‘The Garden Design industry has lost its way…. we’ve gone down the visual route predominantly and have become detached from the practical side of things – the practical side underpins the whole thing and we need to bring it back to this’, says multi-Award Winning designer Andy Sturgeon
Andy Sturgeon, 2010’s Chelsea Gold Medal winner and last year’s holder of Best In Show will chair a lively debate on the importance of ‘Design for Maintenance’ at Palmstead Nurseries
‘There are lots of talks and lectures that you can go to, but they’re generally very visually driven, what Palmstead are doing is different – the day will be driven by practical information. The Garden Design industry has lost its way a little and we’ve found ourselves going down the visual route predominantly and become detached from the practical side of things – the practical side underpins the whole thing and we need to bring it back to this.’
Sturgeon believes there’s no such thing as a minimal maintenance garden and says that one of the questions uppermost in designing is often ‘will the client have a professional gardener, someone who really knows what they’re doing, knows plants rather than someone who comes to cut the grass.’
To register for Palmstead Nurseries ‘Design For Maintenance’ workshop visit: www.palmstead.co.uk
Palmstead Nurseries forthcoming Soft Landscaping Workshop on the 28th September. Other speakers on the day; Professor James Hitchmough, James Alexander Sinclair, Gill Chamberlain and Noel Farrar.