#Garden Design Kinross

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Using garden designers in Perth and Kinross can greatly enhance the outdoor spaces of homes and public areas, offering numerous benefits to residents and communities alike.

Firstly, garden designers possess the expertise to transform ordinary spaces into stunning, functional landscapes. Their knowledge of native plants, soil types and climate conditions ensures that gardens thrive in the local environment, requiring less maintenance and resources over time.

Moreover, professional garden designers consider the unique preferences and lifestyle of each client, crafting bespoke designs that reflect individual tastes and needs. Whether it's creating a tranquil retreat or a vibrant entertainment area, their creative vision can turn dreams into reality.

By incorporating sustainable practices and eco-friendly elements, garden designers contribute to environmental conservation efforts. They utilise techniques such as rainwater harvesting, native plantings and natural pest control to promote biodiversity and reduce the ecological footprint of landscapes.

Additionally, well-designed gardens can increase property values and curb appeal. Whether it's a residential backyard or a commercial property, an aesthetically pleasing garden enhances the overall appeal of the space, making it more inviting and desirable.

Furthermore, gardens designed by professionals often require less maintenance and ongoing care, saving time and effort for homeowners and businesses. Thoughtful planning and strategic placement of features minimise the need for constant upkeep, allowing people to enjoy their outdoor spaces without the hassle of constant maintenance.

Overall, utilising garden designers in Perth and Kinross not only beautifies landscapes but also improves quality of life, fosters environmental stewardship and adds value to properties. Investing in professional design services can truly elevate outdoor spaces to new heights of beauty and functionality.

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My lawn is as manicured as a golf course now, thanks to the best garden design Perth has to offer

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On November 4th 1864  Robert Stodart Lorimer was born.

Lorimer was born in Edinburgh, the son of James Lorimer, who was Regius Professor of Public Law at Edinburgh University from 1862 to 1890. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and later at Edinburgh University. He was part of a gifted family, being the younger brother of painter John Henry Lorimer, and father to the sculptor Hew Lorimer. In 1878 the Lorimer family acquired the lease of Kellie Castle in Fife and began its restoration for use as a holiday home.

Robert Lorimer began his architectural career in 1885 working for Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in Edinburgh, and in 1889 for George Frederick Bodley in London, returning to Edinburgh to form his own practice in 1891 with his first major restoration commission at Earlshall in Fife for a friend of his parents. He was influenced by Scottish domestic architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries and the Scots Baronial style of Kellie Castle where he had spent much time as a young man. From his time in Bodley's office, Lorimer was influenced by the ideas of William Morris, and went on to become a committed exponent of the Arts and Crafts approach to architecture. He assembled a collaborative group of artists and craftsmen who, collectively, often contributed to his various commissions and to the manufacture of furniture sent to the Arts and Crafts exhibitions in London. In 1896 he was elected to the Art Workers Guild. Lorimer designed a series of cottages in the Arts and Crafts style in the Colinton area of Edinburgh, the so-called "Colinton Cottages". Constructed using traditional methods and materials, each cottage included a garden layout and interior design, including furniture, in keeping with the Arts and Crafts concept. By 1900, eight cottages had been built and four others were under construction. As his reputation grew the scale of his commissions increased, including major alterations and additions to important houses in various styles, culminating in three entirely new country houses designed in his personal interpretation of Scots Baronial; at Rowallan, Ayrshire, Ardkinglas, Argyllshire, and Formakin, Renfrewshire. Of these, Ardkinglas, on Loch Fyne was the only one built as originally designed and, Lorimer having been given carte blanche, represents his masterpiece. His important restorations at this time include Lennoxlove House, Haddington and probably his most evocative; at Dunderave, Argyllshire on the Ardkinglas estate. He could take a house of modest character and give it a strong personality, such as Pitkerro, Forfarshire or Briglands, Kinross, particularly where he found the raw materials sympathetic, but he could also disregard existing architectural qualities in a way that modern conservation practice would question, if he felt the result justified its replacement, such as at Hill of Tarvit, Fife where he demolished a previous house probably by Sir William Bruce, or at Marchmont, Berwickshire where he re-configured an altered house by William Adam, ignoring Adam's design. He was called in to a number of properties to carry out a range of improvements, such as minor alterations, design of interiors and furnishings, work to ancillary buildings, and garden designs and features. A good representative of this sort of work is Hunterston Castle in Ayrshire. The outbreak of World War I restricted the demand for large new houses and his attention shifted to smaller scale projects, war memorials, and restorations. He already had a reputation as one of Scotland's leading restoration architects following the restoration of Earlshall and Dunderave, and he went on to carry out significant alteration and restoration works at Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland following a fire, and at Balmanno Castle in Perthshire , said to have been the only one of his commissions he would like to have lived in. Although much of his work, and reputation, was in the sphere of domestic architecture, Lorimer also carried out significant public works. Principal amongst these include his design for the new chapel for the Knights of the Thistle in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh in 1911. He received a knighthood for his efforts and went on to gain the commission for the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle in 1919, subsequently opened by the Prince of Wales in 1927.

