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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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Posted in Industry Comment, Influence and Inspiration

East Kilbride: Stylish Relaxation Garden Design in Greenhills

The large lawn areas should accomodate the expected family’s adventurous feet while also ensuring a soft green centre to the garden area. Within the deck shall be an almost semi-circular bench with timber seating that will easily host many a deriere of an evening! The banked planting, together with some plants in pots and troughs, will soften all the edges and ensure a serene environment for Naila and Nasim to relax in.

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Posted in Garden Design Portfolio Series

Garden Design Issues: An Apprentice’s View

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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Posted in Industry Comment

Daybeds: Great Garden Furniture

These fantastic garden daybeds certainly inspire us to design gardens to put them in and I’m hoping that by showing them here as demonstrated at FreshHome they might inspire you guys to get us to draft you up some fantastic

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Posted in Ideas for the Garden

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

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Posted in Completed Project Portfolio Series