The White Garden 2021 Review pt2 The Shade Beds
8 minutesThe White Garden | January 2021 12 months of interest The beds immediately along the back of our house form … read more
Design
The White Garden 2021 Review The Greenhouse Border
6 minutesMy garden is divided into various areas each with a different theme and style of planting. What I call the … read more
Topiary Tour – Clipped evergreens in my Garden
8 minutesOver the years I have ended up with a lot of topiary in my garden. A majority of this is … read more
A Winter Homage to Finlay and Frosts
5 minutes1 “Formal Gardens are (as it were) statues to Nature.“– Ian Hamilton Finlay 2 ⋮ ⋮ “Weather is a third … read more
Now’s the time to plant bare-root hedging
10 minutesWinter is the ideal time to plant a hedge. Not only do most winter hedges get off to a very … read more
Is this the end of Garden box?
8 minutesI may never buy another box plantthanks to Box blight and Box Moth caterpillar. Box. I used to love it. … read more
Give Green a Chance The importance of foliage in planting design
3 minutesDesigning a planting scheme on a foliage-first basis is a sure-fire way to a classy garden. In this post I … read more
Four fantastic hardy perennial salvias
7 minutesUnlike the culinary sages (Salvia officinalis) with their grey or purple evergreen foliage, the hardy perennial sages (Salvia nemorosa and … read more
Creating a Planting Plan — The Design Process
22 minutesA good coherent planting plan arises out of careful considerations that take into account multiple factors In my last post … read more
Formal pond in the vegetable garden
8 minutesThe centre piece of my vegetable garden is this formal pond, which was started in 2012. It’s overall size is … read more
Borrowed view
2 minutesA partial view to the landscape beyond is tantalising and greatly adds to the character of the garden, but you … read more
Foliage in Shade
4 minutesTexture and form. When the flowers have gone, the foliage comes to the fore.