A London Design Festival update just flew into Garden Beet’s inbox – its all about recycling – I realise it aint in the garden but it could be outdoors. Its all food for thought and I like it a lot – so lovely to share – thanks Rachel for the update on your design [...]
Image : Landscape Tanks Given that water is a valuable resource it seems sensible to incorporate water holding features into building projects wherever possible. The retaining wall above incorporates a water tank plus accommodates a planting bed on top. The holding tank is constructed from concrete. Whilst the image above is not terribly inspiring be [...]
Garden art that you can swim in? Pure bliss. The swimming pools above are new builds and retro fits – designed and constructed by Clear Water Revival in the UK. Clear Water Revival are specialists in converting swimming pools into wetlands. Wetlands are amazing systems – they can filter heavily polluted water and make it [...]
Today I was on site with the other half who is a geologist. I could not believe the colour of the soil. The soil had ‘Blue Billy’ – a byproduct which is created when gas is manufactured from coal. After working for over 10 years in land contamination this was the worst soil contamination my [...]
At Ecobuild yesterday I was on the hunt for recycled plastics intended for public or private gardens. I know recycled plastics can look great but I am also aware that more often than not it ends up looking like cheesy imitation wood. And sure enough there it was recycled plastic trying to be wood. Again, [...]
By 2015 rainwater that does not become absorbed by the ground has to leave a property in ‘pristine’ condition before it enters into the UK waterways. This water is often referred to as ‘run-off’. Land that is contaminated will need to store and treat its ‘run-off’ on site. Surely that is a good thing? Yes, but we [...]
Gift 1 Just found a great way of giving a friend a growing garden gift on Green Fudge. Its a stylish planter that allows you to grow seedlings and then simply pull apart once the seedling has grown to a couple of inches. The product is called Osusuwake (means sharing in Japanese) by designers Kenma. The [...]
