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Nicky Patterson
  • 27, Male
  • Glasgow
  • United Kingdom
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I had a very quiet September-December in 2008, had it not been for that I would likely be required to be VAT registered now. As it happens I will likely need to be registered by January - but the point is that I have consciously sought to avoid th...
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On most of our projects the customers pay for materials, plant and waste disposal etc direct to suppliers. Simple and legitimate.
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Nicky Patterson and Caroline Littler are now friends
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Thanks Phil
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Tree: I love using Liquidambar styraciflua for their variation in colour and stature in small gardens, I also love the delicacy of Prunus x cistena for their miniature petals and deep purple foliage - two different trees for different situations. ...
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Best thing I ever did - no losing business...I think customers much prefer their first call to be answered. I tried the answer machine at home for first year - then I used a call handling service (where virtual secretaries answer your calls and se...
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Garden Designer and Landscaper

Profile Information

Company name (if applicable)
GardenImprovements.com
First Name:
Nicky
Surname:
Patterson
Telephone:
01415855053
Email:
studio@gardenimprovements.com
Website:
http://www.gardenimprovements.com
Skype Name
nicky_gardenimprovements.com
About Me:
Hi I'm Nicky! I live in the southside of Glasgow with my wife and daughter and I am a garden designer and landscaper by trade.

I love my job and love the idea that I can improve people's lifestyle with what I do!

I now have an apprentice working on designs and helping us to plant up projects; he is Matthew Thomson and also a member of LJN so please look him up - he has some great ideas and likes to seek out device from the network from time to time.

We have thankfully survived the past year of recession and have so far strengthened our format so much so that we feel confident and indeed excited about the future and the projects we will undertake.

Please feel free to add me as a friend on the network - I am always keen to help others out with ideas and I'm always keen to see the work that other members produce.

Look forward to LJNetworking with you!

Nicky
Your Blog
http://gardenimprovements.com/wordpress
Twitter
http://twitter.com/nickypatterson
What is your profession i.e. Landscaping, gardening, greenkeeping - other
Landscaping and Design
If you are a professional gardener, landscaper or garden designer, list the services or special skills that you have
Design
Landscaping
Driveways
Patios
Walls
Kitchen Gardens
Fences
Planting
Are you a member of any professional Associations - BALI, APL AoLD SGD
FSB
How did you find this site?
Google

Comment Wall (9 comments)

At 11:06pm on December 18, 2008, Susan Gallagher said…
Nice teeth!
At 10:24pm on January 26, 2009, colin said…
hello m8 not out to argue just bring up a few points that sometimes get overlooked/forgotten lol
where abouts are you in glasgow? i have family in cumbernauld
not been up for years. car froze to the ground last time i was up it was that cold lol
At 10:34pm on January 26, 2009, colin said…
ye i think everything needs people to ask questions
i think thats why i had all my college funded cos i asked questions about mad things
sometimes i think we need to ask questions about the simple things though like the insurance, all the companies take the piss at some point and we all need to watch out for them
At 9:31pm on February 9, 2009, niall gibb said…
alright nicky

how did you add blogs on the left and do you know how to add rss feed to website? any help appreciated

ta niall
At 5:55pm on March 12, 2009, Kerry Jackson said…
Hi Nicky
Thank you very much for your kind words, website has been revised so will be updated Friday, please let me know what you think

regards

Kerry Delete Comment
At 7:30pm on August 27, 2009, Kieran Ray said…
Hi Nicky. Im gd thanks=, shame bussines isnt but hey Im subsodising with other work! hows things for you?
At 3:25pm on October 19, 2009, chris nangle said…
hi nicky ,we like your work too mate let us know if you ever need any help on any projects
regards chris
At 6:43pm on November 6, 2009, Nick Donaghey said…
Grew up in Crosshill so another Soosider mate! Guess the team now...
At 3:42pm on November 7, 2009, Nick Donaghey said…
Holyrood it was - lovely school - not at all a dump! I used to imagine what the folks in Clarkston were like growing up - is it as good as they all said? Steak pie for dinner every night?

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Nicky Patterson

Garden Design: Getting It Wrong!!

I beavered away over Christmas at 2 designs for client's in Glasgow. This one in particular I was quite pleased with as I had met the budget well and ticked all the client's boxes.

The brief was to provide a decent patio area for dining and entertaining, a second breakfast patio, and a kids play area. It is a new build property so blank canvas. I decided to break the parallel expanse of the garden up with a pergola walkway leading through to a feature magnolia. This would divide the garden into… Continue

Posted on February 4, 2009 at 1:00pm — 10 Comments

Nicky Patterson

Professional Online Plant Finder

Hi guys I came across this tonight (I'm not involved in anyway btw) and thought it might be of some interest to some of you:

"It speeds up the process of choosing plants for your Landscape Projects.
The site has been developed to help professionals in the industry search for and select plants based on their suitability for the conditions or situation required by their Landscape Project, whether that be design considerations (plant size, flower colour, leaf type) or site conditions such as so
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Posted on January 29, 2009 at 10:16pm — 6 Comments

Nicky Patterson

A Whirlwind Romance with TV Gardening!

I have always been keen on drawing inspiration and motivation from gardening shows on TV but particularly those aimed at promoting design in gardens and landscaping projects. Last weekend I had the opportunity to take part in a live TV makeover in Glasgow - here' how I got on?

Like I say since ever being interested I have been addicted to garden makeover programmes - in the same way that my wife (as a chef) is enthralled by Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Masterchef and the endless list of… Continue

Posted on January 20, 2009 at 6:30pm — 13 Comments

Nicky Patterson

8 Days A Week (A Landscaper's Lament)

Time is rationed out to us all at the same rate: 24 hours per day and 7 days per week. But it isn’t enough. One moderately successful way around this is to hire someone else’s time, and though this costs money it frees up one’s own time a little to cram a bit more activity into our daily schedule; but even still, does anyone EVER get everything they need to get done, done? And what about this divine yet elusive idea of the “work/life balance”?

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Posted on January 13, 2009 at 12:00pm — 8 Comments

Nicky Patterson

The Big Chill

As landscapers and gardeners up and down the country shake off their festive hangovers and head back out - we find that country is frozen solid - but surely we aren’t ALL down in the dumps about 2009?

So I’m back at the Bat-Cave now after a lovely past few weeks and I am working my way through all the mail and emails that have mounted up on my desk and desktop resepectively. I’m a little bit annoyed that my last post’s optimism had it’s wing shot by the announcement a few days ago that t… Continue

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 9:00pm — 9 Comments

 
 
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