‘I think I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree...’ Unfortunately not everyone feels the same and I regularly encounter clients who for one reason or another have taken a dislike to a tree and want it removed. To be fair they often have good reasons, it might be one that is too close the house, a rampant weed or just very, very ugly. However many times the reasons are less compelling such as wanting to increase viewing opportunities, reclaim space or the specimen in question might be a little ugly.

Often in jobs cleints get to the end and start looking ways to save money. One of the first items to be cut from the list is good product.  By product I mean furniture, planters, light fittings etc. They all say ‘we’ll buy it later’ and yet they never do because the momenetum is lost and people get used to living with the ‘stop gap’ cheaper alternative in the meantime.

Decorative outdoor lighting is being incorporated into more and more designs these days although perhaps not often on the scale of the work shown in this image. It’s an installation by lighting designer Bruce Munro at  (enjoy more images at http://www.longwoodgardens.org/lwgHome.html).