Adding magic to your garden with winter fragrance. Whilst working as a garden designer, I am often asked to provide some winter interest to a garden. It is often easy to turn to the visual; using evergreens, and coloured stems to add a visual impact in the coldest months. One aspect that is easy to...Read More
How to plan your low maintenance garden As a self- confessed Lazy gardener and an experienced garden designer, I want to pass on a few tips about planning your garden; that will help you have an easier garden to look after in years to come. We all have so little time these days. But plan...Read More
10 things we can do in our own little haven You might think that climate change is all to do with pollution and gases and recycling, and you would be right. It is affecting all of us. Every year, the wet bits get wetter, the hot bits hotter and the dry parts dryer (yes I...Read More
As a garden designer, I find that planting is the thing that clients have been struggling with the most; Making your garden look interesting all year round takes thought and planning and some knowledge. But the information is available if you look for it. You may have a theme for your planting in mind, this...Read More
Some hints and tips to make your garden really glow this Autumn (Don’t write off the outdoor life just yet) What a fabulous summer we have had in Britain, I was lucky enough to go away in the middle of summer and some of my plants suffered a little due to lack of water, and...Read More
Get those senses tingling in the garden A sensory garden should stimulate all 5 of our senses, and encourages those in the garden not only to look, but to touch, smell, hear and taste what is in the garden. What you choose to use to stimulate the senses may depend on who you are creating...Read More
How to turn a patch of grass into a well balanced garden Creating a good well balanced garden isn’t rocket science, but it does have a formula of sorts that is worth bearing in mind when you are trying to improve your own garden. Here are some top tips for great garden design, and tools a...Read More
