We are putting the finishing touches to a design in Banstead for a naturalistic, Nordic style garden with a wildlife pond and lots of textural planting including multi-stem birch trees; it’s a blank canvas at the moment: Drawing up the design in 3D really helps to visualise it. Here’s a view as it will be …
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I am delighted to have been shortlisted for an award in a planting design competition. It’s run by industry magazine ‘Pro Landscaper’ and is part of their ‘Small Project, Big Impact’ awards. I submitted the project ‘Beaufort Sculpture Garden’ in Betchworth, photos are below. Winners will be announced in November.
Hydrangea ‘Limelight’ are looking fabulous at the moment, especially these beauties that we planted up 2 years ago in Cobham. The fairly deep border gives the hydrangeas enough space to flourish and the beautiful old brick wall gives a wonderful backdrop. Hakonechloa macra grasses and Liriope muscari border the edge. They have been cut back …
I was delighted this evening to receive these photos from my customer with the caption ‘Just look what you have created for us! We absolutely love the garden!’ The lighting gives the extra wow factor for balmy summer evenings, provided by www.lightyourgarden.co.uk . Pleached hornbeams give verdant screening and along with plenty of lush evergreens, …
A satisfying end to a busy week with the completion of this water feature: a large charred cretan terracotta pot, supplied by www.potsandpithoi.com and installed by landscapers www.harringtonbrothers.co.uk More photos to come on this newly planted garden featuring pleached hornbeam trees, Pyrus ‘Chanticleer’ screening trees, Chelmer valley pavers www.chelmervalley.co.uk , lighting and a paved seating area with …
It’s a real pleasure when clients invite me back to their garden after a few years to be involved in the evolution of it. Gardens are never static and tweaks to the planting are inevitably required to keep the garden looking it’s best. Last week we visited a garden in Ashtead that we designed 7 …
BBC TV’s DIY SOS this week showed Chris Beardshaw’s 2016 Chelsea garden being moved to the Gt Ormond St hospital roof. Amazing feat and a very special garden. I particularly love the gorgeous cut out oak leaf panels for the oak pavilion, and the uplifting piece of sculpture amongst lush planting. The garden has created …
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These boxing hares are a great addition to this country garden. My client chose them herself for the centre of a large herbaceous border benefitting from a focal point. All sorts of animal willow sculptures like these are available now, pigs….horses, elephants! Sculptures or ornaments in the garden can hold special memories or meaning which …
Whenever I plant up a garden it is always rewarding to salvage plants from existing borders if I can. As long as they are not plants my client loathes, they are healthy, they fit in with the scheme, and they are not too big to be moved or split up. Today we decided to salvage …
One of the most important aspects of a garden is it’s use as a seating/ dining/lounging area. The term ‘Outdoor Room’ is a bit of a cliche, but in good weather the garden really does become the alternative lounge and dining room (and kitchen..!) It’s a great advantage to consider the size, colour and style …