Cascades Gardens is a luxury bed and breakfast with a beautiful 4 acre garden set in the historic village of Bonsall, near Matlock Derbyshire. Cascades Gardens have just launched a new website totally devoted to their Garden. The original garden section on the Bed and Breakfast site just didn’t do the garden justice, so we have designed and built a website totally devoted to it.

The site can be found at http://www.derbyshiregarden.com/

One the website there are lots of photographs taken during different seasons over the last 12 years. There are many interesting before and after pictures of the garden which document the changes made to the garden since Alan and Elizabeth moved into the property. The gardens have been completely transformed and shaped into its present day appearance. The 4-acre landscape surrounds the ruins of an old corn mill and lead mine. The garden features high cliffs, ponds, a stream, canal and several cascading waterfalls.

Recently the BBC filmed the garden. The piece by John Stirland and Martin Fish will appear on The East Midlands Today programme on 6.30pm , Thursday 15th May.

Fliming during the recent BBC visit

The garden is home to a wide variety of unusual herbaceous perennials, water marginals, trees and shrubs. The garden has been designed to provide colour and interest all throughout the year.

People who visit the garden can also look around the flower nursery. A wide selection of herbaceous perennials and hellebores are available to buy. These flowers will appeal to serious gardeners or simply people looking for something different to make their garden really stand out.

Cascades Gardens are open to the public 10.00am to 5.00pm on Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays between 1st April to 30th September. Please click here for any enquiries or to arrange a group visit.

For the past few weeks there has been a big wheel down in the Market Square. At around 200 feet tall, a tip on the Nottingham Eye can offer a 360 degree panoramic view of the city centre.

The official Nottingham Eye website can be found here. The site doesn’t look too appealing, if your website needs some design work then give us a call on 0115 9470011 or email info@metafocus.co.uk.

Some examples of our recent sites can be found here:

Aspetto
Your Sweet Shop
Bournes Debt Solutions

Another one of our customers has launched their website this week, this time its Aspetto, selling male grooming products online.

Aspetto joins the competitive and growing marketplace for male grooming products such as shaving equipment, facial washes, moisturisers, hair care and accessories. The site carries a large number of ranges from well-known brands such as Clarins, Clinique and Boss and some lesser-known brands such as Nickel Spa for Men, Cyril R Salter and P8N8.

This site has been built using our Web Manager 2 Content Management System and benefits from our fully featured system which allows all pages to be editted, products and ranges to be managed and customer and email lists to all be managed through a single interface.

We’re also working hard using SEO, PPC and Online Promotion to get the name Aspetto out there and recognised all over the internet. So keep your eyes on the site as we’re predicting big things for 2008!