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Inspired by leaves, berries and fruit: November in the garden

by Camilla Grayley | Nov 9, 2024 | Autumnal Colour, Garden Design, Planting Design

What’s looking good in the garden Having had a fairly warm autumn there are still plenty of leaves on the trees, a joy to look at, from the shades of yellow and orange-brown on a woodland walk to the vibrant reds on the Acers while wandering round an arboreteum. I...

Yorkshire garden inspiration

by Camilla Grayley | Oct 23, 2024 | Garden Design, Gardens to visit, Planting combinations, Planting Design

This is one of my favourite times of year to think about changes to the garden, the leaves are falling off the trees and the perennials are dying back. I can start to see the bones of the space and think about whether it’s still working. Sometimes it is just as simple...

Sea, seating ideas and stepovers

by Camilla Grayley | Oct 8, 2024 | Autumnal Colour, Colourful Gardens, Fruit, Garden Design, Garden Design Trends, Outdoor living, Planting Design

What’s looking good I’ve been out and about enjoying the colour in borders full of late summer and early autumn colour. The lilac asters (Symphyotrichum ‘Little Carlow’ and Aster x frikartii ‘Mönch’), along with autumnal coloured rubeckias and crocosmia are blooming...

Leaning into the season and learning to slow down: September in the garden

by Camilla Grayley | Sep 3, 2024 | Autumnal Colour, Fruit, Garden Design, Garden Design Trends, Planting Design

What’s looking good in the garden? I’m enjoying picking bowlfuls of apples from the garden and scraping windfalls off the lawn to juice or turn into stewed apples. The first apples to ripen in my garden are Katy, they also happen to be closest to the house. Meaning I...

Roses, Ruins and Re-evaluating (my own garden): August tips and garden trends

by Camilla Grayley | Aug 3, 2024 | Garden Design, Garden Design Trends, Planting combinations, Summer garden

What’s looking good at the moment The Knautia macedonia are still looking good, they are filling the borders and flopping onto the steps down to the lawn. Which means that every time I look out of the back door I get a glimpse of magenta amongst all the green. Since...

Keeping it sustainable in a sea of green: Garden Trends

by Camilla Grayley | Jul 9, 2024 | Garden Design, Garden Design Trends, Planting combinations, Planting Design

Magenta I always like to keep up with the what the latest trends in garden design and gardens in general are. In particular t has been interesting to see the trends coming out of the Chelsea Flower Show. Magenta, also Pantone’s colour of the year was used as a...