One of the great joys of our work is having the opportunity to collaborate with a range of different people and experience the varied perspectives they bring to the table. In return we get a kick from imparting our knowledge and experience with those whom we have built a sound working relationship. We maintain great [...]
HARD WORK AND INSPIRATION About tweleve months ago Matthew Childs aksed us to get involved with putting together his first Hampton show garden. We had worked with Matt on a number of private projects, most notably on a design for a large garden in Wimbledon and a much smaller Teddington garden design. ‘Getting involved’ equated to putting in hour upon hour [...]
RHS HAMPTON COURT FLOWER SHOW 2012 For the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2012 Landscaping Solutions built two very different gardens for a couple of designers, Matthew Childs and Jayne Thomas in the Conceptual and Summer garden categories respectively. Jayne Thomas is a Hampton Court Show veteran with a number of medals under her [...]
We built our first Hampton Court show garden in the summer of 2008. The garden design consisted of a pair of Douglas Fir ‘cube’ structures set together above a deck in the same timber. The cubes featured an integral canvas shade that offered welcome respite from the sun. And we certainly needed it as the [...]
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL AWARD WINNING GARDENS We take a great deal of pride in being able to say that a Landscaping Solutions garden is an RHS award winning garden. Or rather, after our most recent succes, a RHS Gold medal award winning garden. And we feel that this sense of pride is well earned. After all, show gardens [...]
In my last post I touched upon a recent development of which the whole team at Landscaping Solutions are very proud. LONDON GARDEN DESIGN PROJECTS In the spring of 2010 we were asked by Clapham based designer Simon Thomas to take a look at his plans for a garden design in Putney. We have been [...]
A GREAT START 2012 proved to be another successful year for all the team here at Landscaping Solutions. As well as being engaged with our own garden design and build projects we completed a number of very satisfying jobs for both well established and up-and-coming London garden designers. The year started off with us celebrating a British Association [...]
A guide to garden decking How do you feel about decking in the garden? This question has a tendency to be divisive. Those that are against will tend to fall back on one or more of the following arguments; that it is slippery, that it will provide shelter for pests, that it will not last long, that [...]
Stylish and functional garden storage solutions FUNCTION Most gardens that we come across in the course of our work require the construction of some kind of storage unit, the design of which depends very much on the demands of the homeowner and the situation of the property. For example; in gardens with limited space, something [...]
Garden paving design: Plan it properly As mentioned in previous posts, I am a firm believer in the idea of plenty of forward planning with regard to having paving design and build work carried out in your garden. It benefits everyone involved in the process. Most importantly, as mentioned in another post, it reduces the [...]