Gardening Projects for Kids

Gardening Projects for Kids

Jul 2, 2014 | Blog, Residential

Watching seeds grow that they have planted themselves; making petal collages or perfume or even just stringing together a daisy chain, are some of the simple pleasures from which rich memories are made. Involving your children in fun gardening activities encourages...
Extension Stress or Hassle Free Extra Space?

Extension Stress or Hassle Free Extra Space?

Jun 27, 2014 | Blog, Residential

Are you one of the many British homeowners that have felt too uncertain about their job security and financial prospects during the years of recession to move house, despite your growing family’s need for more space? Perhaps the recovering economic backdrop is now...
Get Creative in Your Garden Studio

Get Creative in Your Garden Studio

Jun 20, 2014 | Blog, Residential

The artist, Grayson Perry, says that all of his studios hark back to his father’s shed, where the tool strewn workbench became the cockpit of a fantasy aircraft journeying to imagined lands. A place apart, where anything can happen. Somewhere peaceful for, quiet...
Your Garden and What To Do in June

Your Garden and What To Do in June

Jun 13, 2014 | Blog, Residential

As we approach the longest day of the year on June 21st, the extra light and warmth is encouraging an exuberant burst of growth and providing ample opportunity to get out into your garden. Two of the most pressing gardening jobs in June are mowing and hoe-ing, as your...
Swapping Blue Light for Sunlight

Swapping Blue Light for Sunlight

Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Residential

It doesn’t seem like a week goes by without some press headline warning parents about the perils of childhood tech addiction. The reality is, however, that while there is a rapidly growing field of research around the notion, it is still at the stage of empirical data...
A Garden Room in time for summer?

A Garden Room in time for summer?

May 28, 2014 | Blog, Residential

Oak before ash, in for a splash: ash before oak, in for a soak…..so say the old wives. Well, my oak was in almost full leaf before the ash started to sprout green and my glass is most definitely half full. Some may call me deluded, but I have a feeling that this...