Here we cover garden design, what’s being talked about in garden design, and of course, garden designers.
"A garden that is all flowers is like a cake that is all icing." Most of you reading would call it frosting rather than icing, but the sentiment stands: foliage [...]
I'd planned a leisurely morning. A bit of gentle pottering around in my own garden, then out later to deal with something at a garden I look after. My phone [...]
The thing which lifts my spirits in the cold wet spring is first, a ray of sunshine, and second colour! And yes, that does include green. Spring green: But most [...]
We live fairly near The Laskett. So seeing it was open, we thought we'd have an afternoon out and went to visit. And we took lots of photos - so [...]
I'm absolutely amazed by how many plants there are. I know the plants in my garden well; I have paid for them and chose them above others. Yet every time [...]
This piece of mine was originally published in the Garden Design Journal in 2002. It seemed to me to be potentially useful to follow on from Marianne's last piece for [...]
Today, or rather tonight (as I have let my day get away from me), I wanted to pick up on a discussion in the comments section of a post that [...]
I thought you might like some small, copyable, garden treats. They call them 'takeaways' in the UK media. They are the kind of thing that gives you a lift of [...]
The grass matrix in the heart of Oudolf Field at Hauser & Wirth, England – Design & picture credit: Piet Oudolf It’s about setting aside our desire for [...]
A while ago Veddw Garden was declared one of the 100 best gardens in the UK. Even better, it was also one of the THREE best in Wales. Wow. A [...]
The Beth Chatto Symposium "Rewilding the Mind" showcased many of the leading European voices in ecological landscaping, and it's all available online, FREE! And I learned about it from Canadian [...]
