Amanda Shipman Designs

07/02/2017

Chris Parker’s team really got stuck in today. All the remaining concrete from the old greenhouse foundation and the original retaining walls has gone. Well, it’s gone as far as our fro…

03/02/2015

This March marks the 15th anniversary of the death of Robert Adrian de Jauralde Hart, a man who quietly, and without outside recognition for much of his life, created a garden that was at once cutting edge but also rooted in ancient traditions and

31/03/2014

I went to see Sensing Spaces at the RA in February. Do go! It's on until 6 April.

http://amandashipman.com/2014/03/royal-academy-arts-exhibition-sensing-spaces-architecture-reimagined/

As a garden designer, I’m interested in how we respond to the spaces we inhabit. At the Royal Academy of Arts, this exhibition shows work from leading architects whose buildings go beyond the functional and address the human spirit. They consider how the human body and our senses respond to the sp...

20/02/2014

I’m always looking for inspiration in the landscape and what better place than the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge, a Neolithic monument high on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.  There is a wonderful new visitor centre and exhibition space which opened in December 2013. Opening in Easter 2014, there…

31/01/2014

Saw Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake last night. Good styling and fab swans!

22/01/2014

A new room with a view! This lovely garden design has enhanced my client's beautiful new extension.

conservation area extension and contemporary courtyard garden

16/01/2014

I've always fancied designing a meadow, and this was my chance!

I have two wonderful clients who are toying with the idea of developing their meadow and this is the outcome so far. They have a gorgeous garden in Hertfordshire and live in a high and open situation. The winds, rabbits and deer are all regular visitors. along with the hedge-eating habits of neighbo...

15/01/2014

One house + three plots = new garden design!

Wooden play equipment on two levels in a family garden

06/01/2014

Saw at the Camden Roundhouse last night. An incredible 90 minutes of passion using sound, light and speed. On until 2 March

09/12/2013

. "we're all in this together" Really? Don't give MPs 11% pay rise: http://t.co/UwkqqYcbSZ

17/10/2013

The gardens at Sissinghurst Castle were developed in the 1930′s by Harold Nicholson (1886-1968) and his wife, Vita Sackville-West (1892- 1962). Harold developed the layout as a series of garden ‘rooms’ where each enclosed space had a particular theme or colour, leading on to another area enclosed by...