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 Nature
is a huge source of inspiration in our work. In nature even
the smallest leaf has an ordered structure. Although it appears
to be a random effect it is held together with an underlying
strength in shape, design, balance, proportion, scale, and
abstraction. There is a fine balance between order and chaos
in the surrounding landscape and with this nature shows us
a beauty and energy that we can harness within the garden.
Even the smallest gardens need a considered structure to
hold together the design. Beauty can be prescribed in these
man made spaces by focussing on the process of design and
construction, and exploiting the potential of materials.
It is important to have an eye for detail and practicality
whilst being able to stand back and look at the wider picture.
There are elements to consider in a garden such as the relationship
of the house with the outside space and the integration of
the garden with the wider landscape.
Gardens ultimately represent people in all their diversity.
These small humanised spaces are like the cells of the earth,
small islands where we can aspire to understand the system
of things on a much wider scale Gardens should ultimately
inspire reflection and create a place where function and
philosophy and man and nature can meet.
The essence of The Earth's beauty lies in disorder, a peculiarly
patterned disorder, from the fierce tumult of rushing water
to the tangled filigrees of unbridled vegetation. ' James
Gleick, 'Nature's Chaos'
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BIOGRAPHY
Natalie
Dewsnap studied Creative Arts at the University of Northumbria
at Newcastle after which she completed a postgraduate
diploma in Garden Design at The Oxford College of Garden
Design.
She has worked as an artist within schools involved in relandscaping
schemes for playgrounds such as 'Learning Through Landscapes'
and has extensive horticultural knowledge from working in
various garden nurseries specialising in a wide range of
trees, shrubs and perennials.
Since studying at the Oxford College of Garden Design she
has worked as a freelance designer to Gardening Which? Magazine
and within garden design practices in London as a design
assistant, to Christopher Bradley-Hole Ltd and as part of
the garden construction team at Sallis Chandler Ltd.
In 1998 she set up Dewsnap Garden Design first in Glasgow,
Scotland and then in London and the South West providing
an exterior design service for private and commercial gardens
and outdoor spaces.
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TELEVISION
Catalyst Television- 2002
Pilot film with Joe Swift & Catherine Cutler for a new
BBC Interactive garden series
London Weekend Television- June 2001
Border Patrol (6 episodes) Co-presenter with Carl Wild. garden
design solutions and gardening tips
Catalyst Television- April 2000
Presenter, pilot film for BBC Gardener's World
GranadaTelevision- March 2000
Homes and Gardens Livetime. Garden design presenter. Granada
Breeze)
PUBLISHED
WORK
The Garden Design Journal, June 2000 and May 2000,
Your Garden Magazine, March 2000
Gardening Which? Magazine August 1998, showing simple design
principles to help members transform their gardens.
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