New shepherd's hut brochure

Plankbridge has just published its latest mouthwatering brochure of shepherd's hut possibilities, photos by Joss Barratt. Well worth a look (order via the link above). ------------------------------------------

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Henri Cole's writing shed

My little writing shed, where the poems emerge, like bubbles from a mouth. pic.twitter.com/jMK4X1XdRO

— Henri Cole (@ColeHenri) September 17, 2018

Boston-based awardwinning poet Henri Cole has published nine collections including most recently Nothing to Declare. He encourages members of his family to whistle as they approach the shed when he is writing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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PassivPod

The garden office trend for 2018 seems to be 'round'. Here's the latest, the 15m² PassivPod, which is inspired by nature and natural shapes (i.e. along biophilic lines) to improve our shedworking conditions and improving lifestyle and productivity. Built along PassivHaus principles, the prefab build is transported to site in modules for quick assembly. Tthe designeers describe it as 'zero carbon in operation with very low embodied carbon' and there's a large window to the front so you can see your garden really well.

  
PassivPod 2017 from Koru Architects on Vimeo. -------------------------------------------------
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How to mediate shed disputes

If you're in the middle of dispute with your neighbours over the siting of your garden office or some aspect of your shedlife, then this is an excellent little radio programme on the BBC presented by Timandra Harkness about the best ways to disagree with other people (but in a good way). Using her own shed as an example, she talks to various mediation experts about how to achieve a result with which everybody is happy. The rest of the episodes in the series are also well worth a listen.
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Jessie Burton's writing shed space at Heals

We mentioned last month that awardwinning novelist Jessie Burton would be recreating her writing shed space at Heals as part of the London Design Festival and so she has. Here is a video of her talking to the fine people at The Pool about her garden office and shedworking life from the Heals space:


And now compare it to the real thing - it's a pretty good replica.
 



Finally, there's an excellent interview at the Creative Review in which she discusses how her shed has influenced her writing. -------------------------------------------------------

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Roald Dahl Day

It's Roald Dahl Day today as it is every September 13 to mark his birthday. There's a huge amount of material about Roald Dahl on Shedworking as he is arguably the most famous shedworker of all time but we particularly like this photo essay about the inside of his garden office and the video below which sees him discussing the life of a shedworker.

This is wonderful. From 1982, Roald Dahl on his writing shed, work habits and loves (and snooker & sausages). pic.twitter.com/OWfBfnmpDx

— IanSanders (@IanSanders) October 18, 2017

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Garden office build timelapse

 We haven't had a good time lapse for ages, so here's one of a Warwick Buildings garden office which provided the clients with space in an upstairs bedroom for the arrival of their first child. Five hours in three minutes...

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