Rattan garden furniture
We admire artificial resin-rattan garden furniture, of course, but there is much to be said for having the genuine article in your garden. It feels natural and it is natural. This range of rattan cane garden furniture is made from Indonesian Kubu rattan has been designed specifically for outdoor use. Chairs and sun loungers, with comfortable cushions, are available.
Philip Simmonds Garden Ceramics
Too much garden pottery is backward looking. It is a pleasure to find elegant pastel coloured sculptural ceramics. The pots have clean lines which provide a pleasing and calming contrast with indoor or outdoor planting and foliage.
Tristen May metal garden furniture
The great thing about galvanizing steel, as a protection against rust, is that the process is tried and trusted. It is not a paint which can come of. The zing is applied electrolytically and bonds with the steel. You would have to chip or rub it off to let the steel start rusting. And zinc is a beautiful shade of grey. These examples are by Tristen May.
Oak glass house garden room
If you want a shed which is oh-so-much-more than a shed, we recommend an Oak Glasshouse. Both materials are of the highest quality and, with additional protection from a slate roof, will last for every while growing more beautiful year-by-year. Who cold ask for more? So much nicer than buying a trashy shed from your local garden centre to watch it rotting year-by-year, unless of course you risk your lungs by spraying it with poisonous chemicals year-by-year – and they will certainly kill any plants they touch.
Martin Duffy specializes in sensual garden sculpture. The colours are obtained by the use of different chemicals which are applied to the heated bronze. Martin works in collaboration with Angela Farquharson at http://www.thesculpturecollective.co.uk/.
Hamish Mackie bronze garden sculpture
Hamish Mackie’s ‘Bronze Leopard Life Size Coming out of tree’ - display at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2009. It reminds me of some of the earliest garden sculpture ever made: the Mesopotamian bas relief carvings from Babylon. Animals and drama have long been components of garden design, and long deserve to remain so. Hamish specializes in wild life sculpture.
