|| GARDEN | Container ponds

Container water gardens or tiny ponds are perfect for patios, decks and balconies.  Creating a pond in a pot is a simple way to add water into a garden scheme, no matter how limited the space is. Here are a few of my favourite ideas:

Above image: Erwinstam-tuinstudio photo' by Maaike de Ridder Producties | low bowl pond with tropical floating pistia stratiotes 'water lettuce'  

Above images: 1.Garden365 black pebbles  2.Outdoor Alabama: floating pistia stratiotes 'water lettuce' 3.The Lost World Nursery Equisetum ramosissimum var. japonicum 4.NNSS floating pistia stratiotes 'water lettuce' 5.Elho Pure Soft Bowl in anthracite

Above image: Compleet Groen low dish water bowl with floating pistia stratiotes 'water lettuce' and water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes 

for a grass like plant try Hesperantha Coccinea Pink (Schizostylis) 

  Above images: 1.& 2. Compleet Groen low dish water bowl with floating pistia stratiotes 'water lettuce' and water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes and for pretty seed heads try Cyperus Eragrostis, the corkscrew plant is Juncus effusus f. spiralis

corkscrew rush

Above image:Elho Pure Cone Bowl and dwarf water lilies - for a pure white water lily try Nymphaea Pygmaea Helvola

Above images: 1.Martha Stewart miniature peachy pink waterlily (try Nymphaea Aurora) 2.Future Garden water lily bud 3.Waterside Nursery lime green pond bowl with miniature water lilies

 Above image: Eric Sels contemporary cube ponds with water lilies

Above images: 1. Waterside Nursery granite finish bowl (for the tall variegated leaf try Iris Pseudacorus Variegata; for the blue plant try Myosotis Scorpioides palustris 2.Green Plant Swap Schizostylis coccinea var. alba 3.Compleet Groen low dish water bowl with floating pistia stratiotes 'water lettuce' and water hyacinth eichhornia crassipes and for pretty seed heads try Cyperus Eragrostis or Juncus Submodulosa

Above images: 1. A watertight pot (if using a plant pot seal the drainage holes with pond sealant) 2.Oxygenating plant: Ceratophyllum Demersum (hornwort) 3.Plant support ring 4.If using tap water use a chlorine guard for guides and "how to's" click here

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|| GREGORY PHILLIPS | architects and interior design

LOCATION: SAVILLE ROW | LONDON | ENGLAND

ABOUT: Gregory Phillips Architects is a team of highly creative and dedicated architects and interior designers. Established in 1991, they provide a unique holistic and professional approach to residential design, which has produced many award-winning projects.

Featured Project: Alan Road Wimbledon

An innovative modern extension including frameless glass facades, 'floating beams' and an external reflecting pool. The extension to the traditional detached 6000ft2 house incorporates a contemporary garden design creating unique indoor-outdoor living space. The project was a finalist in the Grand Design Awards and RIBA Awards.

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects  Photography: Darren Chung

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung

Above images: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung 

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung showing the work surface in man-made quartz composite

Above images: 1., 3., & 4. Gregory Phillips Architects  Photography: Darren Chung (photograph 4. shows the hand-chiselled Belgian Fossil wall panels above the sink which has also been used above the Aga) 2.Paolo Interiors Oriental Basalt floor tile

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung

Above image: Gregory Phillips Architects Photography: Darren Chung

Contact:
Website: Gregory Phillips Architects
17 Savile Row
London
W1S 3PN
Telephone: 020 7724 3040
email: gp@gregoryphillips.com

For more information on anything shown in the above images please click on the names under each photograph to go through to their web sites. I create my mood boards/colour palettes with a computer programme called Photoshop by Adobe which is available for both Apple Mac and PC computers.

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|| PINTEREST FINDS | March 2016

GARDEN LANDSCAPING:

Highlighting some of my favourite finds on Pinterest for March

Above image: | Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design contemporary grey textured planters, pale wood combined with crisp white render against greenery 

Above images: 1. Scot Eckley Inc landscape design and construction: contemporary planter with feature Gunnera plant against a rusted corten steel panel 2.Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design (details in the first picture) 3.Rae Wilkinson water rill and contemporary pond bowl planters on decking 4.Filip Van Damme contemporary wall in corten steel with integrated letterbox and house number 5.Filip Van Damme contemporary entrance path and horizontal slatted fence

