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Glass Art goes travelling

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For those of you who didnt get a chance to see the glass art that our new venture Light Kiln Glass produced for the RHS Cardiff Show then you have a second chance.

The water feature is to be featured in an exhibition of ourdoors inspired art at the Oriel Ty Coch art gallery in Pontcanna, Cardiff.

The flowerbed panel will also be joining the water feature in Cardiff but first of all is being featured as part of Bristol South Bank’s Art Trail as part of an exhibition at Creative Glass Guild on the 8th and 9th May.

See the Light Kiln Glass website for more details

New Design Video – Minimalist White Chic Urban Garden

Here’s the video showing the aerial views of the original design we produced for our client in Roath, Cardiff.  All our designs are produced in three dimensions allowing our clients to fully appreciate and understand our vision for their garden.  Here in Wales, where many gardens are on sloping sites, flat plans just don’t communicate the design.

We present all our designs on DVD and on paper as part of our Full Design Service

See more of this design and the finished garden here

If you think we can help you with a garden design or planting please Contact Us

New Design – Minimalist White Chic Urban Garden

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We transformed this small garden in Roath, Cardiff into a modern and contemporary entertaining space.  By removing the old garage that wasn’t really used we increased the overall space by more than a third allowing two  separate areas – dining and cooking, as well as lush specimen planting.

Contrasting materials including sawn sandstone and composite decking were used to provide a clean crisp finish.  Lighting and a water feature that works it’s way through the length of the garden completed the effect.

You can see more of this design and the finished garden here

If you think we could help you with a garden design or planting please Contact Us

Herb gardens don’t have to take up much space

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Here’s a pair of containers that we supplied for a client’s terrace – right outside the kitchen door – perfect for cooking!  Although the containers are only a metre wide and 30cms deep we were able to fit the following hardy herbs in there.

  • Bay
  • Curly leaf parsley
  • Flat leaf parsley
  • Chives
  • Oregano
  • Thyme
  • Lemon Oregano

New Design – Garden Room Garden

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Here’s a garden we designed which was built and planted last year. The client had built a contemporary glass garden room and wanted a space built adjacent to it to provide a focal point and an entertaining space.  We’ll be back later in the year to take photos of it in full bloom.

You can find the full detail of the design and lots of photos on the design’s page here

If you’d like us to design and plant something similar for your garden then please Contact Us

New Design – High Terrace Garden

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Another new design added to the website.  This one is a Newport garden that was originally two levels, unfortunately the upper level was over 3 metres higher than the patio.  The design maximised the upper level creating over 100 square metres of level lawn.  The lower patio design featured a sweeping set of steps and dramatic up-lit wall panels made from sandstone.  Check out more details of our design for this challenging garden here.

Because we’re based in South Wales we get a lot of sloping or terraced gardens to look at.  If we can help you with yours please Contact Us

New Design – Knot Garden with Holly Standards

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We’re finally getting around to adding some more recent designs to our gallery.  Here’s a knot garden that we put in for a client last year along the front of their contemporary house in Cardiff.  We’re pleased how it is establishing. Knot Gardens are great as they are low maintenance (trim once or twice a year) and provide evergreen structure and form to the space.  With this one we set off the box hedging with slate cube planters with topiary holly and golden flint gravel.  Other male hollies were planted elsewhere in the garden to ensure berries.  For an extra touch we added blue silver Crocus tommasinianus to the containers for early spring interest.

You can find the full detail and lots of photos and design images here

If you’d like us to design and plant something similar for your garden then please Contact Us

The Modern Japanese Garden

This book presents a set of recently built gardens not seen before outside Japan.

The styles are varying but inspirational (with the odd avant garde example).  The photography is excellent and accompanying text with occasional plans and visualisations gives an insight into some of the new ideas of what can constitute a garden in a society where space is at a critical premium.

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