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Design Inspiration: Flora Grubb Gardens

You get a good buzz from finding a new shop or website or TV show or film that ticks all your boxes.  In terms of garden inspiration and quirky ideas, Flora Grubb Gardens ticks our boxes!  It’s thousands of miles from sunny Glasgow but can still be admired through these fantastic images from the Danger [...]

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Design Inspiration: Brendan Moar’s Dry Spell Gardens

Some more exciting inspiration from Studio G – this time an article on the work of Brendan Moar…I love this tunnel idea.  Fantastic work:
Studio G – Garden Design & Landscape Design inspiration » Brendan Moar’s Dry Spell Gardens.

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Design Inspiration: Diarmuid Gavin Whites’ garden

One of my very favourite garden designers is Diarmuid Gavin – his ability to think beyond the normal contexts of traditional gardens is what made me want to become a garden designer. The summer house in this design is fantastic and it makes an otherwise simple garden seem very special!

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Super Sheds: Coming to Your Backyard Soon : TreeHugger

If you have one, I know you love your shed. You might not think it, know it or say it…but deep down you really cannot do without it! He

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Shed of the Year Competition Winner Announced : TreeHugger

Check these sheds out – Disco shed is a winner for me!!

Shed of the Year Competition Winner Announced : TreeHugger
Cheers
Nicky @ GardenImprovements.com

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Guerrilla Gardening in Glasgow

growing fruit and veg and selling them from local shops, markets etc (especially relevant when the lack of available allotment space is at an ebb at the moment), getting youth clubs and schools involved could help with the severe lack of facilities for youngsters in more deprived areas, and in general make the places where you live a more vibrant and exciting place to be

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