Comments on: Do you suffer from the phobia that affects new gardeners? http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/ Online garden design courses & tuition for homeowners | Learn how to create your dream garden Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Rachel Mathews Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:03:52 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-777 Good man! I'm so glad you were persuaded - I've seen too many ideas fail through guesswork. Great that you are doing the <a href="http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/how-to-plan-your-garden-formula/" rel="nofollow">Great Garden Formula Course </a>Irene - looking forward to seeing what you come up with (that's if you're happy to show me the end result!). Good man! I’m so glad you were persuaded – I’ve seen too many ideas fail through guesswork. Great that you are doing the Great Garden Formula Course Irene – looking forward to seeing what you come up with (that’s if you’re happy to show me the end result!).

]]> By: Irene Miller http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Irene Miller Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:53:25 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-776 Fortunately my partner is a builder and INSISTED that I measured my garden to make things fit. Thank goodness he did because I had to change a few things after measuring. Fortunately my partner is a builder and INSISTED that I measured my garden to make things fit. Thank goodness he did because I had to change a few things after measuring.

]]> By: Where to start with your garden http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Where to start with your garden Thu, 20 May 2010 18:07:23 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-550 [...] show you exactly how to do it. If you can’t be bothered to measure your garden, then read this enlightening article and then decide if that’s quite such a good game [...] [...] show you exactly how to do it. If you can’t be bothered to measure your garden, then read this enlightening article and then decide if that’s quite such a good game [...]

]]> By: Is your garden a ‘Sagger’? http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Is your garden a ‘Sagger’? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:55:11 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-287 [...] do so many people avoid this part? Well tapemeasureaphobia is usually to blame for that. But there is another factor. Let’s be honest, striding round [...] [...] do so many people avoid this part? Well tapemeasureaphobia is usually to blame for that. But there is another factor. Let’s be honest, striding round [...]

]]> By: How to draw your garden site survey plan to scale [part 2] http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-57 How to draw your garden site survey plan to scale [part 2] Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:54:17 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-57 [...] is why you mustn’t guess what shape and size your garden is! If you haven’t already, read the tapemeasureaphobia post, you will see why this is SO important to [...] [...] is why you mustn’t guess what shape and size your garden is! If you haven’t already, read the tapemeasureaphobia post, you will see why this is SO important to [...]

]]> By: Sorry, you need to login to access this part of the website http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Sorry, you need to login to access this part of the website Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:45:09 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-40 [...] Do you suffer from a condition that affects new gardeners? [...] [...] Do you suffer from a condition that affects new gardeners? [...]

]]> By: Successful Garden Design — Online garden design courses & tuition for homeowners | Learn how to successfully design your garden http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Successful Garden Design — Online garden design courses & tuition for homeowners | Learn how to successfully design your garden Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:16:23 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-37 [...] The reason additions don’t usually work is because if you had planned for something, you work everything else around it and it works with everything else a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle. [...] [...] The reason additions don’t usually work is because if you had planned for something, you work everything else around it and it works with everything else a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle. [...]

]]> By: Garden design – so what do YOU want? http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Garden design – so what do YOU want? Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:13:40 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-14 [...] So far we’ve discussed how people often confuse the planting of the garden with garden design (the one with the lovely cake pic!) why planning the garden is SO important (the brick one) and how vital measuring is to successful garden design (the jigsaw one) [...] [...] So far we’ve discussed how people often confuse the planting of the garden with garden design (the one with the lovely cake pic!) why planning the garden is SO important (the brick one) and how vital measuring is to successful garden design (the jigsaw one) [...]

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Rachel Mathews Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:42:36 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-11 Tell me about it! It's the one part of the job I really dislike! I've lost count of the number of times it's rained whilst surveying someone's garden. Not to mention looking like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards when I've finished! ;o) R ps for those of you wondering if you missed the hint/tip - well sort of - newsletter subscribers get an extra tip in the newsletter that doesn't appear on the blog. To make sure you don't miss out, sign up now (the form is just above the comments, under the main post). Tell me about it! It’s the one part of the job I really dislike! I’ve lost count of the number of times it’s rained whilst surveying someone’s garden. Not to mention looking like I’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards when I’ve finished! ;o)

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]]> By: Alison Kerr http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/phobia-that-affects-new-garden-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Alison Kerr Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:01:59 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=242#comment-10 Yup, Yup, I don't like the measuring part. It's tricky and not terribly fun. Thanks for the hint. Yup, Yup, I don’t like the measuring part. It’s tricky and not terribly fun. Thanks for the hint.

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