Category Archive: Ideas for the Garden

Feb 15

Swedish pavers from Oldsjö Hultgren Design

Studio G explores these innovative concrete pavers from Sweden: they certainly are different and their use would be very specific – what do you think? Studio G – Garden Design & Landscape Design inspiration » Swedish pavers from Oldsjö Hultgren Design.

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Feb 15

Summer Kitchens Make A Comeback In Style : TreeHugger

If you’ve got a big garden – something like this would be superb!! Summer kitchens were common a hundred years ago since stoves took a long time to heat up and a long time to cool, and in the summer it would make the house unbearably hot – so people often moved outside to cook …

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Feb 15

Gabions : Cheap Retaining and Other Garden Features

A fantastic article from the Studio G team on the many uses of gabion boxes in garden design and landscaping projects.  We used a similar idea on a garden design in Anniesland; after seeing this I think I might use them again soon! Studio G – Garden Design & Landscape Design inspiration » All About …

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Feb 15

Great Garden Umbrellas and Parasols

A funky and modern twist on the traditional garden parasol design: these can be used when the garden design is such that a traditional umbrella structured parasol might compromise the overall theme of the space. Coolaroo Shade Sails are bold, brightly colored in square and triangle shapes. It’s remarkable how one lone shade sail can …

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Feb 15

Great Hammocks for the Garden

Check out these fantastic stand-alone hammocks as seen on SpotCoolStuff: Hammocks have come a long way since pre-Columbian natives in South America wove together sheets from the bark of a Hamack tree and strung them up between two poles. Hammocks today are stylishly designed, scientifically engineered and, we have to imagine, a whole lot more …

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Feb 15

Rainbow Bright Garden Furniture

I reckon I can sneak these into a trendy west-end or Shawlands garden design somewhere… Studio G – Garden Design & Landscape Design inspiration » Rainbow Bright Garden Furniture.

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Feb 15

Indoor Wall-Tiles with a Difference

At GardenImprovements.com we are constantly striving to convince people to introduce their gardens into their normal lifestyle habits:

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Feb 15

Get Ready For The Summer – Clean Your Garden Decking

How to clean Decking

This guest blog has been written by Michelle Strassburg, co-founder of UK based Wood and Beyond sellers of hardwood decking:During this time of year we often get calls and emails from people asking ‘how should I clean my garden decking?‘ It seems that the first few days of summer always bring people out in numbers …

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Feb 15

Landscape and design with Artificial Lawns

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When commissioned to design and landscape a new garden (especially around Glasgow) I am often asked to “have a look at the drainage”, or “do you think it’d look odd without a lawn, Nicky?” -  this is especially true for larger gardens or those which will be used by children or pets. Lawn-care in the …

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Feb 15

Composting Your Own – What to Know

Here’s some handy hints on getting started with composting delivered by Margaret Hoyenga over @ Nest In Style.  Good luck and let us know how you get on!! Nicky Patterson, Designer @ Gardenimprovements.com var linkwithin_site_id = 6535; (function () { var elem = document.createElement(‘script’); elem.type = ‘text/javascript’; elem.src = ‘http://www.linkwithin.com/widget.js?rand=’ + Math.random(); document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)[0].appendChild(elem); })();

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