The forgotten plot
“Urgh, I hate the front garden Adam…” Right, well that’s all the inspiration I need! This roadside front garden was…
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Quirky corner spaces
This was a quirky little job… These triangular spaces built into the garden needed a good refresh. The planting in…
Hedging with heft
Hedges create structure, shape and form in a garden, When beginning to design a garden, hedges come first. In a…
Small Space Success
Small gardens offer a whole new range of design challenges. Not every garden is a sprawling 12 acre site, some…
Patio Perfection
A patio is a very useful bit of the garden, a place to sit and enjoy the garden, in the…
Peddars Barn – Big Build – Part 2
Stage 2 of this large Garden Design and Build project brought with it a whole host of challenges to overcome……
Evergreen Energy
A glorious bit of green on a bleak January day… Never underestimate a good evergreen shrub. They may not be…
Native Hedging Heroes
More hedgerows, more life… This native hedging mix of Spindle, Hazel, Maple, Blackthorn and Elder is the perfect environment for…
Outstanding Olives
Olives are a beautiful addition to any garden, evergreen, statuesque and may even produce fruit! Olive trees are very adaptable…
Peddars Barn – Big Build – Part 1
This big build is a landscaping project focused around creating a beautiful outside journey. This barn conversion was lacking one…
Shady Shrubs
In this beautiful, expansive garden we had one objective – add colour. Now, colour is hard to come by in…
Elegant Edges
A simple gardening trick, trim up those straggly edges. The eye likes to see neatness, crisp clean lines, especially when…
Tip Top Trim
A nice simple job, with a big effect Species Roses, Lavender and Shrubs all needed a good trim back and…
Multicolour Mound
Now, this doesn’t look like much at the moment… …but, this is an autumn job that will reap benefits in…
Beautifying Box
This Box hedge cut and bed clearing makes for a good before and after. This is a brilliant example of…
Compost Creation
The engine room of any garden is the compost. Soil health is the most important part of any healthy garden.…
Super Shrubs!
Evergreen shrubs are perfect for providing year round interest. This awkward space in this front garden was a pain to…
Square Shape-Up
These square beds designed in the spring needed a refresh, so we thought again! The great thing about a garden…
A home for Hydrangea
Hydrangea loves part shade conditions, and this should be the perfect spot for it. Right plant right place is the…
Tree trim
A lovely bit of tree work here, to open up the area beneath… This huge pine was dominating the beds…
A clutter-free corner
This small corner of this front garden needed a re-think… This corner part of this front garden was overlooked and…
Tree Circle Tidy
Installing this block pave tree circle helps neaten up the gravel area below it. It’s always tricky managing gravel and…
Sweet September
September opens up planting opportunities once again. After two or three months of dry cutting back after a good soak…
Lost Luxury
This garden was a forgotten treasure, lost to overgrown undergrowth. My task was to uncover hidden planting gems in this…
Superbly Square
As September is here, the ground is softening up. And with soft ground comes heavy spade work, clearing and reviving…
Prairie Perfection
We’ve come full circle, and what we planted is now in full bloom. Nothing delights me better when a plan…
Hefty Hedging
Huge overgrown hedges require heavy pruning to contain their size. Cutting these hedges improved the look of them no end.…
Pond pruning
These pond margins were overgrown, and required heavy cutting back to contain growth. At this time of year in mid-July…
Edging Expertise
You can’t beat a lovely neat edge. Here’s a tip, the human eye likes order and neatness, deliberate neatness is…
Forgotten Favourites
I love bringing a forgotten corner back to life. Releasing plants from the tangle of bramble and nettle is very…
Cosmos Cool
Cosmos is a fantastic summer annual, and will deliver blooms until the first frosts. Converting this weedy bed into something…
Wildflower Wonder
Wildflower meadows are a great way to use up large areas in the garden. On this large bank made out…
Summer saviours
In June the garden undergoes a transition in terms of planting. Spring is a distant memory, with bulb foliage all…
Ivy Invasion
Ivy, if left unattended can become very invasive. Ivy offers lovely evergreen colour right through the year, offering a green…
Prairie Planting – Phase 3
Phase 3 is all about nurturing what we’ve planted. Keeping our new plants weed free is essential when establishing good…
Beautiful Blue – 3
These borders are developing nicely, week after week we see change. Mid June now and we are seeing a transition…
Turftastic – 4
This isn’t about the turf, it’s about the plants, just look at those colours! An update on a beautiful collection…
Gravel to gorgeous
A prime example of creating something ugly into something beautiful using the power of plants! My client had this unused…
Beautiful Blue – 2
It’s great to see a garden change and grow as the season progresses. This is exactly the joy of gardening,…
Voracious Veg!
One of the biggest pleasures of gardening, is growing veg. We have planted and sown plenty of veg in this…
Terrific Trimming
It’s surprising what a quick trim can do. As May is now here, everything has grown drastically, and the garden…
Turftastic – 3
This project turned into something else! Originally the plan here was to add in one simple bed. However, this rapidly…
Knockout Knautias’
Knautia Macedonica is a beautiful plant, and even more special when twinned with Allium When designing a planting scheme, looking…
Simple Shaping
This overgrown border with large Bay, Laurel and other Spring flowering shrubs was out of control Hidden in this border…
Scrubland Sortout – 2
This is part 2 to a scrubland sort-out in an overgrown garden. Difficult awkward overgrown places like this are hard…
Wild walkway
I love discovering hidden parts of the garden. This was a prime example. This pathway was overgrown, so I got…
Edge energy
Never underestimate a nice crispy edge. Borders look best when there is a fine edge along where the grass meets…
Beautiful Blue
After months of planning, we finally arrived. Months of planning and discussion ended up here in May with borders of…
Acanthus Attack!
Acanthus (otherwise known as Bears Breaches) is a beautiful thug. A lovely plant, but in small doses. This acanthus had…
Prairie Planting – Phase 2
Phase 2 of the prairie planting project is underway. And this is the most exciting part, perennial planting! These plants…