Lorimer was also responsible for St Andrew's Garrison Church, Aldershot, completed 1927, a large Army church dedicated to the soldiers of the Church of Scotland and kindred churches who lost their lives in World War One. One of his last works (completed posthumously) was Knightswood St Margaret's Parish Church, Glasgow, which was dedicated in 1932. ​ Lorimer became President of the professional body in Scotland, the Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, and it was during his tenure in office that the body received its second royal charter, permitting use of the term 'Royal' in the title. Lorimer was a fellow of the North British Academy of Arts. He died in Edinburgh in 1929.

In previous posts about Lorimer I have featured his more well known properties, the two main pics in today’s post are Hill of Tarvit in Fife and a property on Pentland road Edinburgh, which was on the market last year for a price of just under £3 million.

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Relax while garden designers in Scotland transform your summer

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At times, I think playing golf is nowhere near as satisfying as finding the best garden design Perth has to offer

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The best garden design Perth has to offer brings so much peace of mind

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Kinross House, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Garden Rooms, Office Pods & Buildings in Ayrshire and Central Scotland

Garden Rooms Ayrshire has a portfolio of home renovations and conversions including house extensions, loft conversions, garage conversions, and garden rooms, offices and sunrooms successfully installed across Scotland.

We offer design, supply, and installation of the following types of Garden Buildings in Ayrshire and across Central Scotland:

Garden Rooms

Garden Offices

Garden Pods

Garden Sunrooms

Garden Rooms, Offices and Sunrooms - create your own personal Eden with your own garden room, ideal as your very own private sanctuary or utilised for the more standard bedroom, office area or sunroom facility.

Let us bring your garden room ideas to life! We will manage your entire project, from the initial planning permission application and architectural blueprints, down to the detailed plan, design and installation process.

Garden Rooms Ayrshire's main office and showroom are in East Ayrshire with two other small office locations in Glasgow and Edinburgh allowing us to comfortably serve Central Scotland as well as Fife, Perth and Kinross, The Scottish Borders, and other nearby locations.

Website: https://g.page/r/Cdyk4Dp8zqtnEBA

Address : 4 Fullarton St, Ayr, KA7 1UB

Phone Number: 01563 597686

Business Contact Email ID: info@homeconversioncotland.co.uk

Business Hours: Open 24 Hours

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Homes For Scotland 2022 Awards Shortlist

Homes for Scotland Awards 2018, Residential Buildings, Scottish Housebuilders Prize Shortlis, Architects Practices News

Homes For Scotland 2022 Awards Shortlist

23 March 2022

Homes For Scotland Announces 2022 Awards Shortlist

Home building body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the shortlist for its 2022 awards programme as it plans for a return to the largest annual gathering of its kind where winners will be announced.

With a focus on “going the extra mile” to deliver developments or practices which stand out from the crowd, those companies making the judges’ first cut are:

Homes For Scotland Awards winners in 2019: photograph © Chris Watt, Tel – 07887 554 193 info@chriswatt.com www.chriswatt.com Twitter: @chriswattphoto Instagram: chriswattphotography

Homes For Scotland 2022 Awards Shortlist News

Development of the Year – large (100+ units)

sponsored by Hacking and Paterson

 Barratt and David Wilson Homes The Strand, Edinburgh

 CCG (with South Lanarkshire Council hub South West) Whitlawburn Regeneration, Glasgow

 Link Group & McTaggart Construction Riverside Dalmarnock, Glasgow  Places for People Chapelton, Aberdeenshire  Springfield Properties Bertha Park, Perth  Stewart Milne Group Dunnottar Park, Stonehaven

Development of the Year – medium (26-99 units)

sponsored by VELUX

 CALA Homes (East) Boroughmuir Phase 2, Edinburgh

 CCG (with City of Edinburgh Council) Bingham Avenue, Edinburgh

 Cruden Homes (East) Bonnington Mill, Edinburgh  Lovell Partnerships Claish Farm, Stirlingshire  Westpoint Homes One Hyndland Avenue, Glasgow  Whiteburn Projects Caerlee Mill Phase 2, Innerleithen

