Chelsea 2009 Build Day 1 - 10 days to go

Freshly Prepped By Aralia arrived at Chelsea yesterday! We had 2 deliveries in, the first one came in by Terra Firma (our landscape contractor) who trailered in the deck frame, and materials. The 2nd delivery came in later with pretty much everything else, hardscape wise. We had a pretty good day - slightly wet to start off with, did rain a bit, but never for very long, and it didn't really hold us up that much. There was some initial confusion about exactly where the garden was to be positioned, but we finally sorted that one out and the team got cracking with the deck - amazingly even though we had some early hold ups we did get the whole of the deck down, which meant that at the end of day 1 we are on time! Well done boys...........
It's a very friendly atmosphere on site with everyone helping each other, so the neighbouring gardening teams happy to lend each other anything that the other is short of we even went scavenging in skips for odd bits of wood and brick! A big big thank you to Colin Black, Colin is one of our clients and we are in the midst of constructing his garden at present over in Old Harlow, and Colin very kindly offered to give us a hand yesterday and is also coming along one day during show week to help out - what a star! Colin was fab with the tea/coffee run and even brought the boys a supply of much needed chocolate unasked!
Looking forward to day, it should be a good one.

Our wonderful Chelsea sponsors

Well the garden is being packed up today by Tristen and Stuart, and will be being delivered to the Chelsea Showground bright and early tomorrow morning.............
Thought I would take a few moments to say some thankyou's to those companies who are sponsoring us financially:

Pawley & Malyon Chartered Accountants
A long established accountancy practice with offices in London & Bishops Stortford, they provide a complete range of accountancy services and have a broad range of clients, both corporate and private, located throughout the UK. Their team of friendly and approachable staff are highly trained and have extensive experience spanning commerce, industry and the accountancy profession itself. Pawley & Malyon have specifically kept their team small, so that each of the four partners is able to offer a high level of personal service.
www.pawley-malyon.com
t. 0207 462 9020

Heather Barnes Overseas Property Investment & Sales
Investing in overseas property can be a daunting task and it is often difficult to know where to start. At Heather Barnes they are experienced financial advisors who, ensure their clients get the best possible investment advice from people that they trust.
www.heatherbarnes.co.uk
t. 0844 669 7818

Attwater & Liell Solicitors
Attwaters are an established legal practice with a team of 10 partners, offering a wide range of services including: personal injury, clinical negligence, business & commerce, wills & probate, family and property.
www.attwaters.co.uk
t. 020 8508 2111 / 01279 638 888

Absentia
Be Safe - Be Secure
With 25 years experience, we specialise in caring for your home, garden and pets whilst you are away.
National & International Service
www.home-and-pets.co.uk


Waitrose
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www.waitrose.com
t. 0800 188 884 Customer Services

Chelsea 2009 Edible Wall

Looking pretty good now.........Mark sent these through to me yesterday, at this rate by Chelsea they will definately have covered the front panels, which was always the hope. Anyhow we have a few subs in hand, just in case. Can't wait to see this up at chelsea, its going to look gorgeous!

Chelsea 2009 Worksurfaces

Russel Stone Work Surfaces have done a great job, they have now refitted the granite tops and they look superb! Big thankyou to Tony.
Still got lots more to do, Stu of Terra Firma is up again tonight carrying on with more cladding to the units and the stud walls.
We are packing the garden up tomorrow (thursday) ready for delivery to Chelsea on Friday morning - praying for good weather.

Chelsea 2009 Cusions arrive for garden.......

Great news cusions arrived and took them up to the Proportion Warehouse to make sure they fitted ..............Bad news the back cusions didn't fit - they were too tall! Oh well they looked great and we do have time to amend them, so Chloe from HGDB (Harrow Green Design & Build) has taken them away again to be sorted.......thanks Chloe. Next time they will be perfect!

At last the pergola is up

Stu (of Terra Firma our landscape contractors) was up at the warehouse working late to push the garden a bit further on. He's still working on cladding the units, but he managed to send me a photo late last night of the pergola erected, finally in place! It looks impressive! We will need to cut it down a bit, currently too high, but easier to cut metal off than add it on..............apparently we will also need to trim a little of the length off our 1.8m chopping board, but want to check this out before doing the deed.

Work tops due to be delivered today (hopefully now to the correct length).

Pat Fox MSGD (www.aralia.org.uk)

Edible Wall for Chelsea 2009 28th april

Wow, just got updated photos of the edible wall, now 1 week further on, they look fantastic, have a look.