My Urban Garden Deco Guide

Charlotte Rowe  is a garden designer based in London serving a fast growing number of international clients. This week I guess the whole of the UK knows not only her name but also her smile as she made the front page ( and many inside) of a major UK newspaper supplement.

I am very happy for her. She was in my initial garden designer A-list    ... She is unique in that she does not try to be radical or edgy but brings that extra feminine touch to the modern/sleek garden ...remarkably easy to live with chic.Link to see her portfolio : here

She manages to make real live-in gardens. From her unique green amphitheater to cool roof tops in Notting Hill, her successful work for a growing international clientele demonstrates a wonderful openness I enjoy.

Then I wanted to add the recent winner of the ASLA awards Vladimir Djurovic - His site  http://www.vladimirdjurovic.com/ is an invitation to dream. I love his work I discovered on LandLiving

Previously I wrote:

The new urban garden is not about flowers and that is great.Yes. (Sorry this is not a gardening site!)

It is about an oddly undiscovered space in so many homes.A place reserved for the green fingered. Now designers, hi-tech brands, architects, etc.. are creating new options.

The new UG caters to more needs, dreams and wants.The deco fan meets the hi tech lover who meets the gourmet and so on...This site aims to reveal those options.

My A-list includes  a young designer who brings italian chic to the new school of designers, driven by lines rather than flowers.He has shown a great ability to make true outdoor rooms, made to entertain.Totally elegant in a forward driven way. http://www.lucianogiubbilei.com/ .

Also top of the list are:http://gardenbuilders.co.uk/section.php/4/0 , http://www.landformconsultants.co.uk/landform-portfolio-gallery.html , www.woodhams.co.uk, www.arne-maynard.com , Tommaso del Buono and Paul Gazerwitz (site under construction -phone: 00 44 20 7243 6006) ... , http://www.christopherbradley-hole.co.uk , www.buckleydesignassociates.com,http://www.charlotterowe.com/portfolio.htm .