Development of the Year – small (up to 25 units)

sponsored by Openreach  Cruden Homes (East) Muirwood Gardens Phase 1, Kinross

 Hadden Homes Glenluie Green, Perthshire

 Panacea Homes The Primary, Glasgow  Rural Renaissance Darnick Green, Melrose

Innovation of the Year (Transition to Net Zero)

sponsored by Shoosmiths

 Barratt Developments The Z House

 Pixel Online selection systems  Stewart Milne Group with Barratt Developments and Forster Group AIMCH Project

Associate Member of the Year

sponsored by Anderson Strathern

 Winner announced at the HFS Annual Lunch, with no prior shortlist released

With last year seeing an amalgamated 2020/21 shortlist and virtual awards showcase due to restrictions caused by the pandemic, updates to 2022 categories include a focus on the transition to net zero within the Innovation of the Year category – designed to showcase examples of real innovation within the sector as it contributes to a national commitment of net zero emissions by 2045.

In a further change, no prior shortlist has been released for the Associate Member of the Year category, with members of the HFS senior management team asked to nominate candidates within the HFS membership who have gone the extra mile, engaging with the organisation’s work and providing vital support to other members over the course of the year.

Reflecting the programme’s ongoing robust judging process, the independent panel will be undertaking site visits to all those shortlisted in the Development of the Year categories alongside corresponding online interviews to determine who will take one of three headline Home Builder of the Year awards. Those shortlisted under the Innovation of the Year (Transition to Net Zero) category will also be invited to an online interview.

Winners will be revealed at the Homes for Scotland Annual Lunch (sponsored by Burness Paull) at the EICC on Friday 20 May which will be hosted by impressionist and comedian Jon Culshaw. Over 900 senior industry representatives and guests are already confirmed to attend what remains the date in the Scottish home building industry calendar.

Chair of the independent judging panel David Knight, former Managing Director at Avant Homes said: “I was delighted to be asked to Chair this year’s refreshed judging panel and have been hugely impressed by the demonstrations of “going above and beyond” which have been evident throughout the entries received.

“Whether that be examples of innovation, diversity, sustainability measures or meeting customer needs, HFS members have shown their commitment to delivering high quality places for people to live during what remain difficult circumstances.

“With the judges now set to embark on the site visit and interview stage of the process, I am very much looking forward to seeing these submissions come to life and to the difficult task of deciding upon the winners.”

The independent judging panel comprises:

David Knight (Chair) – Former MD, Avant Homes Johnny Cadell, Principal Architect & Designer, A+DS Emma Marriott, Director, Emma Marriott Consulting and Board member of Construction Scotland Innovation Centre Andy Mason, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Housing, Lloyds Banking Group Scott Peterkin, Partner, Burness Paull Sarah Stanger, Former Sales & Marketing Director, CALA Homes (East) Jane Tennant, 2022 Chair, Scottish Young Planners’ Network Carrie Thomson, Principal Planner, Scottish Government

Previously on e-architect:

Homes for Scotland Awards 2018

Shortlist for Homes for Scotland Awards 2018

Homes for Scotland Awards

Homes for Scotland Awards Shortlist 2016

Homes for Scotland Awards 2016

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Scottish Architecture Designs – chronological list

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Comments / photos for the Homes For Scotland 2022 Awards Shortlist page welcome

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A unique Scottish mansion……………exclusively yours for your special day.

Manderston is the perfect venue for you to celebrate your special day. Whether you prefer a small intimate celebration or a large wedding party we will work with you to create your bespoke wedding package.

The home of The Lord Palmer, Manderston can be exclusively yours for your special day. Manderston is a stunning example of Edwardian architecture, the supreme country house in Scotland of its era. A house on which no expense was spared, with opulent staterooms, a silver staircase, marble hall, acres of formal gardens and magnificent stables. John Kinross the architect designed the house for Sir James Miller a nouveau riche baronet who married into traditional aristocracy. John Kinross was instructed to create a home of glittering style to match Sir James Miller’s wealth and status as a country gentleman.

The house offers wedding couples a selection of private rooms, unique event spaces and botanical gardens to choose from for your wedding reception, wedding breakfast and celebrations.  

