After a quiet June whilst I went on holiday and enjoyed cricket at the Rosebowl - July looks like it's going to be really busy with three projects achieving planning permission early in the month and all the respective clients want me to crack on with getting building control.

But I look back on June and realise that I completed a preliminary design for a loft conversion in Weeley, a garden design for front and rear gardens in Shenfield and priced up several garden projects in Galleywood and Clavering. Whilst still finding time to complete building control approval for the loft conversion in Galleywood! So not so quiet after all.

I've just uploaded the recent projects for the house side of the business on http://www.facebook.com/InoutHouseAndGarden - take a look, the garden side is blooming with the Willow Close project just about to start..

I had the great pleasure of visiting Chelsea 2011 on Friday, and thought that year on year it reaches new heights?

What I always think is amazing is that the same new trends appear on many of the main garden sites at the same time.

This year it's the development of meadow planting whether it was under-planting of multi-stemmed trees or planting in full sun.

I love the introduction of the Artisan gardens with a focus on craftsmanship.

The urban gardens too also had a focus on sustainability.

Even in the main hall there was a growing awareness of eco-systems.

All in all a great year and next year, 2012, is the 90th year what a year for London with the Olympic Games and the fantastic gardens surrounding the arenas?

I finally have my new web-site for the garden side of my business, a web-site totally focussed on garden design and build with an ideas page to help stimulate your thoughts on what you want from out of your garden.
I've included many of my latest designs some of which have already been constructed and planted and some of which are waiting to start.

I do hope you enjoy the site and that it encourages you to contact me for an exploratory initial consultation.

I just thought I'd share a few thoughts about my garden design as I haven't done so yet on this site?.

Each month I will provide a different facet of my business from saving money by insulating your property to introducing eco-friendly methods of creating energy to heat and light your house and very soon how also how to cool your house in summer, which may a be a real issue in a few years. I also will let you know about the available grants saving you even more money.

To all my clients I wish you a prosperous new year, to all my business partners may 2010 bring even more success, to everyone I hope the new year is a successful one and you achieve more than you ever imagined.

Well last week I was busy trying to start to develop my web-site and that's still on-going??.. but I promised to share with all those entrepeneurs like myself and that includes those of us who are over 50 - few links that I have found helpful!!

Went on a HMRC course yesterday - I know not one of the most exciting events in my life - but the information given out to would-be entrepenuers was fantastic and of course good opportunity to network.

Well at my time of life I should know better than to start a fresh.. well that's what half of me says and sometimes its more than half of me.
But then I was always up for a challenge and I needed that after my father died and I was made redundant. I sometimes describe the feeling as running on the hamster wheel and when you fall off you don't know any better than to get back on.