Jet set week

Monday shopping with clients for hard landscaping materials and items for their  garden from reclamation yards and the like , great fun !

Tuesday I  went to London to take part in the Landscape show woohoo , I loved it , I sat on a master class panel with none other than Andrew Fisher Tomlins , Sarah Eberle and Tom Harfleet !  It was great Sarah and Tom had me in stitches and Andrew Fisher Tomlins is so generous with his time and knowledge . I also met up with people from RHS Hampton , had a cheeky glass of Champagne with the other speakers and shared peanuts with Jo Thompson , I feel like I need to pinch myself . On Tuesday the lovely Jacqui Hurst came up from London to photograph my studio my Plasma cutting and a some shots of my garden . The cheeky kittens followed Jacqui around all day and kept getting in her photography bag . On Thursday I met with a client to talk about their ideas and wish list for their garden , had a meeting with the guys at metal about how their garden will develop over the coming year . Friday I marked out the paths and terrace for the hardlandscaping for one of the gardens Ive been designing , then in the evening I've had a wonderful time at a party hosted by the head of vivacity

where I've met some brilliant artists and business people doing some incredible things in Peterborough . Peterborough is definitely a very exciting place to be and I feel honoured to be a part of it . This week I feel like I'm living a very exciting life I'm sure next week I'll  be back to normal . 

Winfield house

I've had a very lovely day today , first I went on a lovely bike ride the first time for ages then I worked on a survey I'm drawing up at the moment . Then I went to London , with a couple of hours to kill before the main event I went for a mosey around the V &A which I totally love I could spend days there taking it all in . Then

 as I've been lucky enough to be asked to go to the landscape show next Tuesday and sit on a panel to discuss how to take garden design forward in the future it's very exciting and a little bit scary too ,as I'm not sure how good I am at talking in front of crowds . Anyway I'm gonna jump in and give it a go !! So back to today the landscape show team organised a lovely party to meet and greet at Winfield house which is the US Ambassadors residence in London . We got to look around the exquisitly beautiful rooms ,which  included some very impressive modern art , delicious wine and nibbles , a tour of the beautiful gardens by the head gardener . It was so lovely , I especially loved purple border garden with  grapevines trained up large obelisks they looked stunning .we were shown the impressive plans for the New US embassy that is being built at the moment . I met some very nice people although I did feel a little bit socially awkward,  oh well practice will make perfect . It's been a good day . 

The launch of a garden in the balmy sunshine

Finally after months of working on this epic project we are done !!! Yay . I have loved this wonderful journey with Metal so many amazing aspects to it . Learning to plasma cut , building my first show garden at a RHS show . Winning a GOLD ! Winning best In category . Meeting brilliant people , working with brilliant people!  phew it has been totally awesome . And we couldn't have asked for a better way to share it with the People of Peterborough . Two days of fun . Foraging walks , delicious cooking demos with Lee Clarke from Clarkes prestigious restaurant . Handmade in Peterborough crafted some truly beautiful  yarnbombing and decorations , I made bug hotels with kids and there was a lovely pop up cafe for tea and cake. On the Sunday the sun shone down on us , while musicians and poets performed. Myself , Sarah , Sophie and Gareth gave a talk about the project . So many people came and their comments were great . So I think it's been a success and the best thing is a car park has been turned into a really usable and sociable garden .