You may have been fortunate enough to catch our superstar Designer and Landscaper Nicky Patterson on a live TV makeover last week. Here’s how it all happened!
Tag Archive: landscaping glasgow
Feb 15
Landscaping in 2009?
Having read some of the many articles on the effects of the credit crunch on small businesses, I wonder how it will affect my small business and how other garden designers and landscapers around Glasgow, and indeed around the UK, will cope with the coming year.
Feb 15
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
Feb 15
Eat From Your Very Own Kitchen Garden!!
Green, Lean and Credit Chrunchy – Have your own kitchen garden!! We are offering to design and build a kitchen garden for your garden in January or February 2009 for a credit CRUNCHILY friendly 20% off both drawings and labour!!
Feb 15
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 …
Feb 15
Bags of Colour for the Garden
Do you remember those retro beanbags from the 1960’s? Well, Fatboy, a company started in 1998 by Jukka Setälä in Finland, designs beanbags for the 21st century. Depending on your mood, Fatboy has 11 different styles and colours to satisfy your garden lounging needs. There’s even stylish options for your furry friends. Depending on what …
Feb 15
Landscape Gardening and Winter
The winter months are infact the best time to arrange to have a landscaping project scheduled for your garden; ensuring everything is in place for the new season to start and getting a real head start on enjoying your home outdoors!
Feb 15
The Big Chill
As landscapers and gardeners up and down the country shake off their festive hangovers and head back out – we find that country is frozen solid – but surely we aren’t ALL down in the dumps about 2009?
Feb 15
“A Garden?! What For?” – I’ll Give You What For!
As a designer I am frequently invited to people’s homes to discuss their requirements in the garden. Many, who have contacted me with landscaping projects in mind, simply want A patio, or A deck or A driveway and it must be THIS shape and must go HERE, THERE and THERE: but if we look at the garden in it’s entirety as part of our property; then it becomes another room – albeit an outdoor room. I wonder; would people upgrade their old and worn out bathroom by simply replacing the bath alone? It might be a whopping great shiny bath but would it not outshine the rest of the bathroom fittings and therefore actually make the room far LESS attractive – surely the opposite from the desired effect?
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Feb 15
New-Build: Old Problems
Industry Comment, Promotions and Client Information
by Nicky Patterson
I am always excited by the prospect of these garden designs since the grounds are indeed left as a blank canvas and we, with the clients, can truly indulge on a personalised and bespoke design that will fit well with the client’s lifestyle aspirations and procure the most function possible from their new garden space.