Tubs Hill, Sevenoaks - Urban

Tubs Hill is an £8 million residential apartment block development with communal gardens in Sevenoaks.

Previously one of the tallest 1960s eight storey office blocks, when Tubs Hill was being converted into luxury one and two bedroom private apartments, Robert Myers Associates specified Kinley’s products as part of the design for the two unusual podium gardens.

Urban edging (previously HiGrade) was used to accommodate the circular garden design. These incorporated curved edging and were designed to fit on an inverted roof build up construction. Made of CorTen steel, the bespoke planters can be formed to meet a range of design specifications, including size, height and shape. The two colour path was defined using AluExcel aluminium edging to separate the resin bound gravel.

As well as the curved layout, the garden was to be created on top of a waterproofed roof. The planter edges were installed by Kingston Garden Services by bolting triangular support brackets into a 50mm layer of screed on top of the waterproofing.