Final exhibition

Monday's final final final pinup...won't lie, I'm really pissed off there wasn't more to show and that what is there is partially unfinished (no annotation on 1:200 - argh!). Pleased the bright colours show up though, and I really think that dramatic beam of light is adding something to the whole display - so glad I brought it, it was hard to fit in the car!

And...the horror of my workspace. In my defence, it is pretty small!

Today - presentations. Please don't go blank, mind!

another tick on the list (almost!)

Done but for section lines and pointy sticks. Yes, it still looks solid rather than light and lively, but no turning back now!

Proceed without caution

At last, a finished sheet. It's a miracle! Plenty of errors, but that's it now. No analysis from me today even if this is supposed to be a reflective blog. Giving up thinking until lent. The hamster's fallen out of its wheel.

Tokachi Millennium Forest

Now this is planting! (Lovely walkways too.) (Is 'lovely' as bad as 'nice' and 'like' I wonder?!)
Another for the 'one day I'll visit...' list.

 

Massive planting plan dissatisfaction now - thanks Dan Pearson!

Precedent park

Friday's visit to Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park:

It was a useful and enjoyable trip - so good to go outdoors! - but took the best part of the day which fills me with fear when I think of all the drawings still not done. There are several zones of different habitats (marsh, coppiced willow, Alder carr, summer meadow, shingle beach, shallow pools etc) which makes the most of not a particularly huge site. Even on a gloomy day the Phragmites stands were glowing golden (not so obvious on the pics!) and the wet woodland looked gorgeous and lush, wild but not scruffy like Dickens Park's nature areas. The sky really feels part of the landscape too, as it's mostly quite open and the water reflects its mood right back. Overwhelming impressions were of swaying, rustling and birdsong - there was a lot of loud building work going on nearby but this seemed to fade into the background.

Working on my planting plan now, and I'm sure the visit will help visualise it with more clarity. Quite concerned about the planting by the deck though, which is not wetland - it needs to be really good, and I'm not sure I've got the knowledge. It's mostly bedding at work, and that's really not the same.

I walked back through the Millennium Village central park. It's planted with what I suppose is stylised woodland, which I couldn't make my mind up about. It was eyecatching and the cushiony underplanting with uniform trunks rising out of it looked very effective when I was walking. Standing still and noticing the uber-regularity of the planting gave me the shivers a bit though, a bit too regulated for my taste. Not many people around so it felt a bit bleak and static, but it wasn't the nicest of days - maybe it's a bit more lively on a sunny weekend.