Journal

A list of jobs to do in the garden during March, from lawn maintenance, planting, pruning to sowing vegetables. Also some suggestions for lovely gardens to visit.

Spring is on its way! With a noticeable difference in the length of daylight there is a sense that a new season is just around the corner. Buds are beginning to swell and early spring-flowering bulbs will be in show towards the end of the month. Plenty of encouragement for us to get outside and start to think about what we need to do in the garden this year.

List of jobs to do in the garden during January, from protecting your plants, planting bare root trees and shrubs to pruning.

Are you bored with your current outdoor space? Have you inherited a bit of a jungle and need some inspiration? If this is the case a one-off garden design consultation may be the perfect solution…

10 ideas on how to make the most of your garden, for gardens of any size, including suggestions on; planting, water features, paving and garden lighting.

How many of us have flipped through gardening magazines, looking at all the glossy pictures of stunning gardens, thinking it must cost loads and take time to get a beautiful looking garden? Well it doesn’t, you can have a lovely functional garden without spending a fortune, and here are some suggestions to suit different budgets.

Whether you’re looking to revamp your garden, starting from scratch or just after a new-look border, planning is essential to help you create a balanced, striking layout with all year round interest.

Thinking of introducing a garden room, here are a list of things to consider along with some examples of garden rooms.

Looking for inspiration for an all year round feature in the garden – here is a Corten steel ‘rain curtain’ water feature, and it’s low maintenance too!

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GARDENING EVENTS DURING THE SUMMER 2018 Now that summer has arrived there are quite a few exciting gardening events coming up. Show gardens, garden talks, floral marquees, plants for sale, good food, music and much much more. An opportunity to take ideas back to your...

Planting ideas and inspiration following a day out at Great Dixter, attending a good planting course run by Fergus Garrett.

In terms of interest and colour in the garden it doesn’t end with the passing of summer, like spring you can create an oasis of intense colour, scent and texture in autumn.

The term ‘Autumn Colour’ conjures up images of intense firework displays of colour from a host of deciduous trees and shrubs, but there are also other plants that provide colour and interest in the garden during autumn months with their colourful flowers, fruit and bark. Read on for my top 10 plants providing interest during this season.

I spent three days training with one of the country’s most talented garden designers at his home, Allt y Bela, a stunning location near Usk.

Two inspirational gardens to visit, The Barn in Hertfordshire and Broughton Grange in Oxfordshire, both designed by Tom Stuart-Smith. Here are some highlights of my visit.

A long flowering perennial providing interest all through the summer, what’s not to like about Astrantias!

Highlights from the Chelsea Flower Show 2014. Some great ideas from three worthy gold medal winning gardens.

A garden can change dramatically in winter, as the perennial layers die down and leaves have fallen from trees and shrubs. It is less about colour and more about shadows, shapes and silhouettes. A time to appreciate the naked beauty of skeletal silhouettes of Phlomis, Eryngium, architectural seedheads of Allium, poppy, and sculptural grasses for example.

Pictures of the garden build process for the ‘Return to the Med’ garden, for the Malvern Spring Show 2013.