BS 7370-4:1993

This standard BS 7370-4:1993 Grounds maintenance is classified in these ICS categories:

• 65.020.40 Landscaping and silviculture

This Part of BS 7370 gives recommendations for the management and maintenance of soft landscape that is intended primarily for amenity use. It is not intended to apply to areas used for the production of fruit or timber, or to specialized areas such as internal landscapes, roof gardens and ecology parks. The recommendations for maintenance given in this Part of BS 7370 apply to the growing conditions in the cool, temperate and fairly moist climate of the United Kingdom. Operations required in different seasons on various aspects of soft landscape are summarized in annex B.

Ornamental grasses and some species of grass of environmental value are covered in this Part of BS 7370, together with seminatural landscape types such as shrub and tree dominated areas, e.g. heathland, scrubland or grass and shrub dominated dune systems.

This Part of BS 7370 does not cover design aspects of landscape maintenance, nor is it intended to be a textbook on horticulture or forestry. Ecological and conservation aspects of management are given prominence where appropriate, and reference is made to suitable background reading in the text and the bibliography (see annex A).

Describes categories recommending, where possible, maintenance objectives for each category.