Joe Swift: Shedworker

Television garden expert Joe Swift is among those whose 2016 will mean a first taste of shedworking.

“I’ve only got a small garden and have put in a tiny garden office and I’m hoping to do some of my writing and garden design from the garden to change my perspective," he tells the Carluke Gazette.

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Making a garden office

How do garden office suppliers make garden offices? Here is a brief video from Smart Garden Offices which shows their new CNC machine in action, designed and built in Italy specifically for their office production line. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Merry Christmas to all readers of Shedworking

“Yo ho, my boys,” said Fezziwig. “No more work to-night. Christmas Eve, Dick. Christmas, Ebenezer. Let’s have the shutters up,” cried old Fezziwig, with a sharp clap of his hands, “before a man can say Jack Robinson.”

Shutters open again on December 28.

Garden office cake

@shedworking @cathedral_deli Slice of shed, Vicar? @Kathryncake's new garden workshop https://t.co/kT4MpnjxLU pic.twitter.com/iqNHbAMeuh

— Judy Heminsley (@judyheminsley) December 18, 2015

The lack of snow means we've been forced to abandon our annual 'garden offices in the snow' feature, but this is just as good (not to mention edible), featured on Judy Heminsley' site Work From Home Wisdom, put together by Kathryn Matthews of Kathryn’s Homemade Cakes. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Sheds and Christmas presents

 
The vital importance of a secure garden office has been underlined by research from the Post Office that reveals the top hiding places used to keep presents secret. These, in order, are:

1)      Wardrobe or chest of drawers

2)      Under the bed

3)      In a suitcase

4)      At a friends or relatives house

5)      In the garage

6)      In the garden office/shed

This means shedworking atmospheres beat 'in the attic', 'at work', 'in  the car', and (perhaps not so surprisngly) 'in the bathroom'.

The research also reveals that a quarter of people confess to doing some detective work to try and uncover the gifts they are set to receive so make sure that garden office is locked tight. ----------------------------------------------------

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A year in the life of a garden office supplier

Richard Grace of the long-established Garden Structures has taken a wander through the projects he's worked on throughout 2015 on his blog which makes for very interesting reading. As well as the art studio for the head of design and creator of Liberty prints pictured above, the list features a client who knows exactly what he wants, a building to help grow a childcare business, a therapy studio for a chiropracter, and a garden office for somebody who buys horse blood. Well worth a read.

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Tuesday posts are sponsored by Garden Spaces, suppliers of contemporary garden buildings, offices, gyms and studios, many of which do not require planning

Shedman at Christmas

Poet John Davies will be in the excellent Much Ado Books bookshop in Alfriston, East Sussex on December 20  in their shedlike barn from 1pm to 5pm. He'll be writing, performing, inspiring and generally being a decent chap. Strongly recommended if you're in the area - it's free and you can't book, just turn up.
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