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I had a very nice review by Cleve West in the Independent Newspaper a few weeks back
http://www.complete-gardens.co.uk/gardening-cdrom/cdrom-gardening-s...
Urban gardener: Computer says 'grow'
By Cleve West
Some computer software that I have started using recently. No please don't turn over, this is actually quite interesting.
As much as I resent any time spent in front of a computer, the interactive Plant Finder & Pruning Guide from Complete Gardens will actually cut down some time in front of the screen and benefit my clients too with much more informative plant lists and maintenance schedules. There are 3,500 plants and 9,000 pictures on the CD-Rom with various ways of making selections (colours, conditions, flowering times, etc) that can be printed out (with notes, pruning and propagation advice, pests and diseases to watch out for) saving lots of time cross-referencing books. I'm not saying it will stop me buying more books for my sagging shelves but as a work tool (my assistant Humaira will love it) it's brilliant and it's British so it won't throw up lists that will have you trawling through plants that will only grow in Madagascar.
I should tell you that it's not for the exclusive use of garden designers who don't know as much as they should about gladioli. Anyone, amateur or enthusiast, who can click a mouse button can use it to make lists of plants in their own garden with all the information they need to maintain it. And get this. Click on any clematis species and it will show you the correct time and method for pruning. Seeing as I know many experienced gardeners who are as rusty as I am on clematis groups and how to tackle them it's worth getting the CD just for that. Of course I couldn't resist seeing if it had Gladiolus papilio. It has. It also has another six that, I must admit, are actually quite attractive.
This British made interactive garden plant finder, garden planner and pruning guide encyclopaedia CD-ROM is both PC & MAC compatible
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I tried adding the review to L-J before but not sure if it worked so my apologies if this is a repeat.
Best wishes
neil
It did work - here is the original post back on the 25th October and I covered the event on Landscape Juice too.
Regards
Phil
Our French web site went live this week at:
www.gardendesignfrance.com
The trust and hope anyone looking for garden design in France will be clicking their way to our front door as we speak.
Of course, the English language site is still going strong at:
www.garden-design.co.uk
We have more web sites on the way, including one promoting our CAD for garden designers / landscapers training courses....but more of that later.
Colin Elliott
colin@garden-design.co.uk
gardendesign@orange.fr
Within the last 4 weeks my practice has scoped 3 out of 4 regional awards at the Marshalls Awards 2008, from 3500 applications we have been selected (along with 6 others to attend the National Award ceremony on the 4th Feb 2009, i have photos and some PR sent from Dave Jessop, Marshalls.
Not sure if this fits the bill
Kerry
I don't know how I missed your post - I am so sorry (I only noticed it because of Claudia's latest post). How did the awards ceremony go?
Please send me the info and photos.
Kind regards
Phil
I can then add it to the main Landscape Juice site.
Fully understand you cant be every where on your site.
Due to snow, the ceremony has been rescheduled for the 3rd March 2009, at their main HQ, Halifax.
Thanks for your interest Phil.
Kerry
What a warm welcome!
Thought you might be interested in the following - I am currently preparing to build the RHS Chelsea 2009 courtyard garden I have designed for Demelza House Children's Hospice
Sight, smell, even taste are the normal senses associated with gardens but it is hearing that is accentuated in this garden, designed for the children's hospice charity Demelza.
Gentle, musical sounds infiltrate the garden, reflecting the importance of music in bringing happiness into the lives of terminally ill children. A water harp plays quietly
in one corner: this metal structure set in a low pool is strung with stainless steel
wires, which create soothing sounds as water plays down them. A Japanese
sui-kin-kutsu, an underground water chamber, introduces an invisible, mysterious
echoing sound, while aluminium chimes give children the opportunity to make their
own music.
Silver Betula pendula, inspired by a grove at Merriments Gardens in East Sussex, is
underplanted with a colour scheme of cool blues and greens. This gradually
develops in intensity until it finally explodes in a riot of bright oranges, yellows and
reds using plants such as new red Iris 'County Town Red' and Geum 'Princess Juliana'.
The entire garden will be relocated at the Demelza House Children's Hospice in Kent after the show.
Members may be interested to know that I can supply some very select and beautiful limestone dry stone walling stone and boulders. This stone is perfect for the discerning garden designer and builder. I have recently built a “Lake District" garden in Berkshire using this product and it is gorgeous. Incidentally, the contact for this project came from the client finding Landscape Juice Network. Many thanks for this.
Best wishes Richard Clegg
www.richardclegg.co.uk
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