My Own Garden Build. Part 5 of My own Garden Build. We finished the hard landscaping and lawn in September last year, and though out spring and summer 2014 I have been gradually filling the beds. I’m not sure I will ever be satisfied, but it has been great fun putting in plants around the...Read More

It has been some time since I gave an update to our garden build, a year on the garden is pretty much completed, here is the next installment. Some important finishing touches Our garden was really starting to take shape, we had survived the hottest part of the summer, and none of the plants we...Read More

The  Hard Landscaping My design for the garden had 3 areas of patio that needed to be laid, we wanted a nice generous step outside the office, a dining space in our sunny spot at the end of the garden and a new shaped smaller patio at the back of the house, that complimented the...Read More

The clearance After detailed discussions with our contractor about the plan, we clearly marked in the borders what plants and trees would need to remain and what would be cleared, a man with a digger was called in to do the clearance. Even though I have designed many gardens, I have rarely been on site...Read More

Chapter One A Garden Designer is always excited by the prospect of a new project, the design process is a wonderful creative exercise, the build process is putting what is on paper into reality, watching a drawing come to life. So what can be more exciting than watching your very own garden rise out of...Read More