Landscape. is Ham House Surrey (slide show of images).......

Landscape. is Ham House Surrey

I visited Ham House in Surrey which is just down the road from Kingston Upon Thames. I visited Ham House On the 27th December 2005, it was on record to this date the coldest day of the year and on record. I cant even think of any way in describing how chilly this day was, or the past fewe days after that!. Anyway i have already posted about Ham House, but it is such a tranquil place and shows of with true beauty at this time of year that i have put together a slide show of it................................

Landscape. is The River Thames from Kew Peir to Greenwich

Ok so in December of 2005 we all went on a boat journey (known as a sea voyage of discovery by some), down the River Thames. We started by gathering in a large motly crew by Kew peir, and then started are journey down the Mighty River Thames. It was brilliant to see how the city develops and changes with its high rise sky scapers as you progress more and more into the beutiful city of London. The only down side with the trip was that on the way back the tide was so low which it normally is at this time of the year that it added on an extra two hours of going back down the Thames at a record 5mph i would say. Just fantastic haha!. Enjoy the slide show though........

Landscape. is Marlow Buckinghamshire......

Another town which is the county which i live is marlow. Marlow has a changing landscape for most of the year with it being hit by floods in the winter months and then in the summer being transformed also into a mass area for the Marlow Regatta. Marlow ahas been changing over the years since i csna remeber and have visited and lived there three years ago. More and more of the natural flood plains are being redeveloped into luxary houses along the river, and this is having a majour impact on the local area and other towns such as henley and bourneend.

The effects are caused by building on the flood plains and also changing the course of the river thames. No matter how much effort is put in the force of nature with water can not be avoided and flooding does happen as has in the town in the last couple of years over winter.

I have shown this Blog item to show that we must preserve the local environment and make sure the natural beauty is not taken up with just concreate slabs almost, we need open spaces and landscaped ares to be able to use the natural beauty areas more efficently......................

Landscape.is Henley on Thames

Henley on Thames is sittuated in Buckinghamshire, during the begining of July i went to the Henley festival which was amazing, the organisers transform one of the sides of the river bank into a mass of marquees and entertainment with a floating stage on the river where they have a live band and events. The live band was staus quo haha!. Anyway i included this to show how a natural wild landscape along the river bank is transformed into an open area for hosting large events and entertainment. Landscape is the river thames and its banks.............................

Landscape.is Tenerife and the Canery Islands........

Towards the end of the easter i went to the Canery islands in Spain. Seiing a beautiful series of islands that have been created from volcanic activity was amazing, it was seeing a totally dry desert type Landscape that had been formed and is constantly changing in a different dimension to what the landscape is like in the United Kingdom.


Even though the Volcano that is the main focal point on the island of Tenerife is now dormant, its past still remains as a key element to the landscape. The landscape now is made up of vast hoills and valleys, and very dry rocky terrain all around. And the beaches are made up of black sand which has vast quantities of volcanic material in it.

No matter where you go in the world the landscape is never the same, it is always different and constintly changing...............................

Landscape.is Ham House Surrey

More pictures of the stunning Ham House In Surrey. Enjoy.................

Landscape.is Ham House Surrey

Ok so i havent been able to post any new blogs on here for a while but i decided that now i have some spare time, that this page is getting a whole new update of what i have been doing regarding interests with landscaping.

Back in December 2005, day after boxing day i made a visit to Ham House in Surrey with my parents. This was due to a History essay that i had to do aswell as everyone else. I had manby options to choose from but i decided ham house as i have never been there before and thought it would be of great interest. The first impresions of Ham house on this freezing cold winters day, coldest of that year as a fact lol!, were that it has been designed and built to perfection, this is following the italian renaisance. This is noticable with the grand gardens at the back and also in the main courtyard that leads up to the front of the house.

I took loads of photos whilst i was there, and i am going to get all of them posted on here as soon as possiable if it lets me. Here are just some of them

Enjoy...................................

Landscape. is Kew Gardens

Back in April i defided that i would make a visit to the amazing gardens known as Kew gardens. I went them to see how a place of scientific interest had been designed into a large open space for the general public, and how different areas had been created and also to view the amazing glass house they have there which dates back from the victorian time. It is the largest glass house in the world and it houses saome astonishing plants from all over the worls, nad even some rare species being over a centruary old.

Whilst i was there i took many different images of plants using different shutter speeds and all and i collected what i think are some brilliant images of plants that can hopefully be used in my future landscape designs. Please enjoy some of the images from kew that i have on show.