Blog articles from December, 2014
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royal academy of engineering
Our concept took inspiration from one of Hockney’s landscape paintings, with a sinuous gravel path cutting through lush evergreen planting, reminiscent of rolling hills and fields. A glass balustrade cut…
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the vermeer garden
The brief was for this garden was one of our more interesting requests and for that I thank our client. ‘It should be like a Vermeer painting’. It had to…
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studio garden
This is our own studio garden. We were very demanding clients, needing to turn our tiny outside space into a place where we could relax when we occasionally take our…
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tributary garden
There are very few gardens that actually front the Thames in London without a road or towpath between them. But what struck me here was that from above the river…
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modern japanese garden
We had made several gardens already for our client and we had formed a good relationship. The brief in this instance was for a Japanese garden which is something I…
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riverside garden
With impressive views of the Thames at Putney, the client wanted a sleek and sophisticated garden for relaxation and entertainment that made the most of its riverside location. However, as…
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english country garden
I felt immensely flattered to be asked by a professional garden photographer to design her garden. Nicola wanted me to reinterpret my 2005 Chelsea garden on the banks of the…
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witan street
The brief was to design a relatively low budget garden for a typical plot of a new build house in the UK. I kept construction simple and the design is…
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family town garden
Although created for a BBC series called ‘Small Town Gardens’ this was a very real project for me and I hope we will always make gardens like this. I often…