Chris Young BA (Hons)
Garden Designer
News
I have added just a few of the commissions I have been working on this past year to the site. I have been very fortunate and had some wonderful and interesting projects and look forward to creating new projects this year.
I am very pleased to say that I now have a really good team working with me.
Aire valley are landscapers well known in the Yorkshire area and have a Silver Gilt and Gold medals from Chelsea The latest garden built at Chelsea this year will shortly be built at Harlow Car “Called Rhubarb Crumble”
Morley Brothers, fabricators supply wrought iron and steel work from my designs.
Carving work in wood i.e. seating, totem poles abstract works of art by Karl Barker
Other artists working in sculpture, stained glass and Children’s play equipment.
I have also been working on photographic projects and creating new art works. Click here for more information
Have a great year and enjoy your gardens
Dolphin nursery
This project has been wonderful and a huge learning curve for me. A Nursery for pre-school children required an interesting space outside the building where children could enjoy the outside whilst learning about plants and wild life. Initially the space was just a grassed flat area at the front of the building and overgrown at the back. I was asked to project manage. I sectioned the whole project into three phases and created a full design. The owner hopes to complete all three phases in the next three years. Phase 1 is nearly completed with the electrics and living tunnel being fitted by the end of this year.
I managed to get a really good team of artists, builders and fabricator together to create a much more interesting space for the children. This incorporated roadways with traffic lights, summer houses, musical instrument, totem poles, mushroom seating, a garage, sculpture and lively planting schemes.
The second phase will be the growing area where raised beds will be added, greenhouse and pond. The third phase will be the climbing area.
Karl Barker is a chainsaw wood sculptor from North Yorkshire. He designed and made the totems based on the creative drawings and ideas created by the children. The three themes chosen were woodland animals, sea creatures and a traditional but child friendly totem pole. Karl also made the toadstools