One of the most stunning stately homes in Britain, Manderston offers unique photographic opportunities such as the silver staircase, opulent staterooms, marble hall or secluded lake and boat house.

With its lavish grounds, ornate gardens and surrounded by beautiful Berwickshire countryside Manderston is also perfect for an outdoor wedding with acres of formal gardens and magnificent stables.  Where better to spend your most memorable day?

An intimate wedding with only the closest friends and family is often the choice for wedding couples and Manderston can offer this with gorgeous views for wedding photos and plenty beautiful rooms to accommodate any number of guests.

A wedding is a day of celebration and Manderston can offer the perfect venue for this. We can accommodate up to 90 within the house  and for larger weddings a marquee within they manicured gardens can be an option.

In addition to public spaces ideal for events Manderston offers 10 bedrooms that can accommodate of to 20 of your wedding guests.

Whatever the season you choose to marry we can guarantee Manderston  will offer a stunning venue for your special day with the grounds offering a unique seasonal backdrop , spring, summer, autumn or winter.

Manderston House | Duns | Berwickshire | Scottish Borders | TD11 3PP

01361 883450 | enquiries@manderston.co.uk | WEBSITE

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My ‘Echoes’ birdbath from wildlife world.co.uk arrived yesterday & I love it! @wildlifeworld_uk Great company with loads of environmentally friendly nature attracting products. Definitely will visit them when safe to do so. Will also be buying other bits! I am particularly fond of the William Blake quote on the rim from his poem ‘Auguries of Innocence’, which despite being over 200 years old has several elements that are very true today in our need to protect wildlife and respect one another. In terms of design, I think green-brown glaze and ribbed texture which will help the birds gain purchase when bathing are beautiful & feet to keep it off the ground a really good inclusion. Would fit a pedestal too. Once iPlantscat gets away from it the birds will get stuck in. A really lovely thing. Once we are settled into our garden I’ll find the perfect spot, but for now it will sit on our old table near the bird feeder. Auguries of Innocence by William Blake c 1803 To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour A Robin Red breast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons Shudders Hell thr' all its regions A dog starvd at his Masters Gate Predicts the ruin of the State A Horse misusd upon the Road Calls to Heaven for Human blood Each outcry of the hunted Hare A fibre from the Brain does tear A Skylark wounded in the wing A Cherubim does cease to sing The Game Cock clipd & armd for fight Does the Rising Sun affright Every Wolfs & Lions howl Raises from Hell a Human Soul The wild deer, wandring here & there Keeps the Human Soul from Care The Lamb misusd breeds Public Strife And yet forgives the Butchers knife The Bat that flits at close of Eve Has left the Brain that wont Believe The Owl that calls upon the Night Speaks the Unbelievers fright Less than half of the poem, but out of characters - look it up, it’s brilliant. #wildlife #welcomeourwildlife #garden #cat #bird #birdbath #ceramics #wildlifegardening #gardens #gardening #iplantscat #iplantsman #williamblake #williamblakepoetry (at Perth, Perth and Kinross) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMW1fYUgOC2/?igshid=11akegbswz3it

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A whole new world thanks to the best garden design Perth and Kinross has to offer

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In praise of the best garden design Perth can offer

I recently engaged the services of a garden expert, and I have to say I've been mightily impressed with the results. Not only is my outdoor space ready for the upcoming spring season, I was delighted to hire her for the installation of a new bench AND for updating my existing pathways.

I was getting to the point where even looking out of my patio windows filled me with despair, but that's no longer the case. This was the sort of garden design Perth and Kinross can be 100% proud of. I'd recommend this lady to anyone.

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September 13th 1929 saw the death of the architect Sir Robert Lorimer.

Lorimer was born in Edinburgh, the son of James Lorimer, who was Regius Professor of Public Law at Edinburgh University from 1862 to 1890. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and later at Edinburgh University. He was part of a gifted family, being the younger brother of painter John Henry Lorimer, and father to the sculptor Hew Lorimer. In 1878 the Lorimer family acquired the lease of Kellie Castle in Fife and began its restoration for use as a holiday home.

He began his architectural career in 1885 working for Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in Edinburgh, and in 1889 for George Frederick Bodley in London, returning to Edinburgh to form his own practice in 1891 with his first major restoration commission at Earlshall in Fife for a friend of his parents.

He was influenced by Scottish domestic architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries and the Scots Baronial style of Kellie Castle where he grew up and also the Arts and Crafts movement which flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920.

