last weeks Grand Designs on Channel 4, www.channel4.com, showed an interesting development in the back garden of a regency house in Cheltenham. The build was exceptional, the technology interesting and the interior design stunning yet the small exterior space was boring with little real design imput. How often on design and makeover programmes on television, the developers have time and money lavished on the buildings yet the outside spaces, no matter how small, are always the poor relation.
With this type of outside space becoming more and more limited, it is important to see on such programmes, the same amount of energy put into its design. As with small buildings, the design of these spaces is often harder to get right than the design of the rolling meadows of suburban properties. There is good microgarden design around and good garden designers who understand its needs, so why can't we see it promoted on main stream TV.
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