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Hil Pinnock

  • Location: Floral and Hardy Gardens
  • Occupation: Garden maker
  • Date Joined: 19 Jun 2008

About Me

I sooooo enjoy garden designing, not just because of the creativity involved but it inevitably means we're finding a positive and practical solution for a client who is probably unhappy with their existing garden. Whilst I enjoy all aspects of garden building, carefully assembling the structure of the design to produce the finished article, for me personally, there's nothing more pleasurable than adding that final beautiful layer - the plants. They bring the garden alive....!

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These are blog posts that Hil Pinnock has made.

  • Urban Hideaway prepare for Tatton Park

    Published on 26 Jun 2008 at 12:47 PM

    Well, it’s June 18th and the countdown has begun in earnest! 

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  • Who's bright idea was this??!

    Published on 07 Jul 2008 at 04:50 PM

    So Hugh and I have been scouring the countryside looking for more scrummy plants to include in Floral and Hardy's Back-to-Back "Urban Hideaway" garden.  We've done well but I guess we knew there were always going to be a few gaps which will just have to be filled nearer the time of the build.  Right from the outset, we were advised by previous successful Tatton garden builders that we'd always need twice as many plants as initially thought.  That's potentially a lot of plants for a 6m x 4m area!  And they've got to look comfortable, not all scrunched up next to each other fighting for space

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  • ... and so that was Tatton!

    Published on 28 Jul 2008 at 06:20 PM

    Pheweeee!  Stop the world, I want to get off! 

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