Bo @ A Light Touch

Bo Cook & Heather Martin. Designing gardens in the South East. Intuitively, sensitively, mindfully. Maintaining a sustainable approach to our designs

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Happy Festivities from us at ALT.

Our studio is closed from end of play today, reopening on Tuesday 3rd Jan.

See you on the other side 🥳

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@eva_gardener So sorry Eva 💚

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Another arbour up! Progressing through the build bit by bit! Site visit next week will allow me more pics. Lovely job, great client. #lovemyjob #gardendesign @roundwoodtweet

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Very exciting to see this coming together for a wonderful client. Fabulous landscaping detailing from @gardentastic as always #gardendesignsussex

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@brianh4951 @WKWT @wildflower_hour Oooooh 💚💚💚

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On the way home from an Initial Consultation I stopped in to Danehill Churchyard for an #orchid fix. Meadows looking super imo! We saw our client had a wildflower corner and she is excited about designing in more in for wildlife! Exciting! 💚💚💚 #nativemeadow #supportwildlife

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An interesting design, we worked with all the existing walls to rejuvenate and bring to life this coastal garden. A vast amount of plants brought seasonality into the space and also, the joy of colour. From unloved to adored! 💚🌿💚#colourmakespeoplehappy #gardendesign #lovemyjob

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I thought I’d share a garden masterplan (pic 1) where we have edited around an existing design (by others) and completed the scheme. (see pic 2 for the whole view). 2 unique styles, but we will make the garden cohesive using careful edits and planting. #gardendesign #editing

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Did the walk of shame back from school this morning! Inset Day failed to make my diary! So my weekend extends a further day! What to do? Well a walk in the woods perhaps? Tree ring counting perhaps? Learning to ID our wildflowers perhaps? Defo gonna be wild! #dayoff #30DaysWild

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Today totalled 8 #orchids on 2 wanders! Spotty Spots, Pyramidal, < Butterfly, Bee, Chalk Fragrant, Man, Common Twayblades, White Helleborines! We are lucky in Surrey. So many on the doorstep. @ukorchids @Britainsorchids #dayoff #exploring

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Went out for Chicken of the Woods. Instead found a colony of < Butterfly Orchids. Then @FishMushy wandered around a corner! Serendipitous as we were hoping to see a Bee! He kindly walked us to his nearest spot! + Chalk Fragrant, Spotty Spots and Twayblades abundant too @ukorchids

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Another first! Endorphins are fun!

#gardendesigner #dayoff #seaswimming #sussex #beach

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@ukorchids @Britainsorchids Phew!! I thought I was off my game for a moment Sean!!

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Oh happy days!! A walk to see Chalk Fragrant #Orchids (#3 image) also delivered Pyramidal (I think! After my Heath/Common debacle I’m doubting my ability!), Common Spotty Spots (their official name 😆) and the last of the Burnt Tips. 4 for the price of 1! @Britainsorchids

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@duncan_dine Flies are one of my faves! Funny little things! Then you get a random giant! 💚

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@eva_gardener Haha I bet!

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Ever get the feeling you are being watched? 👀

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It isn’t all about orchids (although I’m hunting out some local ones after work tonight!). Yesterday I popped by a long standing client to discuss a design detail. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of this water. How delicious! #masterplan shown for interest. #gardendesignsussex

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@FishMushy @ukorchids @Britainsorchids @BSBIbotany 🤣😅 naughty orchids!

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1/2 Just when I thought I had the basics, along came Heath Spotted! My brain is mush now! No clue what I’m looking at!! @ukorchids @GhostlyVision #orchids #wildflowerhour