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Lawn Garden

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The Lawn Garden is immediately behind my house, in full view from the kitchen and dining room. Planting here comes right up to the house where the long glass doors bring it right into the house.

A White Theme: The planting is dominated by clipped evergreens punctuated with striking pure white flowers including dahlias, iris and foxgloves. The effect of limiting the palette so tightly is effortlessly classy. Less is more.

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1. History & Planning
2. The Design Process
3. The Design Rational
4. Construction

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The White Garden 2021 Review pt2 The Shade Beds

May 5, 2022December 28, 2021

The White Garden | January 2021 12 months of interest The beds immediately along the back of our house form part of the White … read more

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The White Garden 2021 Review The Greenhouse Border

May 5, 2022December 12, 2021

My garden is divided into various areas each with a different theme and style of planting. What I call the White Garden (also known … read more

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The Lawn Garden – Autumn 2021 (video)

November 7, 2021

Yesterday I recorded this little video with my iPad, so not great quality, but it does give a good overview of this area of the garden.

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White planting scheme (September to March)

May 5, 2022November 7, 2021

This autumn-winter planting scheme provides a show of white flowers from September until March (Photo: November 2021) The planting area (above) is opposite our … read more

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Cistus × Corbariensis

January 15, 2022June 4, 2021

A handsome evergreen shrubwith masses of flowers in June 3.5ft (1.0 m) 5ft (1.5 m) white/yellow May/June full sun free-drained soil evergreenAvoid shade, wind … read more

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A Winter Homage to Finlay and Frosts

February 16, 2022February 7, 2021

1 “Formal Gardens are (as it were) statues to Nature.“– Ian Hamilton Finlay 2 ⋮ ⋮ “Weather is a third to place and time” … read more

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Clematis alpina Alba – trained on wires

January 15, 2022August 27, 2020

Virgin’s bowerClematis alpina AlbaSyn. C. Sibirica 8 ft (2.4 m) 3.5 ft (1 m) white Apr/May (Aug/Sep) full sun, part shade free-drained soil I … read more

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White Lavandin
Lavandula × intermedia ‘Edelweiss’

July 19, 2020

White Lavandin ‘Edelweiss’ is a beautiful summer flowering shrub that provides a long season of fragrant blooms later in the year than most lavenders. … read more

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Give Green a Chance
The importance of foliage in planting design

January 15, 2022June 8, 2020

Designing a planting scheme on a foliage-first basis is a sure-fire way to a classy garden. In this post I will show you how … read more

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Early March in the White Garden

March 15, 2020

In the damp, grey days of February and March, I have had plenty of brightness outside my kitchen door.

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Three Fantastic White Hydrangeas

January 15, 2022July 26, 2019

Hydrangea Annabell produces good cut flowers up to 30cm across People seem to have mixed feelings about hydrangeas. Before I started designing gardens I … read more

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Roselily ‘Carolina’

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019
Roselily 'Carolina' - close up of two flowers.

The Roselily Series was developed by the De Looff brothers who began in 2001 with a chance double-flowered Oriental lily seedling. From there they … read more

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