Garden Project: Day Four
I’ve known Andy Henderson for some years now. His younger brother, Keith, one of my closest friends and heroes tragically passed away six years ago. Since then I’ve spent many an evening in Andy’s old restaurant, Boys Cafe, and on his sofa. Many of my friends wish they were more like Andy. Andy has turned those clichés we all hear into reality; just want it, go for it and you’ll get it. It’s a bit like having your own personal Gary Vaynerchuk but Andy’s a lot cooler and infinitely more chilled out (no offence Mr V, I love you too).
In August Andy returned from Thailand where he spent the past year redesigning, refreshing and running a struggling resort in Koh Samui. He needed a new challenge after turning things around so he returned home. Since arriving in London he’s been contemplating whether he should reignite a career in the City or pursue his true passion as a designer.
Andy
Having had the pleasure of experiencing his many interior and landscaping projects, I jumped at the opportunity to have him help me out whilst contemplating his future. Luckily he was willing to ‘give me some tips’ on how to shape my neglected garden.
A couple of weeks later, Andy came to me with the following hand drawn sketch, along with photos of various trees, plants and flowers plus an assortment of materials.
Check the plan with notes detailing what’s what on Flickr.
Exactly two weeks later Andy and his team are four days into a three week project.
The garden is still a mess but is rapidly taking shape. The real magic will happen once we start planting in a couple of weeks.
Day 1
Day 4
Today the wood for the pergola arrive and on Saturday we’ll be moving the shed to its new home at the bottom of the garden.
In a week we’ll start buying and installing software.
Some of Andy’s other work can be seen here. (I need to sort out his site)
Stay tuned for more on the garden and maybe even some insight from Andy on design, the restaurant business, writing children’s stories, country folk and traffic wardens.
Feel free to drop in if you’re in the Muswell Hill area.
Please visit if you want my help