DesignScape UK

GARDEN UPDATE

A recent visit to confirm the health of a number of Euphorbia mellifera that appeared to be suffering from sun damage was a perfect opportunity to check on the overall establishment of planting in this contemporary urban courtyward planted earlier this year.
Designed to have a distinctly South East Asian feel this urban courtyard is really [...]

PLANT PROFILE: Verbena bonariensis

August  is prime time in the garden, borders are at their peak of growth with masses of colour and varied textures. At DESIGNSCAPE we really enjoy visiting as many gardens as we can to see how our planting schemes have developed, we look forward to discussing the options for new planting and exploring the way [...]

RHS HAMPTON COURT PALACE FLOWER SHOW 2010

Another year passes and we are in the final stages of the build up to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, a lovely family orientated summer show with plenty to see in the way of gardens and plants. 2010 is our tenth year at the show and we hope that it proves as successful [...]

MODERN URBAN GARDENS

Work is nearing completion on two very similar projects in central London that are both designed in a modern style to reflect the clients brief and complement elements of the house interior. Despite the similarities both projects have answered a series of specific requirements that included safe play areas and a South East Asian planting [...]

Bulbs add stunning effect to spring gardens

Sweeping drifts of Tulipa ‘Ballerina’ and Tulipa ‘Princess Irene’ add great appeal to any garden during spring before the herbaceous plantings come into flower.

This contemporary garden has been designed to give all year round colour and texture, tulips are followed closely in late May and early June by vast tracts of allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’. [...]

GRAND DESIGNS LIVE 2010

Grand Designs Live at London’s Excel Centre started well yesturday with a wealth of visitors. As in previous years we are exhibbiting our portfolio of completed projects and look forward to talking with as many people as we can about the design process and benefits that we offer as a company.
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Pots & Pithoi Water Feature complete

Despite the awful winter we have just experienced work finally finished last month on a project dogged by bad weather in Streatham. The heavy London clay soil proved to be very testing and persisitent rain did nothing to help us in our quest to transform this tired garden, we had to call time on the [...]

NEW MAILING ADDRESS

We would like to draw your attention to our change of mailing address which will take immediate effect, please also note that all mail will be re-directed from our old premises however we recommend that all future correspondance be to the new office.
DESIGNSCAPE UK LIMITED, 11 Chestnut Grove, Woking, Surrey GU22 9PL
Our telephone number will [...]

Google ‘Sketchup’ helps visualisation

We have always been keen to stay up to date with technology, particularly when it can help us to present our ideas more clearly. Up until recently we have tended to shy away from CAD in favour of hand drawn sketches of our gardens, however Google’s Sketchup software has unlocked a whole new world of [...]

PLANT PROFILE: Helleborus ‘in variety’

With the weather warming up at last we are well underway with our seasonal maintenance visits, early spring is the time to cut back old perennial growth and begin feeding the borders before the real growth begins. February and March in the garden are made made even more worthwhile by the appearance of the Helleborus [...]