I said I'd let you know how I got on last time: of the three gardens I quoted for last time, I've been asked to design two. Good news! They could hardly be more different briefs; while both are modern estate houses, the one brief is for a minimal Oriental garden with a reflective pool, raised deck walkway, raked gravel, subtle lighting effects and signature minimal planting, while the other is for a plant-rich cottagey front-and-back garden with a brick lean-to sheddy thing in reclaim materials, brick paving and a profusion of colourful planting in raised beds.

I'm really happy to take on both, as it happens. They're smallish gardens, so no dramas about the surveys. Both are inward-looking, so the detailed framing of a view isn't an issue either. Instead, I can create two secluded, restful, beautiful living spaces - which in the end will be quite similar in functional use and utterly different in aesthetic. Looking forward to them both.