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October Flowers in the Garden
Come October I love seeing the leaves on the trees turning from green through to vibrant shades of oranges and reds, a colour palette that can easily be replicated in the borders to mirror the trees. The yellows of the daisy like Rudbeckia fulgida var....
Planning and Planting up a Cutting Garden: Bulbs
As all the bulbs are starting to appear in the garden centres and nurseries ready for planting this autumn along with all the seed catalogues, now is the perfect time to start planning a cutting garden. Whether considering giving over an area of the garden to it or...
Planting Design: Planting Plans and Plant Supply
Sometimes it is only the soft landscaping elements of the garden that need attention, the overall shape of the garden work or the hard landscaping elements for example, terrace, walls, steps or pergolas still work. However some of the plants have become overgrown or...
Garden Consultation
Sometimes we have lots of ideas buzzing round our heads but aren’t too sure how to pull them all together or which ones would work and which ones should be discarded. Or there could be an area in the garden where nothing seems to grow or there is an unsightly view to...
Having your garden designed: What’s involved?
So what happens when you want help to make the most of their outdoor space, perhaps to create a haven from the working day, a great space for the kids to play or tap into the current trends with an outdoor kitchen? I thought I would walk through what you can expect...
Chelsea Flower Show: Oranges and Purples
Although the key colour trend at Chelsea this year was green, it was closely followed by oranges and blues/purples with many of the perennial favourites in evidence. Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ with its purple stems and purple-blue flowers, the pompoms of alliums,...
Chelsea Flower Show: Green is the trend
This year the Chelsea Flower Show was all about foliage and the colour green, a colour typically known for its calming properties, creating harmony and growth. It’s also a colour of hope, nature and life, at the start of the year we all look for the first green...
Front Gardens: Making the most of a small space
Every time I walk along a street my heart sinks a little lower and I can’t help thinking of the Joni Mitchell song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, in particular the line ‘They paved paradise and put up a parking lot’. Whilst I appreciate parking is at a premium in many towns and...
Snowdrop Walks and other bulbs for seasonal interest
I love going on a snowdrop walk, a chance to see a whole carpet of their tiny white nodding heads, the first signs that spring is on its way. It’s also an opportunity to drool over new varieties, a chance to add new clumps and perfect for covering up bare soil and...
Whats Happening in the Garden in September
September is that back to school back to work time of year, with new beginnings uppermost in the mind it is an ideal time to start thinking about new beginnings in the garden, planning changes to the garden for next year and tidying up the garden for winter. It is a...
Garden plants: Which ones are riding the heatwave
With the current heatwave I’ve been thinking about plants that tolerate dry conditions, what I can plant in clients’ gardens that aren’t going to require them to invest a lot of time in watering. There are a lot of plants falling into this category that I already love...
Chelsea flower show trends: Lupins
Lupins were the must have plant from this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, with just about every colour covered across the show gardens. One of my favourites is the deep velvety purple and red of Lupinus ‘Masterpiece’, I love seeing it in the middle of a border (it grows...