Dun 25: Underground shedworking

We are extremely partial to underground garden offices here at Shedworking HQ and have reported on numerous bunker builds over the years. One of the finest is Dun 25, a three man nuclear bunker 20ft underground that is being restored by Jim Sherrit in a field near Edzell in Scotland (it is also a strong contender for Shed of the Year).

As garden offices go, it has some intriguing features - it can withstand a nuclear attack and has an entrance by hatch/vertical ladder. The dimensions of the main operations room are 15.5ft by 7.5ft. Jim's goal is to return it to working order and make it open to people studying the Cold War so they can experience history first hand.

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Art studio

How much does a garden office cost? That's one of the most common questions we field at Shedworking HQ. Of course you can spend vast amounts, but you can also produce something marvellous for virtually nothing. Indeed there is an entire category in Shed of the Year for budget entrants - under £250 - including Peter Sedo's Worcestershire art studio pictured above which is made from recycled wood. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Rotating eco shed

Made from locally-sourced materials, using sheeps wool insulation and a woodburning stove, all on a 360 degree turntable and featuring an external light-show, are you looking at the Shed of the Year 2016?

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Brooklyn garden office

There is definitely an uptick in shedworking in New York and dezeen recently wrote a lengthy piece about the trend in working from your back yard in Brooklyn. This writer's shed garden office from Elizabeth Roberts Architects is at the back of the three-story Warren Mews Townhouse in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. The new shedlike atmosphere replaced an existing garden shed.

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Shed of the Year 2016: TV trailer

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Flowerona: Shedworker

A lovely example of a white garden office, the shedworking spot of flower specialist Flowerona. Here's what founder Rona Wheeldon says about it:

It’s not grand by any means! Bijoux would be more apt a description. But it’s just what I wanted as an alternative place for me to escape to…my little sanctuary. I’ve only been using it for the last month or so, since the weather’s warmed up. And I’ve found that I get lots of work done there... I tend to head out there in the afternoons, with a cuppa, for a couple of hours or so, as a break from my office indoors, a spare bedroom in our house. I love having the doors wide open, hearing birdsong and buzzing bees. And it’s even a lovely place to be when it’s raining.

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RHS Tatton Park Flower show: Sheds Roundup

Yes it's a shed! The Garden Library #lovebooks #lovereading pic.twitter.com/B0h5TSKtZa

— FriendsHonleyLibrary (@friends_honley) July 21, 2016

The above is our favourite of this year's shedlike structures at RHS Tatton Park, a beautiful combination of microarchitecture and books by Kelly Brown. Here's what she says about it:

My design is based around a garden library. The facade of the building is to be clad from reclaimed timber, old doors, skirting, flooring etc. The intention is for it to be as colourful as possible in order to depict the colourful spines found on books and also the colour of flowers found in the garden. The internal space offers a larger than average window to let natural light in, with a small seat to sit and read books. Books can be taken from the bespoke shelving or you can simply sit and read pages from gardening books that will be pasted to the walls. As this will be donated to my daughter’s nursery I have proposed artificial turf to the floor, bringing the outside in, encouraging them to take their shoes and socks off!

Very elegant Garden Hideaway at #RHSTatton by @SalfordCanal "Blooming Bridgewater". So many different elements to it pic.twitter.com/xEzbxuznuz

— Tim Howell (@TimHowellX) July 21, 2016

Here is The Millenial Shed which is a comment on the UK's current housing crisis by Holly Fleming.

Garden Hideaway at #RHSTatton by @KarolynMowll "The Outside In Shed". Tools on outside, lovely garden on the inside pic.twitter.com/6yr4YISJ0p

— Tim Howell (@TimHowellX) July 21, 2016

And finally, The Moo House by Andy Walker which comes with its own cow.

@Walker19A Andy Walker's #TheMooHouse is 4 sale after the RHSTatton Show. Who wants to Moooove in? 🐄🌺🐄🌺🐄🌺🐄🌺🐄 pic.twitter.com/R12Sh2pVp1

— Rachel Walker (@Moonface1975) July 21, 2016

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