Having the right knowledge is essential to getting the right results when it comes to building a garden.
Finding the right products to furnish your dream space is also paramount;Here, Claudia lists a few of her favourite suppliers of garden furniture.
Carrying on my section on where to source I am going to highlight some places to look for chairs and benches which are slightly different to one’s found in garden centres.
Due to the good weather and with summer fast approaching, many clients will ask you to find some nice chairs or tables for outdoors. But as I like to offer something a bit different to my clients I would like to share some alternative places to do your hunting.
Now how about some Adirondack chairs? These North American style chairs are great by ponds and this company makes them by hand and sells them in the UK. So you can buy British.
Roger Lanigan is a coppice woodman and he makes lovely solid rustic wooden chairs and tables. Every piece is hand made and will be unique and he gathers all his wood locally from the wood in Dorset.
Jonart Design are a mail order company based in Norfolk that offer metal furniture from simple folding French bistro tables and chairs to more intricate metal work.
Gaze Burvill make quite expensive but lovely solid oak furniture and to get some of their unusual curves they steam the oak which makes the chairs very comfortable.
Chris Nangle makes street furniture - a real alternative to park benches and those horrid metal ones.Good for projects you may have for city parks.
Marnie Moyle from Berkshire makes beautiful bespoke oak seats , tables and swings which can be hand carved with names.
Claudia de Yong
Garden Designer
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