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the use of green oak in our garden in Leigh, Kent

We've just published this garden on our website just last week, a garden that was completed spring 2013, it highlights the use of green oak in the garden with oak platforms and sculptural oak uprights within a planted border. construction by Langdale Landscapes

What a busy January...

greencube have had a very busy January with enquiries up by 46 % from last January, normally January is a quiet month. We are normally designing work that we obtained from the previous autumn and planning our planting for the spring season. But we've seen an influx in new enquiries matching a normally busy spring month. We are currently working on projects in Sevenoaks,  Tunbridge Wells, Matfield and are about to embark on two new projects in Leigh and Stansted. Gardens are currently being built in Sevenoaks x 3, Loughton, Reigate and Bidborough Ridge. We have just delivered designs in January to our clients in Oxted, Plaxtol, Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks. We have new enquiries in Langton Green, Bidborough, Cowden and Sevenoaks. We use 3D modelling software to realise our ideas, to demonstrate to our clients how it will look and gain their confidence to go ahead. Here's a view of a front garden delivered and presented only last night to our clients i

SGD AWARDS (the bafta's of the garden design world!)

I attended the Society of Garden Designers award ceremony on Friday evening at the Millenium Gloucester Hotel in Kensington, London. An awards ceremony for great garden design, now in its second year. Attended by the likes of Dan Pearson, Andy Sturgeon, Andrew Wilson amongst many other respected peers. A lovely evening, catching up with colleagues, lecturers, suppliers, landscape contractors and making new contacts. Award Winners   http://www.sgdawards.com/winners/4582117514 We did not enter the competition (maybe next year....) but thoroughly enjoyed the evening that rolled into the early hours. A big thank you to Palmstead nurseries , Nick Coslett and Andrew Wayre  who invited me to attend for the second year. Here's a few pictures of the evening.   and lastly here I am with the outrageously outspoken provocateur Tim Richardson - landscape and garden critic. Who I'm sure will write an interesting but controversial account in next months SG

greencube's website has many new updates including a shiny new portfolio page

the lull before the storm, I chose to carry out some much needed work on our website over the christmas holidays including a shiny new portfolio page. The phones were not ringing and I've been wanting to do it for a while, always putting it off for a rainy day.....we had an incredibly busy 2013 and now looking forward to 2014. We have an exciting garden being built in Reigate, Loughton and 3 in Sevenoaks, I'll be out in the spring and summer taking some more photos.  Here are a few extracts from our new portfolio page including garden in Borough Green completed last year and my own garden, meadow, trial borders and kitchen garden, see full details:  http://greencubed.co.uk/portfolio/portfolio.html

Why use a garden designer? See us in Real Homes Magazine

greencube features in national magazine  'Real Homes' this week, Real Homes Editor approached me regarding this feature. the article's subject is the role of a garden designer and they approached myself and another who are both members of the Society of Garden Design http://www.sgd.org.uk/ In the article 'How to transform your outdoor space', Matt James discusses topics including: The role of a garden designer - matt states: 'to bring creativity, ideas and fresh new perspectives to your space, whilst bearing in mind budgets, wants and needs.' How designers work See greencube's process: http://greencubelandscapes.co.uk/process/process.html Choosing the Right Designer Where to find a Designer We are accredited by the SGD (society of garden designers) following adjudication that took over 1 year to complete. We are recommended by the RHS Both myself and Harriet have completed a B.A (hons) degree in garden design construction by O