Bounce Magazine May 2018
Featuring the lovely Nadine Coyle, former Girls Aloud Star, Singer Songwriter Frank Turner. We also have a food and drink special, feature the bury Festival and have plenty of summer recipes, competitions and interesting columns from our usual contributors.
Featuring the lovely Nadine Coyle, former Girls Aloud Star, Singer Songwriter Frank Turner. We also have a food and drink special, feature the bury Festival and have plenty of summer recipes, competitions and interesting columns from our usual contributors.
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MAY <strong>2018</strong> | ISSUE #67<br />
2. At this stage it’s useful to decide on the<br />
style that you want your garden to reflect;<br />
whether rustic or modern for example, and<br />
work everything around achieving your<br />
finished ‘look’ from planting decisions to<br />
materials.<br />
3. Deal with the hard landscaping elements<br />
first. Deciding on a materials palette is helpful<br />
so that the garden ends up looking unified,<br />
especially if you are working in stages.<br />
4. Choose planting that ties in with your<br />
chosen style and draw out planting plans.<br />
Many garden designers are happy to jump in<br />
at this stage to recommend planting if you<br />
are unsure. Try to avoid going to the garden<br />
centre with nothing in mind and just buying<br />
whatever is in flower. Clients often come<br />
unstuck because they don’t look at fullygrown<br />
sizes.<br />
Award winning landscaping expert,<br />
Mark Richardson of Stewart Landscape<br />
Construction, advises as much time spent<br />
planning as possible. He says, “really<br />
understanding what you want and where<br />
are the key components to a successful<br />
redesign. Any changes during construction<br />
can be disproportionately costly and so for<br />
larger projects, I always recommend using<br />
a professional garden designer as well as a<br />
proper landscaper.”<br />
MARK HAS LISTED HIS TOP TIPS FOR<br />
CREATING THE PERFECT GARDEN:<br />
1. First, it is important to understand your<br />
outside space holistically. For a complete<br />
update, you will need a garden survey plan<br />
so that the whole garden is visible. Work out<br />
where the sunny spots are.<br />
Mark’s passion for delivering beautiful gardens<br />
can be seen in his projects all over East Anglia<br />
as well as in his high-end portfolio of work<br />
in London. This year, Mark’s company will<br />
be putting in their fourth garden at the RHS<br />
Chelsea Flower Show, with a Trailfinderssponsored<br />
design from Jonathan Snow<br />
showcasing a South African winelands<br />
inspired garden that looks set to wow show<br />
visitors with it’s evocative design on Main<br />
Avenue. Having spent days ‘mocking-up’<br />
the mountain boulders in the stoneyard<br />
in Glasgow – a large scale version of rock<br />
Jenga, to finding ways of singeing plants<br />
to recreate the post-bush fired indigenous<br />
fynbos landscape, Mark is looking forward to<br />
the complex business of installing the show<br />
garden in a few short days.<br />
Fingers crossed for that elusive ‘Main Avenue’<br />
Chelsea Gold medal! Follow their progress on<br />
their website or social media.<br />
Tel: 01787 269920 | stewartlandscape.co.uk<br />
info@stewartlandscape.co.uk<br />
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