Outdoor art installations are incredibly inspirational – not only because they showcase an artist’s expression of creativity, but they are designed to sit within a landscape giving the ideas more context than an isolated piece of artwork. Land artist Richard Long’s Cornwall Slate Line was placed at Chatsworth in 2010. Like much of his work, it’s directly translatable to garden design. The same installation is displayed in both a gallery and garden setting, showing the versatility of the piece. It’s great to see the textures of the stone when both wet and dry – something that is often overlooked at early landscape design
Read Moreby Michael John McGarrThe first question that many clients ask me on that very first consultation meeting is can I design a beautiful garden that will stay beautiful? How do I create a high-spec luxury outdoor living space that is really and truly low maintenance?My contemporary outdoor living spaces are actually naturally low-maintenance. I would not design a stunning space and then tell you that the huge lawn needs mowing twice a week and you need to hand-weed dandelions out of it (who could be bothered to do that?!).I won't leave you with swathes of bedding plants that need to
Read MoreBy Robert Warnes.Sketchup for Landscape design. I have done quite some reading recently on established landscape design principles and conventions, but rarely have I come across anything detailing the specific method and workflow we employ as a company of designers to achieve our garden designs. There will be many garden design purists out there who firmly believe that in order to effectively design it is essential to be able to put pencil to paper and physically draw the garden. I disagree. I am unfortunately not blessed with talent or skill to do this. I do feel however this obstacle can be overcome by
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