What a varied life indeed!

Spent the morning interviewing prospective garden design degree students and the afternoon marking final year degree student dissertations - some interesting subjects covered.

Tomorrow I am out for the day with the final year students and RosieY (another TGN member) for a visit to Upton Grey - a restored Jekyll garden, a pub lunch and then a specialist plant nursery where I know I won't be able to resist a couple of gems for my own garden.

Saturday sees us at the Garden Show at Stansted Park, Havant - see Events, and Sunday will be spent at the Winchester Farmer's Market followed by drinks and nibbles at a contemporary art gallery private view followed by Sunday lunch in a super old pub! Then it will be back onto the drawing board to colour render the master plan for Black Farm - photos shortly on my profile.

Three weeks of teaching term left now - masses of marking to do and the students are panicking about their exams but then its only another three week until we are off to Italy for Part III of our re-creation of an 18th century 'Grand Tour' - this year we are off to Milan and the Italian lakes and mountains with plenty of side visits to gardens - can't wait!!

That's the great thing about running a garden design business and teaching garden design - every day is different and there certainly isn't a dull moment!!