Another great day landscaping in this amazing weather. (We really do need some rain). We finished a nice project in Radlett and then spent the afternoon learning how to build an African 'thatched' roof for our Chelsea latrine.

We used a mix of brick and reclaimed sleepers to build the retaining walls, with spiral style steps leading up to the brick path. Thank you to Martin Finney of Ayletts Nurseries for this great design.

Here the contemporary paving and wall mounted down lights can be seen. We can only hope for warm summers evenings.

Then onto an African style roof for the garden at Chelsea Flower Show. 

So, we started the pre-show building of the Chelsea flower show garden today, with a lot of head scratching at 8am this morning. We had made good progress by the end of the day with a good few of the problems solved and some ingenious ideas achieved.

This year we a building a garden in the Artisan category for the design company 'A touch of France'. The garden is the 'Herbert Smith garden for Wateraid' and so has a very rural African feel.

Choosing timber for the garden from the Ashridge Estate

At the moment we are working on the separate parts of the garden.

Composting Latrine.

 It's not all medals and champagne at Chelsea.

The all important Wateraid Pump.

See more in the garden section of this week's Telegraph.