BlogHide Resteemsleighscotford (63)in hive-142013 • 4 years agoInteresting find whilst dismantling an old wall.leighscotford (63)in gardening • 4 years agoRevisiting a garden we built a few years back.Nothing is better than revisiting a garden that we have built, to find it well maintained, and also has had a lot of use and enjoyment. This is exactly what we found when we were called back to a…leighscotford (63)in hive-148441 • 5 years agoThe importance of permeable driveways, and timber clad steps constructionThis job was from a few years back, located in Monmouth Wales. We have built gardens in this part of town before and all of them have not been easy. The housing estate is situated on an incredibly…leighscotford (63)in hive-148441 • 5 years agoToday we laid the turf. Landscape gardening UKAs we ordered the turf last Friday, we were surprised to find that today, the turfing day, was dry. We currently having an unbelievably bad run of wet days on the day the turf arrives. Even with…leighscotford (63)in garden • 5 years agoCorten path edging installation.Way back in March before the lockdown, we started the path edging, on our current project. The designer and client had agreed on Corten (aka cor-ten, or weathering steel) as the material. We have…leighscotford (63)in hive-174578 • 5 years agoA few simple compost bays.Just a quick post showing a few compost bays we built this week and a bit of a simple guide of how we constructed them. We are now starting to build quite a few more of these lately. They are very…leighscotford (63)in travel • 5 years agoWalk through the Forest of Dean. Some hidden gemsSo as the lockdown in the UK has started to lift slowly, we had our first week back at work from last Tuesday. We also decided to have a small drive to find somewhere to go for a walk today. We…leighscotford (63)in hive-142013 • 5 years agoThe view from yat rock, less than 2 miles from my house. You can see 5 British c ...... ounties from this point.leighscotford (63)in appics • 5 years ago9 years ago today at Chelsea flower show. The Monaco garden.leighscotford (63)in appics • 5 years agoAlso 10 years ago today. Chelsea flower show 2010. Big change in just 24hours.leighscotford (63)in car • 5 years agoCatch up on the Autograss project. The volancia!Just a short catch up on where we are regarding the latest project. The last post was 3 months ago and can be found here if you are interested. So we have only had a couple of weekends…leighscotford (63)in appics • 5 years ago10 years ago today, we started building yet another garden at Chelsea flower show. ...leighscotford (63)in photography • 5 years agoBuilding a photography studio / gym part 2Once the main shell was constructed, and the floor was down, it was time to make some sets for the photography studio. One of the most enjoyable sets to build was the Art Deco set. This was the only…leighscotford (63)in photography • 5 years agoUnusual work for a gardener. Building a photography studio / gym. Part1So, I’m now going into week 6 of UK lockdown, so apologies for the lack of posts. But here was a project I did with my girlfriend and a couple of her friends. She has been a vintage stylist and…leighscotford (63)in garden • 5 years agoSmall selection of gardens we have built, in bloom.Starting off with a garden we worked on when I was much MUCH younger. Chelsea flower show, the Yorkshire garden. Any show garden is always going to be in bloom, but this one takes some beating. This…leighscotford (63)in appics • 5 years agoI got nudged wide in a rough turn 1, but made a triple pass on turn 2. (Grey and ...... blue mini G16D) Autograss racingleighscotford (63)in appics • 5 years agoBig groundwork jobs usually need a variety of machines. Biggest issue here is narrow ...... pathways.leighscotford (63)in hive-174578 • 5 years agoGarden projects. Current job in Herefordshire, update #1.Hi peoples. Huge apology’s for so little activity on here lately. It’s been a fair bit of panicking lately with the current situation in the UK. Being an asthmatic, I have now self isolated as many…leighscotford (63)in hive-174578 • 5 years agoGarden projects. Quick tidy and makeover in Herefordshire.So we arrived to a very overgrown, and neglected rear garden. It seamed mostly untouched, with the boundary trees needing a good cutback. The lawn (if you can call it that, was long and mostly weed.…leighscotford (63)in hive-174578 • 5 years agoGarden projects. Interesting aspects #2Here are another selection of great ideas that we have built over the years. Hopefully you can all take some kind of inspiration from this post, and something similar may end up in your garden.…
