The element of the Green Dock that I had particularly come to see however was the large rectangular formal garden with ribbons of topiarised Yew hedging trimmed in undulating waves running the entire length of the garden, crossed overhead with angled walkways.
Entries Tagged as 'development'
Gardening | Gardens | Visit to the Green Dock by the Thames Barrier
June 30th, 2010 6 Comments
Tags: development · garden design · gardening · imagination · Inspiration · sunshine · value
Garden | Garden Design | Is your garden costing you more than you think?
March 31st, 2010 1 Comment
In an article today appearing in Horticulture Week, research by multimedia retailer QVC shows that an untidy garden can knock £5,000 off the value of your property. That’s a lot of hard earned money going down the drain!
Tags: aspirational · benefit · development · enjoy · garden design · gardening · imagination · Inspiration · lifestyle · low maintenance · money saving · opportunity
Gardening | Garden Design | Enjoy your garden
August 28th, 2009 No Comments
Designing gardens gives me great pleasure. I have a passion about getting the most out of a space and watching the garden develop over time. This however pales into complete insignificance when the people who get most excited about the garden is the the people whose garden it is! when their friends and family also [...]
Tags: aspirational · benefit · development · enjoy · garden design · gardening · imagination · Inspiration · lifestyle · low maintenance · Property · Success · value
Guest blog | Marketing in a recession | 51 Low-Cost or No-Cost Ways to Promote Your Business During a Recession
February 19th, 2009 1 Comment
This blog is copied with the permission of the 60 Second Marketer Team at www.60secondmarketer.com Whilst the content is clearly aimed at the US there are a lot of universal ideas here to share! The other day, the 60 Second Marketer team sat down and came up with 51 low-cost or no-cost ways to promote [...]
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Twitter | business | Does Twitter work?
February 13th, 2009 No Comments
Just recently I adopted Twitter as a means of networking. Why? In a previous blog I said I was unsure how Twitter could help me and my garden design business on the basis that it is essentially a “social network”. The concept of networking and personal referrals was an area completely alien to me until [...]
Tags: business · development · networking · Twitter
Gardening | Garden Design | No better time to build a home!
January 28th, 2009 2 Comments
Kevin McLoud of TV’s Grand Designs article on ‘No better time to build a home’ in The Telegaph has an excellent theme and has some sound advice. But maybe you don’t want to be quite that adventurous just yet! Perhaps first of all you would be more comfortable making the most of what you have [...]
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Twitter | business | early thoughts
January 18th, 2009 2 Comments
I have recently been introduced to this exciting online networking application. My initial thoughts were that it was of little importance as a business tool. Many of the postings seemed to be about walking the dog or what people were having for tea – not too inspiring! The reason for this is that Twitter is [...]
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