A site survey is important investment to ensure costly mistakes are not made with the sizing of hard landscaping or the density of planting. A professional survey can be prepared by a chartered surveyor or by your Architect in conjunction with other building works. We can recommend a good garden surveyor or if you would…
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Making marks
Making marks is all part of the design process. Typically I start work with pencils and graphite markers on tracing paper as the first step, sometimes working with coloured crayons on top sometimes not. Each designer has their own creative process. Making marks helps to get the flow of a space, it’s in plan mode…
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In the face of a global shut down and a great deal of fear and uncertainty one is faced with how one will respond and sometimes confronted with one’s worst fears and anxieties while being pressed to carry on as normal. That was week one for of lockdown for me. Of course like many people…
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There is always something new to learn and in 2009 I started out on a whole new career in horticulture and garden design. Although it wasn’t an entirely fresh start, I have a degree in design and have been a gardener for decades but nevertheless I discovered there was a very great deal more to…
Continue ReadingGrowing a Cutting Garden – WK1 Planning
Week one of the The Cutting Garden course from My-Garden-School went well. I find I am working for myself, out on a freezing morning surveying my current plots. Being a designer is a bit like being the cobblers children (no shoes!). You almost never have time to plan, in entirety, your own plot. Sections yes…
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We can provide good all round design skills to support the Garden Designer and Landscape Architect . From site survey through design and planting plans, including 3D modelling and CAD (Vectorworks 2015). We are happy to come in at any stage and complete any part of your works. Sometimes too much work floods in at…
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When buildings and their surrounding landscapes work together rather than against one another the whole space is more harmonious. A successful landscape design will provide an enduring enhancement of the architecture even when the inhabitants of the building change. Our services listed below are designed to support Architects, Planners and Property Developers. A full planting…
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Rosewarne Gardens privacy policy This privacy policy sets out how Rosewarne Gardens uses and protects any information that you give Rosewarne Gardens when you use this website. Rosewarne Gardens is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this…
Continue ReadingOutline Plan Process
Once Outline Plan ‘go ahead’ is received the next step is to have the site professionally surveyed. On relatively level areas, up to one acre, this can be done by our in house team. On more complex sites we will put you in touch with a skilled and chartered garden surveyor who can carry out…
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The best way to achieve a really successful garden is to have it designed for you and your garden. It avoids costly mistakes being made and through careful planning ensures the garden will work for you. Having your garden professionally designed rather than doing it piecemeal as you go along will ensure that your garden…
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