Comments on: Plant passion v precision (or when it all goes wrong for a garden designer…) http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/ Garden Design Made Easy - Online Courses, Tips & Ideas for your Garden Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: How To Choose The Right Plants For Your Garden | Successful Garden Design http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-159 How To Choose The Right Plants For Your Garden | Successful Garden Design Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:00:06 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-159 [...] read the backstory on this, read Plant Passion v Precision (Or When it All goes horribly wrong for a garden Designer!). OK, now you’re up to speed with situation and if you’ve seen the video tutorials you’ll [...] [...] read the backstory on this, read Plant Passion v Precision (Or When it All goes horribly wrong for a garden Designer!). OK, now you’re up to speed with situation and if you’ve seen the video tutorials you’ll [...]

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-158 Rachel Mathews Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:35:52 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-158 Actually clients tend to be much easier! I think because they are paying for the advice they tend to heed it! Or at least they wait till I've gone before they do add odd things! I'm all for indulging plant choices as long as it doesn't ruin the overall effect, you can usually get away with bit of indulging but daffodils and palm trees is one step too far! I'm sure you'll get away with the foxgloves. Actually clients tend to be much easier! I think because they are paying for the advice they tend to heed it! Or at least they wait till I’ve gone before they do add odd things!

I’m all for indulging plant choices as long as it doesn’t ruin the overall effect, you can usually get away with bit of indulging but daffodils and palm trees is one step too far! I’m sure you’ll get away with the foxgloves.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-157 Jenny Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:29:54 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-157 I think you should just be glad it was your parents. Imagine the fight you would have had with other clients. Or maybe this comes up all the time. I didn't have a designer but I know how it goes. I was very tempted by a gorgeous pot of foxgloves last week and I bought it. At least I can enjoy a little bit of England in Texas for a couple of weeks. This from a girl who gives tours at the Wildflower Center, promoting native plants. Ah, well! .-= Jenny´s last blog ..<a href="http://wwwrockrose.blogspot.com/2010/04/weather-doesnt-get-better-than-this.html" rel="nofollow">THE WEATHER DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS</a> =-. I think you should just be glad it was your parents. Imagine the fight you would have had with other clients. Or maybe this comes up all the time. I didn’t have a designer but I know how it goes. I was very tempted by a gorgeous pot of foxgloves last week and I bought it. At least I can enjoy a little bit of England in Texas for a couple of weeks. This from a girl who gives tours at the Wildflower Center, promoting native plants. Ah, well!
.-= Jenny´s last blog ..THE WEATHER DOESN’T GET BETTER THAN THIS =-.

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-156 Rachel Mathews Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:58:52 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-156 Good. Let me know when it is up and running. And if anyone else has a useful resource website, please let me know about it. Good. Let me know when it is up and running.

And if anyone else has a useful resource website, please let me know about it.

]]> By: Rosalind http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-155 Rosalind Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:39:23 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-155 Not quite yet but working on it! Not quite yet but working on it!

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-154 Rachel Mathews Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:33:50 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-154 Thanks for links Rosalind. As far as the ethical Indian sandstone goes, we only use suppliers that have the the Ethical Trading Policy in place. However, that doesn't mean that it's a perfect system. In the course I do layout, pretty much the conversation we are having here so people can make an informed decision on the materials they use. I will read through the web pages on your feed, they may be good ones to add to the course. Do you have a website with this type of information up? If so send me the link. Thanks for links Rosalind.

As far as the ethical Indian sandstone goes, we only use suppliers that have the the Ethical Trading Policy in place. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s a perfect system.

In the course I do layout, pretty much the conversation we are having here so people can make an informed decision on the materials they use. I will read through the web pages on your feed, they may be good ones to add to the course.

Do you have a website with this type of information up? If so send me the link.

]]> By: Rosalind http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-153 Rosalind Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:14:59 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-153 A cop out indeed ! and as you're aiming to teach people with your videos a really surprising one. This might give you some food for thought. http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fgardendesigncourses and this http://www.ethicaltrade.org/news-and-events/news/ITN-highlights-child-labour-in-indian-sandstone-production and even this http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html A cop out indeed ! and as you’re aiming to teach people with your videos a really surprising one.

This might give you some food for thought.

http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fgardendesigncourses

and this

http://www.ethicaltrade.org/news-and-events/news/ITN-highlights-child-labour-in-indian-sandstone-production

and even this
http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-152 Rachel Mathews Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:45:54 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-152 You make a good point Rosalind. Which building materials to use has been something that I've really tussled with over the years. Natural stone has to be shipped a long way, not to mention, taken out of the earth and the alternative products cause a lot of pollutants and use a lot of resources in the production process. There isn't a good paving solution, ideally a more natural garden without the use of paving materials but the majority of people don't seem to want that at the moment. Thankfully, there is a growing awareness that we can't carry on not thinking of the environmental impact. It won't happen over night but we are getting there. Demand for environmentally friendlier products will force manufacturers to change their product range. There are some amazing eco-gardens being created and I think, the more that are done well, will make people embrace them and want one for themselves. The stance I take on this is, I let the customer decide what they want to use. Yes, you may view that as a cop out. But you cannot force people to change. Encouraging them by showing alternatives is the way forward. You make a good point Rosalind. Which building materials to use has been something that I’ve really tussled with over the years. Natural stone has to be shipped a long way, not to mention, taken out of the earth and the alternative products cause a lot of pollutants and use a lot of resources in the production process.

There isn’t a good paving solution, ideally a more natural garden without the use of paving materials but the majority of people don’t seem to want that at the moment.

Thankfully, there is a growing awareness that we can’t carry on not thinking of the environmental impact. It won’t happen over night but we are getting there.

Demand for environmentally friendlier products will force manufacturers to change their product range. There are some amazing eco-gardens being created and I think, the more that are done well, will make people embrace them and want one for themselves.

The stance I take on this is, I let the customer decide what they want to use. Yes, you may view that as a cop out. But you cannot force people to change. Encouraging them by showing alternatives is the way forward.

]]> By: Rosalind http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-151 Rosalind Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:06:24 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-151 I really liked the look of your site but then you lost me at - " The garden is built, bar the paving (that’s being shipped over next Spring)." What, Spain dosen't have local paving materials? or maybe your environmental impact hasn't occurred to you? I really liked the look of your site but then you lost me at -

” The garden is built, bar the paving (that’s being shipped over next Spring).”

What, Spain dosen’t have local paving materials? or maybe your environmental impact hasn’t occurred to you?

]]> By: How to survey your garden [part 1] http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/plant-passion-v-precision-or-when-it-all-goes-wrong-for-a-garden-designer/#comment-150 How to survey your garden [part 1] Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:47:41 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=361#comment-150 [...] we finally have the first of the infamous garden in Spain video series up and running…. hoorah – well not quite hoorah, more horror. I [...] [...] we finally have the first of the infamous garden in Spain video series up and running…. hoorah – well not quite hoorah, more horror. I [...]

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