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Hearing David Gray (Sessions@AOL)
Saturday at work: so why am I writing this?
Yesterday was quite a busy one: prepared plans for the landscapers as we are starting a new garden in Stevenage on Monday. This takes quite a while. The plans we provide clients with are different to those the landscaper needs. He wants measurements, marking out guidelines, constructional drawings, technical specifications and other details which just get in the way of clarity for the presentation drawing the client recieves.
That done I then polished off a planting plan for a client in Welwyn Garden City. These are fun but tiring to produce, designing a scheme to look attractive through 12 months of the year, which work on both a technical and an aethsetic point of view.
Finally, I shot off to Luton to do a gardening slot for BBC Three Counties radio. I rather enjoyed that and rumour has it I may be doing it every month. It all adds a bit of colour to my working day.
Did you know, an anogram for garden designer is "deranged singer"? Having met a few 'change of career' designers in my time, that seems quite appropriate....but I digress.
The last entry showed a few more snaps from my garden, none of which I explained, so here goes.......
1. This shows the rather unusual Buddleja lindleyana, next to the grass Pennisetum villosum (they say its tender but it does fine with me) and a new planting of Crocosmia Emily McKenzie at the back, before the eye drifts off into the shelter belt.
2. Perenial Salvias, a favourite of mine: S. uliginosa at the back with S. hians in our raised bed.
3. The translucent purple red leaves of Cotinus Grace, poking out of Carex testacea, a sedge from New Zealand that seeds itself rewardingly around the garden.
4. More grasses, this time Phalaris arundinacae Feesey, a great plant covering the ground and keeping the weeds down under a Hawthorn tree. Anyone who has Hawthorn will tell you how hard it is to grow anything underneither: so here's your answer.
5. Finally, a shot taken at the new pool by the office: Lobelia Queen Victoria.
Ok then, back to work. First I must tidy up a design for a client who is coming to see it tomorrow, then its back in the car to survey a front garden in Walkern, followed by a visit to quote for a patio in Luton....
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Being a new P.C. user I have just discovered your page and, being interested in gardening fully enjoyed it. I note a previous comment about the previous tenant of his/her bungalow leaving them a riot of colour, the previous tenant of this bungalow left only a riot of weeds growing in a mix of stones and clay. I wish I was more computer literate and could send you pictures of what we've managed to make of it in just a year. We are specially proud of the lawn that was just a dandelion field! The latest thing to flower is a lovely sunflowe, about 4ft tall and looking, from a distance of approx 15ft to be black, in fact it is probably a deep burgundy but is drawing many favourable comments from passers-by. A good way to meet the neighbours! Hope the seeds come true.
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The people who lived in my bungalow before me - certainly planned it well - because every Season there is something different to see - the colours are really wonderful = and they change with every Season - Oh what I would give to be a good gardener. Our soil here is very heavy and also very hard to dig into - What can I do to make it better ?.....Ally
24/08/05 22:48
Mrs boz 4748