​Europe’s longest living green wall taking shape at Ashford Designer Outlet​

New images have been taken which show Europe’s longest living green wall taking shape at the Ashford Designer Outlet extension in Kent. The development is on course to open in the second half of this year.

Reflecting Kent’s status as the ‘Garden of England’, tens of thousands of vertically-stacked plants will clad the newly extended centre, greeting affluent long-haul tourists from Europe and beyond as well as day-out shoppers.

The extension to the existing designer outlet will add 50 retail, leisure and F&B units to the 80 already operating, as well as a new events space and a children’s play area. The canopy roof on the existing building will be modified to tie the new area in visually.

A net 324 extra parking spaces will be created to serve the development, while links to Ashford town centre are being improved to facilitate the whole scheme. The extension is expected to add a further 500 employees to the current 1,000.

Chapman Taylor designed the new extension for McArthurGlen alongside Applied Landscape Design.