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Dec 19

Work in progress

#marianboswalllandscapes
#landscapearchitecture
#workinprogress
#lovemyjob
#lovemyart

Dec 19

Rest is not an absence. It’s a radical act of regeneration.

Do you struggle to rest amongst all the lights and bustle and built-in busyness ?

Or do you resist rest, perhaps afraid of losing control, falling behind or being judged as… fill in your own blank.

Whenever I take time to rest and allow listening to still my busy mind, I find my best insights and inspirations. They are waiting patiently, just beyond the noise and striving of the everyday.

And when my mind stops leading my body on its wild and merry dance and I sit, quiet amongst moss and roots and musty smells of wintering, I am gifted a place in nature’s radical process of renewal.

The light begins to return the day after tomorrow. If like me 5pm currently feels like 9pm you’re probably well aware of this, but don’t hurry it. See if you can treat 6pm as 10pm, just whenever you can, and reap the rewards of deep winter rest.

#wintering
#wintersolstice
#winterrest
#rest
#regeneration
#regenerativedesign

Dec 17

A glimpse is as good as a stare.. like a camera shutter some impressions can be imprinted with a blink or a glance.

Here a view through frames and leads the way to other possibilities.

This one into a beautiful barn - a yoga studio - through a new oak pergola now ten years old and blissfully heavy with rose.

#landscapearchitect
#lovemyjob
#marianboswalllandscapes
@thesecretbreath

Dec 16

Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose.
 Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognise and greet it.
 Only then will you know how to give yourself to this world so worthy of rescue.

~ Martha Postlethwaite

#wintering

Reflections from a visit to the sacred Blickmead springs

#fullmoonenergy
#marthapostlewaite
#poetry
#mondayinspiration
Have a great week ✨

Dec 14

Sense of place, sense of space.

I love abundance and a sense of refuge amongst the myriad creatures of our living world. And I also love calm and peace and a sense of gentle order. And we can have both. I’ll share more images of the abundantly planted and detailed areas of this garden, but for now here is part of the arrival courtyard. A simple celebration of the space, the fabulous trees around it and the ancient listed barn. A gathering in of good energy in what is called the ming tang in feng shui, and can be thought of as a welcome hall.

Car parking is moved away from the arrival (with discreet access for shopping and luggage of course) and there is time to gather one thoughts and simply arrive.

#gardendesignideas
#marianboswalllandscapes
#autumngardens
@thesecretbreath
@marianboswallstudio

Dec 11

Not your normal Christmas lunch, but then we’re not a normal design studio..

Less sequins and heels and more two coats, gloves hats and binoculars.. Our idea of heaven!

After a hearty Christmas lunch of local cheese bread and festive fare we headed across the 3,000 acre SSSI nature reserve with long term steward Gareth Fulton explaining how his family and team looks after the land and also provides access to wildlife enthusiasts photographers and school children, as well as corporate outings, weddings and overnight stays in glamping shepherds huts or the farm house. Lots of incredible history AND we saw short eared owls, hares, plovers, stone chat, curlews, godwits, marsh harriers, shovel billed ducks, and the gorgeous pigs who are ruttling up edges for other birds to forage.

Simon and Fiona answered loads of questions in the bird hide while we spotted snipe in the half light, then we all bundled home in the landrover with rugs and a spaniel to dodge the squall.

I feel incredibly lucky to work with a team that are not only brilliant designers and deeply thoughtful people, but that also see this as being as much fun as I do! And to know people like Gareth who are such great guardians of the land.

Thank you @elmleynature 🙏

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#christmasdo
#officeparty
#lifeasalandscapearchitect
#chooselandscape
@choose_landscape
@marianboswallstudio
@naomiwarman @sophie.a.pollock
@geographyjoe @viewbusinessmanagement @landworkerlucy @simonginnaw 🙏

Dec 1

He who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sunrise.

~ William Blake

#williamblake
#poetry
#mondayinspiration
#eternity
#impermanence
#carpediem
#sunriselove
#seizethemoment
@samahitaretreat 🙏 @gbreetzke 🙏

Nov 28

Rise up this morning, smiled with the rising sun.
Three little birds pitch by my doorstep
Singing sweet songs, of melodies pure and true
Saying, “This is my message to you-ou-ou”

Singing, “Don’t worry about a thing
‘Cause every little thing is gonna be alright”
Singing, “Don’t worry about a thing (Don’t worry)
‘Cause every little thing is gonna be alright!”

~ Bob Marley and the Wailers

We used to play this on repeat during my o’level year, putting the needle back to the beginning of the single each time like repeating a mantra.

Everything is going to be alright. And of course it was. Not necessarily as we each planned, but just as it should be.

Celebrating Thanksgiving and an extra turn around the sun with some wonderful time to pause, and giving thanks for all my friends - feathered and unfeathered - that make everything just so very all right.
😘🤗🙏

#bobmarleymusic
#everythingisgoingtobealright
#retreat

@samahitaretreat

Nov 24

I consider science and art parallel explorations. In a way, we’re like inchworms. We’re out on a twig, feeling around, testing the air. Where do we go from here? What can we learn?

