Merry Christmas!!!!

Wishing you a very Merry and Joyful Christmas!!! :) :) :)

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How are you celebrating? :) Have you got any special Christmas tradition to share?

I am a GARDEN DESIGNER!!!!!

The goal is reached: I am a Garden Designer now!!!!! And I even won the 'Great Dixter award for Horticulture'. I am sooo trilled!!!

Here some photos to share with you the great day:

{ Me in front of my works, before the award ceremony!}

{ My Bio...can you read it?}

{Receiving the 'Great Dixter Award for Horticulture'
from Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener, incomparable
experimenter and indefatigable knowledge diffuser}

More to come...stay tuned for  more great news!!! :)

Last exam and... final countdown! :)

Hellooo again!!! J

Wow, I feel so much lighter now! J The final project has been handed and positively marked, we had our final exam and…we are now getting ready for our exhibition!!!

There are only three weeks to go before I can officially be called ‘Garden Designer’ and I am sooo over the moon! Plus, this month we have been treated with two amazing lectures from Cleve West and Andy Sturgeon, which complete the great experience we had with them at Chelsea Flower Show as KLC students, and their workshops in which I participated in September at I Maestri Del Paesaggio, in Bergamo. I am a very lucky person, isn’t?

{At Chelsea Flower Show, inside Andy Sturgeon's (on the left) and Cleve West's (on the right) gardens }

Before leave you again going back to my magic, beloved world of plants and sketches, I recommend you two exhibition:

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David Nash at Kew Garden – Not only new sculptures have been added, but until 30^th of this month you can enter the garden at only £10.00!

{In the Greenhouse by David Rose c1930 - source }

CollectingCulture, From Cabbages to Kings at the Garden Museum - An intriguing collection of works of art illustrating all aspects of UK gardens&gardening  which has never been in public. I will definitively visit it!

Now, time to be back to my pencils…;)

Quick update ;)

Helloooo all!!!

I am very impress: despite few weeks passed since the last post, the number of visitors keep increasing… wow! J

The last weeks have been so busy and..wonderful!!!

After the incredible occasion to design the garden for the London Syon Park Waldorf Astoria Hotel (Hilton Group), and its well-appreciated presentation, I found myself immediately involved in the final project of my Diploma course (Yeaaaah: within 5 weeks I will officially be a GARDEN DESIGNER! Exams allowing, of course! ;P).

There have been so many, many unforeseen during this last project, but I continued to work undeterred, and I am soo proud of myself  and of what I did! J

Here a little preview of the design process:

Hope you are all well and feel inspired by the best gardener season: that one where ‘every leaf is a flower’ ...

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...and the priceless and rewarding work of planning is at its best!!!J

Love,

Noemi

20 days of silence!!!!!

Oh, my pooor, dear, beloved blog!!!!

So many ideas, so many news and events... and only a little time left to enjoy the pleasure to sit in front of the laptop and share with you part of this incredible journey!!!

The main reason of my momentary silence is a FABULOUS PROJECT!!!

We are  designing infact the garden for a very well know Hotel in London!!! I am really enjoying this wonderful opportunity and the uncontrollable flow of ideas that comes from it... but I have to admit that it is costing in terms of time and..sleep! ;)

Here some preparatory sketches and rendering trials:

{Margins of a CAD drawing are the perfect place
where improvise a mood board
and some early free-hand sketches!}

{ First rendering studio with Pantone markers}

As usual, feel free to write me (I promise I will do my best to reply between a CAD session and a Watercolour one! ;P) and.... see you sooooon!

Events in September!

Woooow!!! How quick the time is rushing!!! It is flowing away between my fingers....but I take it as a  good sign since I strongly believe that 'Time is Faster in Happiest Times!' :D

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I spent my last month between my working experience at Great Dixter and 'I Maestri del Paesaggio' in Italy,   now I am getting ready to start my last term at KLC School of Design, and working hard to hand all my summer homeworks: the Construction File (with my hard-landscaping choices regarded 4 different situations), a well worn and used Sketchbook with my daily exercises, my first 1:50 model (a little bit crazy, to be honest with you! ;P), and an article in the style of the Garden Illustrated's 'Montly Plants'. Plenty to keep me busy and away from writing and share as much as I would like (Ok, I do not do just homework!!! I also have a life and enjoy socialize, stay outside and...cooking!!! :D)

I know that there will be some time to wait before I could publish everything I would, but in the meanwhile I leave you with.....

EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER!!!! :D :D :D 

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- 14th to 23rd September - It is not strictly Garden-related but, you should know, inspiration can come from everywhere! So why do not visit the 'London Design Festival' at V&A museum? Going back home with plenty of new ideas and tons of inspiration...is guaranteed! :)

- 20th September - Free talk at Fulham Palace Garden Centre to help you choose the perfect bulbs for a containers garden

- Until 24th September - Last opportunity to visit David Nash sculptures exhibition at KEW garden.

- ALL THE MONTH: an incredibile range of events and courses is hosted at RHS Wisley Garden!!!!! There is something for everyone!!! :D From Photography courses to free talk events....and its famous Plant Fair as well!!! :D :D :D 

Also, the fascinating exibitions 'The Plant Seekers' at the Garden Museum it is still on (and will be there until next month!).

Of course, DO NOT FORGET to brownse the National Garden Scheme Website or its yellow book of gardens open for charity!!!! :D

ngs yellow book

I wish you all a great and inspiring month, 

Noemi

Come back soon!!!

Welcome back!!!

My long silence is due to a VERY VERY EXCITING month spent between England and Italy.

I have sooo much to share and show! Come back soon for a taste of it! :D

Love,

Noemi

{'Piazza Vecchia', in Bergamo, became 'Piazza Verde' for 'I Maestri del
Paesaggio - International Meeting of the Landscape  and Garden'}