in Oxford, and the design of the 3 hectare amenity lake at Salem Park, in the centre of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company has designed, and has recently been appointed by the Royal Horticultural Society to construct, the reflecting lake in front of the Bicentenary Glasshouse at Wisley Gardens.