What sort of materials should you use in shade? Why should you worry about the materials you build your garden out of if you have a garden in shade. Shaded areas provide issues for paved area. Water doesn’t evaporate as quickly in shaded areas, which means your patio must endure damp without eroding. The dark dampness also...Read More
What sort of shade do you have? Now most of you will know if you have a shade garden or not. It mainly depends on the aspect; if the back of your house is in sun for most of the day you will be facing towards south or if the end of your garden is in...Read More
Woodland Planting for a sunny glade. It is always a challenge to design Woodland Planting in a garden. You need to be clear on just how much light will be able to reach the plants you put in. The owner of this garden loved her tall cedar trees and the woodland feel of her garden, but...Read More
Beautiful Resin Bound Gravel for Permeable Contemporary Parking This 1950’s built house in Weybridge still had the landscaping that came with the house over 50 years ago. The driveway and path were still the concrete slabs laid originally, practical but not beautiful. The lawn was passed its best and despite efforts remained full of weeds. It...Read More
Less is more, How to simplify your garden for retirement. This garden is owned by an active couple who love gardening, theatre, dancing and the arts. They had recently ordered a summer house to be used as a painting studio, and knew that the garden would need to be altered to make space for it. At the...Read More
Redesigning a garden to accommodate a Garden Office. This Client needed to build a Garden Office, as working in the spare room was no longer feasible. This impacted the small suburban garden, and it was decided that a complete redesign of the garden was well overdue. This would help with the overall look and feel...Read More
Follies, Features and focal points in a Classic Victorian Garden My clients had a garden full of victorian features and focal points, but there was a lack of flow from feature to feature and with a planting scheme past its best. The garden wasn’t the shining glory the clients wanted it to be. During the client brief Arundel...Read More
