www.hambrooks.co.uk Hambrook Landscapes Ltd News Feed en-us 20/07/2010 16:59:38 20/07/2010 16:59:38 juliewheelerbailey@hambrooks.co.uk http://www.hambrooks.co.uk/ ‘The Living Room’ brings together the great British love affair with their gardens and the new ‘vogue’ in outdoor living areas. Using the revival in verandas for a covered area to sit under and taking it one step further, award winning garden designer Mike Hodges of Hambrooks has designed the ultimate in creating a room for the great escape into our gardens.

‘The Living Room’ creates a comfortable and attractive entertainment area that extends the home while also showing how we use our outdoor spaces for maximum enjoyment. A small moat surrounds a glass roof veranda complete with a glass chandelier, vertical water features and an open fireplace, while contemporary weatherproof sofas face a coffee table to provide the setting for outdoor socialising or relaxation. The moat links the ‘living area’ with the remainder of the garden, which is laid to a soft palette of white, grey and green planting, paving, trees and a day bed.

Mike Hodges said, ”With our company celebrating 40 years in business the driving force behind my idea was to embrace the current trend for outdoor living with a design that worked on several levels including being attractive, practical and functional in addition to being able to stand the test of time. I visualised it as being a place where you could unwind after a hectic day at work so the calm and soft colours of white, grey and green planting worked very well with the contemporary design.”

Lighting is also a major feature of ‘The Living Room’ where the vertical 7ft water walls are illuminated at night from lights situated behind the pale blue Perspex base with underwater lighting helping to reflect light from the water features. Through its use of outdoor space to sit and relax in, or to entertain and with many of us now staying at home rather than spending money on expensive holidays ‘The Living Room’ is set to become the new ‘Great British Escape’! more..
http://www.hambrooks.co.uk/ Horticulture Week Interview http://www.hambrooks.co.uk/ Hampton Court Palace Flower Show has accepted one of our most innovative garden designs for exhibiting at this year’s show from the 6th to the 11th July. The brainchild of our designer Mike Hodges, the design epitomises the current trend in creating ‘outdoor’ living spaces for 21st century lifestyles.

The contemporary design features a veranda created by a glass roof with metal supports, while an open fireplace and two stainless steel vertical water features run into a ‘moat’ that surrounds the veranda, set with outdoor sofas and table.

With our inclement climate often affecting the use of our gardens, this design provides cover, warmth and light to create an ideal setting for outdoor socialising or relaxing, whatever the weather.

Seen as the second most important show after Chelsea, Hampton Court Palace Flower Show has been running since the early nineties and we are thrilled to be exhibiting one of our gardens especially as we celebrate 40 years in business this year.

Please go to www.rhs.org.uk for further details and to book tickets for the show. We look forward to seeing you there. April 2010