Way out west it was too, all the way over in South Kensington on the west of London town. The best of spring days, with the sun out and the skies blue as could be. Trees coming into blossom and plenty of cheery visitors, despite Wednesdays terrible attacks in Westminster. We’re Londoners, even […]
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 […]
John Wyer of Bowles & Wyer set up a curious debate in the recent SGD Garden Design Journal. Having attended a cross industry event (APL, BALI and SGD members) he reported that the two part panel debate discussed the ethics and practicality of designers supplying plants […]
Last week I headed North for a day of talks on keeping business profitable. The Society of Garden Designers runs regular if somewhat oddly topic-ed half and one day seminars as CPD (continuous professional development) for it’s members.
This talk was led by Paul Hensey whom I […]
The SGD launched two new template contracts for domestic garden works at the recent autumn conference.
The first a consultancy agreement for homeowners to appoint their garden designer and the second a construction and planting contract between client and contractor.
Designed to be used together they have been agreed by forums (JCLI) […]
Society of Garden Designers Autumn Conference – What are gardens for?
For those that could not attend you missed a goodie! Annoying as that is to hear sometimes it’s just the impulse one needs to get to it next time. I missed Christopher Bradley Hole in March and kicked myself for being slow off […]
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