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Blossom, bulbs and books: April in the garden
What’s looking good at the moment I’m loving that Spring has finally sprung! Seeing all the crocuses, daffodils. primroses and the blossom on the trees. The Magnolia stellata is in full bloom outside of my front door, watching the star like flowers opening up every...
Vivid Magenta: Applying Pantone’s colour of the year to the garden – part 3
While there are shades of Vivid Magenta (the Pantone colour of the year for 2023) for just about every season it can be hard to think about how to combine such a vibrant colour with other flowers and foliage in the garden. Do you favour the cool end of the red...
Vivid Magenta: Applying Pantone’s colour of the year to the garden – Part 2
Summer Colour The Pantone Institute has recognised that we all have a greater desire to be surrounded by living things. Whether personally decorating our homes with a love of house plants (still a big trend) or in commercial spaces adding living walls in office...
Vivid Magenta: Applying Pantone’s colour of the year to the garden – Part 1
Vivid Magenta Every December Pantone announce what the colour of the year will be, eagerly anticipated by the fashion, beauty, interiors and design industries. There is no reason why it shouldn’t be applied to our gardens too. The colour chosen for 2023 is Vivid...
Garden Design Trends: Colourful Planting
Colourful gardens are in! Having seen more muted colour palettes over recent years there is now a trend towards breaking out the vibrant colours. Think reds, oranges and purples, a colour palette that reminds me of autumn. It is very much in evidence at the moment,...
Garden Design Trends: Wild Gardens
According to Pinterest wild gardens are in the top ten emerging gardening trends in 2021, wildgarden was the number 2 hashtag (just under balcony gardening). However the wild garden isn’t a new concept, William Robinson (botanist, gardener and owner of GraveTye Manor)...
Garden Design Trends: Cottagecore
Cottagecore has been trending for a while now, but is unsurprisingly still popular. After all it harks back to a simpler life, time to make a sourdough starter and kick off that bread making hobby or just finding time to reconnect with nature, whether exploring your...
Tiny gardens: Window sills and balconies
Not surprisingly the term tiny garden is one of the most searched for on sites like Pinterest, the chance to make the most of any outdoor space has become increasingly important to us. Whether your tiny plot is a balcony, an already small courtyard that has been...
The Secret Garden and Inspiration for Creating Your Own
The latest film of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden has just been released, a story mainly about the healing properties of a garden and gardening and how being outside can help both physical and mental health. Creating Your Own Something that many people...
Garden Design: Using the verticals
In any space but particular small ones, whether its a balcony, a front garden or a courtyard verticals are perfect for not only maximising the amount of space for adding interest and plants but to also create the illusion that it’s a bigger area than it really is. A...
Outdoor Living: Seating areas, outside kitchens and offices
I’ve been thinking about outdoor living recently for two reasons, last week I spent time drooling over the gardens on display at The Virtual Chelsea Flower Show and we are all going to be spending more time at home this year, the ultimate staycation. Whether this is...
Garden Design Trends: Home Hub
Pinterest were predicting home hub to be another key trend for 2020 and with more people working from home it is still incredibly popular. Adding home offices, lots more technology, particularly smart homes and home theatre but also garden rooms, lots of greenery...