keep warm this winter

Here's our corten firebowl and log store on the terrace in our meadow viewed from the greencube studio window.

greencube's end of year summary and celebration

Having worked a whole year without a design assistant in the office, its been incredibly busy and tough at times but always rewarding.

Here's some facts from this years performance

greencube has completed 31 garden designs
greencube has planted 15 gardens
greencube has project managed 17 gardens
greencube (Gemma) has maintained 18 gardens (designed and planted by greencube)
mandy helped plant up a large show garden at Hampton Court - 9 days, which won gold and best in category - Nilufer Danis Designer

Congratulations to Gemma our maintenance gardener who has completed her RHS exams this year awarded with RHS Level 2 Diploma in principles and practices of Horticulture. Well done Gemma.

We are currently booking new enquiries into February and March 2016 having had a busy autumn and influx of new work.

We are about to build a new website with some exciting new gardens completed this year.

We are hopefully going to feature in a new international book out next autumn on vertical planting, watch this space....

Here's a few of our favourite gardens completed this year, thank you to all those hard working landscapers, electricians, carpenters and specialist contractors involved, we always strive to create the best and work well as a team for great results. A big thank you to our great suppliers and nurseries too.

garden 1 in sevenoaks

garden 2 in sevenoaks

garden 3 in New Barn, Kent

garden 4 in Sevenoaks

garden 5 in Speldhurst, Kent

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Sculpture in the garden, greencube designs a sculptural ball garden

I'm still out taking photos of all the gardens that have been constructed in the last year and last night I visited our clients in Borough Green, Kent to photograph this garden. We designed the terracing around this very beautiful home and picked up on the existing buff coloured stone detailing that formed the sills and frames around the doors and windows. A complimentary colour of yellow granite was finally chosen (Yellow Granite paving from CED) and a sculptural border of yellow granite balls (from Rock Unique) underplanted with Ilex crenata balls and Libertia grandiflora. Oak benches and oak arches have also been included and some division of zones created by deck laid flush with granite. This scheme fuses well with the house and setting. I will return in August to take further photos when the garden furniture is in place and hopefully get some night shots, lighting not yet fully completed at time of visit. Greencube planted this garden in two phases, the trees, ro

Practical storage solutions in our gardens in Tunbridge Wells and Folkestone

Storage in a garden is a common requirement but often forgotten or positioned too far away for practical use. Greencube have installed solutions in 2 of our gardens this year without the need for an ugly shed. The built in seating has doubled up as a great practical storage solution so that the cushions, hand tools and firewood for the brazier are readily available.

But my favourite is most definitely the Telegraph Garden

Designed by Cleve West, a magical space with walls retaining at seat level, so wherever you walk you can pause, sit and enjoy, I managed to gain access to Cleve's garden and even had a brief chat with him. I loved it even more once in the space. The star plant at the show for me is most certainly Dianthus cruentus, with its crimson flowers which looked wonderful in amongst the cotswold stone, with its elegant stems and deep red flower. The statuesque columns, the wonderful dry stone walls and planting that had space, looked natural and certainly did not look like it was only planted a week ago!!!! The play with water with the water pipes and channel through the garden with stone stepping stones, all beautifully executed and inspirational.

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