The Sketch Book and Shovel
Boggy Blogging from Nicky and the Team @ GardenImprovements.com
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Oct 6
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, next to Clarkston in the southside of Glasgow, Scotland by Nicky Patterson and Matthew Thomson of GardenImprovements.com
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Oct 5
We have now installed our chat facility at the GardenImprovements.com website so that new customers can contact us directly to quickly ask about our service before they proceed with their enquiry! You can ask us if we work in your area, if we are available for a meeting, for quick tips, or for the name of reputable tradesmen who offer different garden services to our own – or whatever you want to ask!
Queries remain private from public viewing and you will always be chatting to me personally – messages are relayed to my mobile ensuring that I am readily available. Messages will be accepted between 7am and 9pm Monday to Saturday. If you want a query answered outside these hours simply drop me an email to studio@gardenimprovements.com and I shall respond at the first opportunity.
We were sociable before -and now we’re accessible too!!
Cheers!!
Nicky Patterson, Designer @ GardenImprovements.com
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Glasgow South: Stylish Chill-out Garden Design in Giffnock
Filed under Garden Design Portfolio SeriesOct 4
Welcome to another project article in our Garden Design Portfolio Series. This garden has been designed by Nicky Patterson and will be built by the team of garden designers and landscapers at GardenImprovements.com.The design was commissioned by Mark R from Williamwood; in-between Clarkston and Giffnock in the southside of Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »
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Oct 3
Welcome to another project article in our Garden Design Portfolio Series. This garden has been designed by Nicky Patterson and will be built by the team of garden designers and landscapers at GardenImprovements.com.The design was commissioned by Peter and Eileen S from the Simshill area, between Cathcart and Croftfoot, in the southside of Glasgow, Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »
Tagged as: garden architects, garden designer, garden designer ayrshire, garden designer cathcart, garden designer clarkston, garden designer east kilbride, garden designer glasgow, garden designer newton mearns, garden designer paisley, garden designer scotland, garden designer southside, garden designer west end, garden makeovers, garden makeovers scotland, gardenimprovements.com, landscape contractors, landscape design, landscaper, landscaper ayrshire, landscaper clarkston, landscaper designer glasgow, landscaper east kilbride, landscaper newton mearns, landscaper paisley, landscaper scotland, landscaper southside, landscaper west end, nicky patterson -
Super Sheds: Coming to Your Backyard Soon : TreeHugger
Filed under Ideas for the Garden, Influence and InspirationOct 2
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! Yours may be a handsome new shed, still proud in its newly treated timber – it reminds you of log cabins and Swedish saunas and you treat it like a grown-up Wendy house…sort of! It might be a dilapidated old shack, creaking with character and woodlice – you run a gauntlet of HUGE spiders and webs to get the rusty old garden shears every summer, cursing as some old tin of paint or a lawnmower blade whacks you shin on the way past! Either way, you love it. You might think, know or say you hate it – but you don’t. Read the rest of this entry »Tagged as: garden architects, garden designer, garden designer ayrshire, garden designer clarkston, garden designer east kilbride, garden designer glasgow, garden designer newton mearns, garden designer paisley, garden designer scotland, garden designer southside, garden designer west end, garden makeovers, garden makeovers scotland, Garden Shed, gardenimprovements.com, landscape contractors, landscape design, landscaper, landscaper ayrshire, landscaper clarkston, landscaper designer glasgow, landscaper east kilbride, landscaper newton mearns, landscaper paisley, landscaper scotland, landscaper southside, landscaper west end, nicky patterson -
Glasgow West Garden Design: Rural Relaxation in Kelvindale
Filed under Garden Design Portfolio SeriesSep 18
Welcome to another project article in our Garden Design Portfolio Series. This garden has been designed by Nicky Patterson and will be built by the team of garden designers and landscapers at GardenImprovements.com.Peter and Julie M commissioned this design in Kelvindale near Hyndland in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »
Tagged as: garden architects, garden design kelvindale, garden designer, garden designer ayrshire, garden designer clarkston, garden designer east kilbride, garden designer glasgow, garden designer newton mearns, garden designer paisley, garden designer scotland, garden designer southside, garden designer west end, garden makeovers, garden makeovers scotland, gardenimprovements.com, landscape contractors, landscape design, landscaper, landscaper ayrshire, landscaper clarkston, landscaper designer glasgow, landscaper east kilbride, landscaper newton mearns, landscaper paisley, landscaper scotland, landscaper southside, landscaper west end, nicky patterson -
Sep 16
Welcome to another project article in our Garden Design Portfolio Series. This garden has been designed by Nicky Patterson and the team of landscapers at GardenImprovements.com.
The design was commissioned by Brian and Christine M from a terraced sandstone property in Strathbungo, between Pollokshaws and Pollokshields in the southside of Glasgow Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »
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Glasgow South: Simple Functional Garden Design in Shawlands
Filed under Garden Design Portfolio SeriesAug 15
Welcome to another project article in our Garden Design Portfolio Series. This garden has been designed by Nicky Patterson and will be built by the team of garden designers and landscapers at GardenImprovements.com.The design was commissioned by Jean H from a semi-detached sandstone property in Shawalands in the southside of Glasgow, Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »
Tagged as: garden architects, garden design shawlands, garden designer, garden designer ayrshire, garden designer clarkston, garden designer east kilbride, garden designer glasgow, garden designer newton mearns, garden designer paisley, garden designer scotland, garden designer southside, garden designer west end, garden makeovers, garden makeovers scotland, gardenimprovements.com, landscape contractors, landscape design, landscaper, landscaper ayrshire, landscaper clarkston, landscaper designer glasgow, landscaper east kilbride, landscaper newton mearns, landscaper paisley, landscaper scotland, landscaper southside, landscaper west end, nicky patterson -
Glasgow West: Modern Townhouse Garden Design in Jordanhill
Filed under Garden Design Portfolio SeriesAug 3
This garden has been designed by Nicky Patterson and will be built by the team of garden designers and landscapers at GardenImprovements.com. Garden Design Portfolio Series:The design was commissioned by Liz C from a new-build townhouse property Jordanhill in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul 29
Welcome to another project article in our Garden Design Portfolio Series. This garden has been designed by Nicky Patterson and will be built by the team of garden designers and landscapers at GardenImprovements.com.
The design was commissioned by Alastair J from a Clarkston in the southside of Glasgow, Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »
Tagged as: garden architects, garden designer, garden designer ayrshire, garden designer clarkston, garden designer east kilbride, garden designer glasgow, garden designer newton mearns, garden designer paisley, garden designer scotland, garden designer southside, garden designer west end, garden makeovers, garden makeovers scotland, gardenimprovements.com, landscape contractors, landscape design, landscaper, landscaper ayrshire, landscaper clarkston, landscaper designer glasgow, landscaper east kilbride, landscaper newton mearns, landscaper paisley, landscaper scotland, landscaper southside, landscaper west end, nicky patterson
