The Garden Furniture is Alive! A DIY Guide

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

As designers of luxury garden furniture, we’re always looking for ways to create unique furnishings for the garden. We’ve turned commodes into planters, made vertical gardens and tables from pallets, and created garden wall art from old picture frames and mirrors. We’re having such a good time with our DIY projects we want to share them with you, our readers. We’ll tell you exactly what we did, step-by-step. Feel free to make changes to fit your style and ideas. I. Tools and Materials Old garden chair frame 20 litres of topsoil A pair of wellingtons Sphagnum moss, enough for 3 14″ baskets 56 litres of multi-purpose compost 20-24 bamboo stakes 24-30 3″ pots of primulas ½ metre plastic guttering, to be cut to size 4 small herb plants, such as…

DIY Vertical Garden

Friday, April 20, 2012

Garden walls or 'vertical gardens' have gained a lot of notoriety over recent years with designers such as Patrick Blanc setting the standards. Vertical gardens can come in all shapes and sizes, some scaling entire buildings, whilst others sit in offices, gardens or private homes. Below I would like to show you how you can create your own vertical garden using a wooden pallet. This guide was inspired by Fern Richardson (Life on the Balcony) & Stephanie Lawrence (Design*Sponge), and the images are courtesy of Design*Sponge. To embed, copy and paste the code below: <p><img src="http://www.bridgman.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DIY-Vertical-Garden-Wall.jpg" alt="Bridgman DIY Vertical Garden" border="0"></a></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.bridgman.co.uk/blog/diy-vertical-garden-wall/">Bridgman.co.uk</a></p>

Vertical Gardens: Grow Up

Monday, April 16, 2012

Though gardens have traditionally been outside spaces that allow us to wander amongst the plants themselves, increasing city life has led to space becoming a premium which doesn’t allow for many green spaces. This has meant the designers have had to increasingly come up with innovative and contemporary garden spaces which can be used for both pleasure and function. And, one area that is becoming increasingly popular in the cityscape is vertical gardening. Some of the most familiar vertical gardens are those understood as living walls; a concept where low growing and small plants are placed into a matrix which is then fixed to a wall. Such designs can be immense in their size and can cover the entire sides of buildings to create a living structure. They are also…