~ Patricia Johanson, environmental artist 1940-2024

Nov 19

I have heard that in Japan temple gardeners in white gloves collect fallen leaves and present them to holy men who chose the most beautiful and perfect, which are then carefully returned to rest on top of the hedges.

Revisiting a garden cocreated by @marianboswallstudio nearly ten years ago, I was drawn to look for perfectly beautiful leaves..

@thesecretbreath

#leaffall
#gardendesignideas
#entrancedesign
#landscapedesigner
#wisdomofnature
#sacrednature
#naturaldesign

Nov 18

You are me, and I am you.
Isn’t it obvious that we “inter-are”?
You cultivate the flower in yourself,
so that I will be beautiful.
I transform the garbage in myself,
so that you will not have to suffer.
I support you;
you support me.
I am in this world to offer you peace;
you are in this world to bring me joy.

~ Thich Nhat Hahn

from “Call me by My True Names – The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh”

#thichnhathanh
#thay
#thichnhathanhquotes
#mondayinspiration
#beelove #mygardenthismonth
#eurybia #aster

Nov 16

Are you a landscape architect looking to work in a fun, flexible and truly regenerative studio?

We are hiring @marianboswallstudio . You :- might be a rising star with about three years experience, or a talented CMLI, or an architect or land manager switching to landscape architecture with another career behind you. We :- are collaborative team focused on some of the most exciting large scale regenerative work in the countryside, plus beautiful historic residential estates and public and therapeutic spaces in the city.

To work efficiently we need:- fluency in Adobe, Vectorworks and preferably Q GIS, with hand drawing and solid plant knowledge ~ or exceptional talent in some of these, with on going training offered in others.

We are a Landscape Institute registered practice and offer mentoring for the pathway to chartership.

Discretion and an ability to work well with clients is a must. We are based in Kent and London and spend time at site meetings across the UK.

These are full time roles, with generous wide ranging CPD; health care, pension and holiday packages.

We work on some wonderful projects and focus on those that can really make a difference - with an emphasis on regeneration, using skilled local crafts people and planting with nature. Our larger scale nature recovery work, includes river rewiggling and floodplain restoration at several sites across the UK. We also have some projects abroad but these roles are for UK based residents.

We are known for our work on historic and sensitive sites as well as for beautiful resilient planting, with a focus on soil health, agroecology and the link with nutrient dense food.

If this might be just the role for you please send an email cv and max 10MB portfolio to us @ hiring@marianboswall.com.

We work with wonderful clients, contractors and photographers. 🙏 @jasoningram @livinglandscapesuk @theoutdoorroom

#wearehiring
#riba
#regenerativedesign
#landscapearchitect
#regeneration
#landscapelove
#naturebasedsolutions

Nov 11

This is our studio garden. It’s not everyone’s idea of tidy but it is perfect for our biodiversity enhancing experiments and upcycling ethos.

If you like it.. We are hiring ~ we have space for one or two talented landscape architects to join our collaborative team focused on some of the most exciting regenerative work in the countryside, beautiful historic residential estates and public and therapeutic spaces.

We are looking for someone fluent in Adobe, Vectorworks and preferably Q GIS, with hand drawing and planting knowledge ~ or exceptional talent in some of these, with on going training offered in others.

CMLI preferred, we are an LI registered practice and offer mentoring for the pathway to chartership.

Discretion and an ability to work well with clients is a must. We are based in Kent with a London satellite plus site meetings across the UK.

These are full time roles, with generous wide ranging CPD; health care, pension and holiday packages.

We work on some wonderful projects and focus on those that can really make a difference – with an emphasis on regeneration, using skilled local crafts people and planting with nature. Our larger scale nature recovery work, includes river rewiggling and floodplain restoration at several sites across the UK, we also have some projects abroad. We are known for our work on historic gardens as well as beautiful resilient planting, with a focus on soil health and the link with nutrient dense food.

If this might be just the role for you please send an email cv and max 10MB portfolio to us @ hiring@marianboswall.com.

@marianboswallstudio
#wearehiring #landscapearchitect
#landscapearchitectjobs
#handrawing
#studiolife
#architectjobs
#landscapearchitectjobs
#dezeenlovers
#mondayinspiration

Nov 9

Ten years on ~ gentle planting aging gracefully in the autumn light a decade after this garden was created.

Self binding clay gravel, oak edging and pergola, all designed to last and then gradually decay one day wabi sabi style.

A disused garage covered the site before, I should probably dig out photos, but I did manage to find an award certificate ~ ‘planting design 2015’ ~ as the owners are opening for the ngs next year.

Until then a quiet haven to join a yoga class in the barn, or sit with a cup of tea under the pergola surrounded by a beautiful energy, client/site’s own.

#gardendesign
#yogabarn
#yogagarden
#plantingdesign
#yogalifestyle
@marianboswallstudio
#marianboswalllandscapes

Nov 8

Should a chance glance to the left
draw you in, pause. While
imagination drops leaves

#sitevisit
#visitkent
#landscapearchitecture
#lovemyjob
#haikujam
#haikupoetry
#autumnlove

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