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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RHS Tatton – it’s almost over, dismantling the show garden
Officially we could have dismantled on Sunday but not one of us was that desperate to slog that one out. Queuing to get back onsite after the show closed was not high on the list of priorities. Home and a hot bath and bed before the final onslaught of work was the order of the…
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RHS Tatton – 2 weeks to go
2 weeks today we will be onsite. EEEK Oddly I haven’t done this kind of counting down for a long time, normally I don’t need, or get, this much headspace to plan forward in so much detail. I used to do this a lot in my corporate days, and of course waiting for holidays to…
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RHS Tatton – 4 weeks to go
In fact it’s 3.5 weeks until we decamp to Cheshire and the start of the build on our garden, Inner Sanctum, at RHS Tatton. It has been quite the journey so far and I have no doubt it will be an action packed finale in the coming weeks. Last summer I headed up to RHS…
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5 Reasons why you should employ a garden designer
Many moons ago when I was busy ripping up the world of Retail IT consulting I investigated having my postage stamp of a London garden designed by a pro. In the end I designed it myself and with a friends ‘handy’ husband built it, planted it and sat back and enjoyed it. So why employ…
Continue ReadingPlanning & the noxious weed
Getting involved with garden projects where there is an aspect of planning involved can be a time consuming but usually an interesting aspect of being a Garden Designer. I spend a good number of hours trawling through the ‘not so intuitive’ Planning Portal, set up by government to make the process far more transparent. One…
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The first few weeks are under my belt now. It has been daunting and exciting and many other emotions since starting, I am on another steep learning curve which is all to the good (Outliers: The Story of Success here I come!) as far as I can see. One aspect that intrigues me, and I…
Continue ReadingPiet & Anja Oudolf at the Garden Museum
Sifting through a friends copy of the Saturday Telegraph some weeks ago I came across an article flaunting talks with legendary Piet Oudolf and Tom Stuart Smith. Ok only legendary if you’re a gardener or garden designer I suppose but nevertheless BOTH worth noting even if you’re not! http://www.oudolf.com/piet-oudolfThe Garden Museum are hosting an exhibition…
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