Lorimer designed a series of cottages in the Arts and Crafts style in the Colinton area of Edinburgh, the so-called "Colinton Cottages". Constructed using traditional methods and materials, each cottage included a garden layout and interior design, including furniture, in keeping with the Arts and Crafts concept. By 1900, eight cottages had been built and four others were under construction.The cottages form part of a retirement community run by The Aged Christian Friend Society of Scotland , anyone over 65 can apply to live in the  41 cottages 30 offering single accommodation and 11 double with all the cottages having their own front door, as seen in the 4th and 5th pics.

As his reputation grew the scale of his commissions increased, including major alterations and additions to important houses in various styles, culminating in three entirely new country houses designed in his personal interpretation of Scots Baronial; at Rowallan, Ayrshire, Ardkinglas, Argyll  and Formakin, Renfrewshire. Of these, Ardkinglas, on Loch Fyne was the only one built as originally designed and, Lorimer having been given carte blanche, represents his masterpiece. His important restorations at this time include Lennoxlove House, Haddington and probably his most evocative; at Dunderave, Argyllshire  on the Ardkinglas estate. He could take a house of modest character and give it a strong personality, such as Pitkerro, Forfarshire or Briglands, Kinross, particularly where he found the raw materials sympathetic, but he could also disregard existing architectural qualities in a way that modern conservation practice would question.

He was called in to a number of properties to carry out a range of improvements, such as minor alterations, design of interiors and furnishings, work to ancillary buildings, and garden designs and features. A good representative of this sort of work is Hunterston Castle in Ayrshire . The outbreak of World War I restricted the demand for large new houses and his attention shifted to smaller scale projects, war memorials, and restorations. He already had a reputation as one of Scotland's leading restoration architects following the restoration of Earlshall and Dunderave, and he went on to carry out significant alteration and restoration works at Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland following a fire, and at Balmanno Castle in Perthshire, said to have been the only one of his commissions he would like to have lived in. Although much of his work, and reputation, was in the sphere of domestic architecture, Lorimer also carried out significant public works. Principal amongst these include his design for the new chapel for the Knights of the Thistle in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh in 1911, as in pic 5

He received a knighthood for his efforts and went on to gain the commission for the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle in 1919.

Lorimer was also responsible for St Andrew's Garrison Church, Aldershot, completed 1927, a large Army church dedicated to the soldiers of the Church of Scotland and kindred churches who lost their lives in World War One. One of his last works (completed posthumously) was Knightswood St Margaret's Parish Church, Glasgow, which was dedicated in 1932. ​ Lorimer became President of the Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, and it was during his tenure in office that the body received its second royal charter, permitting use of the term 'Royal' in the title. Lorimer was a fellow of the North British Academy of Arts. 

He also assembled a collaborative group of artists and craftsmen who, collectively, often contributed to his various commissions and to the manufacture of furniture. He would work with the renowned Edinburgh cabinet makers Whytock and Reid for many years designing furniture.

Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer died following an operation for an appendicitis on this day in 1929, he is buried at  The Lorimer family grave, Newburn, Fife, pic six shows a plaque in St Giles to his memory, the last pic is his grave. 

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Bring on the spring with the best garden designers in Scotland

As soon as February and March come around, many of us start to look for the best garden design Perth and Kinross has to offer. This time of year represents something of a reawakening, especially once the cold snap comes to an end and we start to see a welcome rise in the temperatures. After a long, cold and difficult winter, there is something very special about having several months of better weather in front of you. No wonder gardeners see this period as perhaps the best that any given year can provide.

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 While I have never personally needed the type of garden design Kinross people can take for granted, I can clearly understand why so many people rave about it. When the summer is at its height, there is surely no finer sight than a beautifully prepared garden looking at its very best. It’s almost as if this little pocket of land has decided to show off for a short period, like a peacock showing all of its feathers. If you have a garden and it’s in need of some tender, loving care, you’ll be pleased to know that the top garden designers in Scotland are ready and waiting to show you what they can do.

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Garden design Perth can fall in love with

We all have our own concepts of what makes perfection, but for me it’s the type of garden design Perth and Kinross people can find all too easily. There is something so wonderful about hiring a genuine expert in their field and then watching them work their magic. It’s at times like these when I am happy to know where to find the type of garden design Scotland can be proud of.

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I am one of those people who can’t walk past an attractive garden without stopping awhile to marvel at the beauty that’s right in front of me. We all know that when they need the best garden design Kinross home owners don’t have to look too far. It seems there are experts all around them, ready and waiting to create something special.