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Our Designer on live TV!

Written on 20 Jan 2009, 10:30 PM

Our Designer and head Landscaper Nicky Patterson was heavily involved in the live TV surprise garden makeover project commissioned by ITV's flagship magazine programme This Morning! 

Last weekend (10th-12th January) Margaret Traynor, a hard-working but soon to retire nurse, of Partick in Glasgow was whisked away for a luxury spa weekend by her daughter Karen while her other daughter Linda made tea and hot rolls for TV crews and a team of landscapers at her Mum's home back in Glasgow.

Nicky worked alongside This Morning's head Gardener and multiple RHS medal winner David Domoney to formulate a design and configure the plan of works for the 48 hour project.  Nicky donated the materials and his expert services to construct a deck which Margaret had always wanted.

The duo along with David's feature team of Landscapers, known as the Garden Angels, and some volunteers from Margaret's family slogged hard through the atroc... Read more

 

The Big Chill

Written on 07 Jan 2009, 08:23 PM

As landscapers and gardeners up and down the country shake off their festive hangovers and head back out - we find that country is frozen solid - but surely we aren’t ALL down in the dumps about 2009?

So I’m back at the Bat-Cave now after a lovely past few weeks and I am working my way through all the mail and emails that have mounted up on my desk and desktop resepectively. I’m a little bit annoyed that my last post’s optimism had it’s wing shot by the announcement a few days ago that the price of fruit and veg and general groceries is to increase by 20% in th UK in 2009. Is it just me or is the media determined to make all this seem completely insurmountable to even the most optimistic of us?

I had been encouraged by some of the commentators debating that the public sector would keep alot of SMEs above water, but 20% added onto shopping bills is a fair whack and can only further dull consumer confidence.
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