{"id":11418,"date":"2026-03-23T14:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millboard.com\/en-gb\/?post_type=case-study&p=11418"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:19:14","slug":"apollo-garden","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/www.millboard.com\/en-gb\/case-studies\/apollo-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo garden – An Outdoor Entertaining Space That is Out of This World \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Multi-Award-Winning Masterpiece Featuring Millboard Enhanced Grain Decking in Smoked Oak<\/h2>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n <\/colgroup>\n\n \n \n \n \n
\n Location <\/th>\n \n Essex\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Designer <\/th>\n \n Designscape<\/a>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Landscaper <\/th>\n \n Landscapes by Design<\/a>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A GARDEN THAT REACHES FOR THE STARS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The name Apollo is not arbitrary. Positioned at the heart of this extraordinary garden is a stainless steel space capsule built to the same scale as the Apollo 11 command module, a Timothy Oulton piece with a plush, padded interior, a table, and a chandelier suspended overhead. It sits behind the TV screen as a hidden feature: a dramatic reveal that sets the tone for a project where no detail was too ambitious to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Apollo Garden is the result of a close collaboration between garden designer Paul Newman of Designscape<\/a> and Stuart Reid of Landscapes by Design<\/a>, a partnership that combined creative vision with 25 years of craft and construction expertise. Specified throughout the project, Millboard Enhanced Grain decking in Smoked Oak<\/a> provides the surface that ties every zone of this complex scheme together. That combination proved formidable. At the APL Annual Awards on 14th March 2025 at The Brewery in London, Apollo took home multiple category wins before being crowned Supreme Winner, the highest accolade in the UK landscaping calendar, and a remarkable achievement in the APL’s milestone 30th anniversary year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We just built it to the same high specification and technique and attention that we do all our gardens,” said Stuart Reid. The judges clearly agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n

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