As you have doubtless realised it is sunny.
In spite of that I have not anything terribly interesting to write about but that is not a good enough reason to write nothing. Oh, no; it is my duty to churn out some sort of drivel no matter what.
Finished a tiny job in London this week. It is probably the smallest garden that I have done for ages. (I have done tiny jobs before ranging from a single window box for the offices of the Spectator to a dark basement well which became home to a dustbin and two ferns. One of the many advantages of moving to the country was that I no longer had to cope with such things.) This one was fun because the client is delightful (though a little barking) and it was built by Modular Garden which is a London based construction company run by the very competent and soothing Allon Hoskin and the very gingery bald Joe Swift. Great contractors.
We planted the garden on Wednesday which was fun - one big push, some big trees, some good pots and hey presto, instant garden
Picture One is, obviously, before.
Picture Two is the design, cleverly rendered by Matt Byron Petch (video animation can be seen here).
Picture Three is the garden under construction - with barely enough space to swing a cat let alone mix concrete and lay out complicated shapes
Picture Four was taken on Wednesday evening.
It needs a couple of years to settle in but client was happy and spent the weekend with her feet in the rill. The bench is to follow. There are blue LED light strips running through the rill.
I like garden lighting very much - even though it can be extraordinarily expensive. The problem is that I seldom get to see it working in gardens that I have designed as I have usually sloped off home before dark.
The garden lighting supremos are David Milsom or Tony Craddock.
Apart from that not a lot has happened. will try to do better next time.
I am listening to Beethoven’s Symphony No.6, Opus 68, Pastorale.
The picture is of two beetles mating on an Eryngium giganteum.