 Above image: Be-Fun Design contemporary minimal courtyard | mid-toned wood grey gravel white linear walls and concrete

 Above image: Be-Fun Design contemporary minimal courtyard | mid-toned wood, grey gravel, white linear walls and concrete pavers

Above images:1.Green Architects modern entrance driveway: small clipped hedges, grasses and feature trees 2.& 4.AABE - Atelier d'Architecture Bruno Erpicum & Partners modern entrance with stone set pathway 3.Scot Eckley Landscaping contemporary sculpture sphere of horseshoes entry feature, linear horizontal fence to modern driveway 5.Spirit Level modern rusted bowl water feature set within a small planted pond 

 Above image: Green Architects modern entrance driveway: small clipped hedges, grasses | contemporary oak garage door with stone set block paved drive

Above images: 1.Andy Sturgeon Design contemporary garden with pale stone walls intersected by rusted metal beams 2.Secret Gardens contemporary planter with architectural plants 3.Secret Gardens white modern planter pot with low mound forming greenery 4. & 7.Atelier d'Architecture Bruno Erpicum & Parterns driveway with cobbled stone sets and contemporary sliding entrance gates to solid wood sectional automated garage door 5.On the Market modern compact courtyard garden with contemporary horizontal Iroko slatted fence, topiary spheres and pale stone paving; featuring a small blade fountain water feature - part of a development designed by award winning architect Alfred Munkenbeck 6.Andy Sturgeon Design contemporary abstract garden statue on stone plinth

Above image: Habitos courtyard with grey block paver sets with bands of gravel | block hedging and stilted/pleached trees

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For more information on anything shown in the above images please click on the names under each photograph to go through to their web sites. I create my mood boards/colour palettes with a computer programme called Photoshop by Adobe which is available for both Apple Mac and PC computers.

As always, if I have featured your photograph and you would rather I didn't, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will remove it with my sincerest apologies. 

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|| GARDEN | Plants: Equisetum

HIGHLIGHTING | plant:  

EQUISETUM
Common Name: Dutch or scouring rush, horsetail rush, snake grass 

Genus: Equisetum
Species: hyemale
Skill Level: Beginner
Exposure: Full sun, Partial shade
Hardiness: Hardy (UK)
Soil type: Boggy
Height: 120cm Spread: 20cm

A fast-growing horsetail that has unbranched stems with rough black ribs which slightly constrict the stem. As a clump forming evergreen it provides useful winter interest and its slightly pre-historic/tropical look makes a stylish architectural statement in the garden.  It has a vigorous growing habit and is best with a constrained root. Grow in pots/planters above ground or within several sizes of containers below ground to restrict the rhizomes.

Above image: Andrea Cochran photography: Marion Brenner, Holly Stewart | contemporary planting: blocks of Equisetum set within pale stone paving

Above image: Andrea Cochran photography: Marion Brenner, Holly Stewart| clipped formal blocks of Equisetum | contemporary structural planting

Above images: 1. & 2. Anthony Paul Landscape Design clean geometry of Equisetum planted behind a reflective pool and echoed in tall minimal planters 3. Van Lieshout a simple contemporary bowl planted with Equisetum

  Above image: Andrea Cochran photography: Marion Brenner, Holly Stewart| contemporary planting: blocks of clipped Equisetum set within pale stone paving

Above images: 1. The Lost World Nursery Equisetum ramoisissimum var. japonica 2., 3. & 4.Anthony Paul Landscape Design clean geometry of Equisetum planted by a reflective pool and echoed in tall minimal planters 

Above image: Andrea Cochran photography: Marion Brenner, Holly Stewart| contemporary planting: Equisetum and bamboo

 Above image: Dirk Denison Architects Equisetum planted in a contemporary gravel border

Above image: Anthony Paul Landscape Design clean minimal geometry of Equisetum planted by a reflective pool | Italian Basalt terrace with raised contemporary rill

Above images: 1. Revive Landscape Design contemporary grey planters with Equisetum 2. & 3. Anthony Paul Landscape Design contemporary rill and metal planters planted with Equisetum 4. Scott Lawrence Equisetum Hyemale in front of dark grey linear slate wall

For more information on anything shown in the above images please click on the names under each photograph to go through to their web sites. I create my mood boards/colour palettes with a computer programme called Photoshop by Adobe which is available for both Apple Mac and PC computers.

As always, if I have featured your photograph and you would rather I didn't, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will remove it with my sincerest apologies. 

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