Feb 20
Indoor plants are nothing new of course but here’s a pretty cool idea I saw at Just Cool Design: The “lightpot” from designers Kfir Schwalb and Orit Magia of Studio Shulab . It uses eco friendly, energy saving LED lighting to grow plants, herbs – any pot adaptable vegetation anywhere in the house. And no …
Feb 15
A fantastic design for a modern garden trellis by Jayme Jenkins as seen at Nest in Style: Using steel wires this trellis is especially useful as an invisible or floating trellis for a modern or contemporary garden design where traditional trellis styles might conflict with the overall concept. Here you can see the effect and …
Feb 15
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 …
Feb 15
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 …
Feb 15
We received some mixed feedback form our December 2008 website revision with the flash navigation and music uploading. I decided to remove the flash navigation and music altogether and changed the layout slightly to be simpler. We have retained some the great fetures of the old site including our fantastic resources page showcasing all of …
Feb 15
At GardenImprovements.com we are constantly striving to convince people to introduce their gardens into their normal lifestyle habits:
Feb 15
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
Feb 15
Fair-weather play dates come and go, but notNeutral’s outdoor kids furniture will hold steadfast, rain or shine. A collaboration with Loll Designs, the BBO2 collection comprises 100 percent recycled post-consumer high-density polyethylene (HDPE), a plastic resin used to make products and packaging such as milk jugs, detergent bottles, and margarine tubs. Roughly eight recycled milk …
Feb 15
When Nicky informed me that i would be sending off my own design and presentation I was a tad nervous about the outcome to say the least! It didn’t help that the garden I would be designing for was a very strange shape and quite large. When doing practise designs I found it alot easier to come up with ideas for smaller gardens, so this was the first stumbling block!
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Feb 15
Guerrilla Gardening in Glasgow
Industry Comment, Influence and Inspiration
by Matthew Thomson
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