The Sketch Book and Shovel

Boggy Blogging from Nicky and the Team @ GardenImprovements.com

Glasgow South: Small Garden Design Giffnock

A contemporary and bright design for very small 7×6m plot in Glasgow’s southside.  This space really was very confined and we were required to offer more than 1 patio as well as bringing in some style, focal points and a sense of space!!
Designer: Nicky Patterson

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Tue, February 23 2010 » Completed Project Portfolio Series, Garden Design Portfolio Series » No Comments

Weekly word on the Tweet

A weekly update on Nicky’s Tweets…just an idea but I can’t imagine anybody would read through all of that!  Probably won’t do this again!

Low budget driveways: spend same money but get a smarter job with a little professional input http://bit.ly/38iXKD < Glasgow Driveway #
FavBlogs: How about some innovative ideas to wrap up the week?  This [...]

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Fri, January 29 2010 » Completed Project Portfolio Series » No Comments

Weekly word on the Tweet

Spider dragging a dead sparrow just scuttled behind TV cabinet – I can hear it breathing… #
LJN: Add on products – HOT TUBS etc: I'm thinking about offering some add on products to my clients, wooden hot tu… http://bit.ly/7FK7Bi #
RT @The_RHS: How's ur garden looking now most of the ice and snow has gone? http://bit.ly/8lnFVe #
Meeting [...]

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Fri, January 22 2010 » Completed Project Portfolio Series » No Comments

Glasgow South: Busby Garden Design Film

Here is the completed project with plants from Matt’s small garden design in Busby from earlier this year;  the second in our YouTube series!  Let us know what you think!

To see a commentary of the design process for this project please click here

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Mon, October 26 2009 » Completed Project Portfolio Series » No Comments

Stewarton Garden Design on Youtube

Large garden design and makeover landscaping project in Stewarton in Ayrshire. Designed by Nicky Patterson, built by GardenImprovements.com

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Thu, October 22 2009 » Completed Project Portfolio Series » No Comments

Landscaping Glasgow South: Thornliebank

Here is an example of a recent landscaping project we undertook in Thornliebank near to Giffnock in the southside of Glasgow.  Andrew S asked us to landscape and revamp the front garden which had been left in a bit of a state by the builders who had recently put an extension onto the rear of [...]

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Wed, October 21 2009 » Completed Project Portfolio Series » No Comments

Glasgow South: Busby Garden Design Complete

You may remember reading about Matthew’s first successful design which was for a small sun-lover’s garden in Busby?  If not then you should take a look to see his approach to the design but anyway here is the finished garden – minus planting which we’re doing next week!!
This garden was built in the Busby area, [...]

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Tue, October 6 2009 » Completed Project Portfolio Series » No Comments

East Kilbride: Large Family Garden Design near Gardenhall – Complete

Richard and Karen E were looking for a lot of space for their little ones to run around while keeping plenty of room for entertaining; they also wanted to undertake the planting by themselves over a period of time, so take a look at our photos of the completed hard landscaping.

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Mon, July 20 2009 » Completed Project Portfolio Series » No Comments

Ayrshire: Small Family Garden Design in Stewarton – Complete

This was great project to undertake due to the amount of hard landscaping involved in such a small space; the design we came up with really brought some new dimensions to the garden which we hope Angela and Kevin will enjoy for many years to come!

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Thu, July 16 2009 » Completed Project Portfolio Series » No Comments

Ayrshire: Family Party Garden in Stewarton – Finished Works

We thoroughly enjoyed this project from start to finsh. We were presented with up some interesting challenges that we had to work hard on to overcome. Stan and Fiona were wonderfully hospitable and are over the moon with the final garden – and they’re keen to get the plants in too!!

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Tue, July 14 2009 » Completed Project Portfolio Series » No Comments