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Society of Garden Designers Awards

The Society of Garden Designers annual awards ceremony at Landmark Hotel in London. Friday 31st January 2020 I entered this years new award  Beth Chatto Award 'For a project where the design focus is on the garden's environmental impact by the creative, ecological use of materials and planting to maximise sustainability, minimise maintenance and attract pollinators and wildlife.' very proud and honoured to be a shortlisted finalist here's a link to the finalists and winners SGD Awards arriving at the awards with Sue Willmott Our Chair Sarah Morgan delivering the intro speech. Runner up but very proud to be up there in the final for our Modern Meadow, 'nature's doing its best in this garden, a bee and butterfly nectar pot with native wildflower meadow mix, bold clipped yew buttresses, native hedging, birch standards and pops of additional seasonal colour. This garden is a showcase on our website to encourage new ...

see our shortlisted garden in the SGD Design Journal this month

I'm thrilled to be shortlisted for this garden - wildlife friendly garden. WE have lost over 90% of our wildflower meadows in the last century. I have been nurturing this patch of meadow and working on its diversity to help moths, butterflies, bees and insects. See us in this months Garden design Journal, do vote if you think we deserve the peoples choice peoples choice link

Design is in the Detail in our Sevenoaks Garden

This newly renovated property in Sevenoaks now has this wonderful garden combining materials that textually contrast. http://greencubelandscapes.co.uk/portfolio/greencube-sevenoaks-detail.html We have included quartz paddlestones for dry stone wall effect, hardwood ipe decking that is used both vertically and horizontally with a detailed wrapped effect around 2 built in benches, porcelain paving and large focal point statement pots. I visited last week and celebrated the garden success with our clients, taking lots of images. A huge thank you goes to our landscapers - Langdale Landscapes and electrician Pete Smitherman PS Electrics, great team effort to create this wonderful space. Myself and Gemma planted the garden and Gemma and her team (our aftercare greencube gardeners) looks after it on a monthly visit. We planted this garden last year and it is already knitting together nicely. garden designed by green...