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Paul Ridley's Blog – February 2011 Archive (2)
Water in Gardens
In exterior design water has always played a vital role, and literally so – vital as in ‘life’. The very earliest gardens we know of were devised as ways of providing access to water which was also used to grow trees for shade. In the otherwise hostile desert environments of ancient Persia and the Middle East these were rare paradises, shelter from the arid and dusty desert.
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ContinueAdded by Paul Ridley on February 25, 2011 at 17:30 — 1 Comment
True Grit...and Stone...and Timber...and Iron...
Materials and detailing should be at the back of the designer's mind from the very start of a project, because it is through these that the mood and style of the garden can be conveyed, every bit as much as through the spatial arrangement and the planting.
Materials in…
ContinueAdded by Paul Ridley on February 9, 2011 at 10:30 — 2 Comments
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