Journal

Our first show garden, the ‘Return to the Med’, is awarded a Silver Gilt from the RHS at the Malvern Spring Show 2013. The public reaction has been amazing…

Pictures of the ‘Return to the Med’ show garden, from the Malvern Spring Show May 2013.

‘Return to the Med’ show garden at the Malvern Spring Show, a summary of this month’s activities…

'Return to the Med’ show garden at the Malvern Spring Show, a summary of this month’s activities…

‘Return to the Med’ show garden for the Malvern spring show, the journey continues…

It’s been a very busy month. Most of the time has been spent sourcing the hard landscaping materials, in particular the polished pebbles for the cobbled path.

As a nation we are proud of our homes, and spend a fair amount of time and money on DIY. But of all the rooms in the house it is the biggest, most interesting and versatile one which is often thought about last and in some cases not at all. We are talking about the garden or the “Outdoor room”.

We received confirmation that we will be doing a show garden at next year’s Malvern Spring show, May 9th – 12th. Our design, ‘Return to the Med’ will feature as one of the show gardens.

It has to be a tree! Trees have been in the news recently but sadly for the wrong reasons. Ash dieback could potentially have a devastating impact on our tree population, however we have a wide variety of beautiful trees so let’s celebrate this by highlighting one in particular, which has spectacular colour during the autumn months…

If you want to carry over brilliant colour in your garden during the autumn months this is the plant for you. Genus of bulbs, grown for their spherical heads of exotic looking wavy-petalled, pink to red, occasionally white, faintly scented flowers.