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So where do you start when you want to re-design or revitalize your garden? A good garden will come from a good design and careful planning, so don't be tempted to rush into this enterprise ...

January might be a month of cold weather but there is no need for the garden to look dull and bare. Quite the opposite. Even before the spring bulbs appear, the structure of evergreens, winter ...

Early Spring is one of my favourite times of year with new foliage emerging and blossom on the trees. Early spring-flowering perennials are also valuable to start the succession of plants that will flower and ...

There has been more change in the world of gardening in the last couple of years than I can remember in my 16-year garden-based career. The pandemic, the climate crisis and growing awareness of nature ...

The festive season has been and gone, but instead of thinking about jetting off to the sun, I look forward to the crisp clear days for long walks in the countryside and watching the garden ...

Before re-training as a garden designer, I commuted to London for a long, tiring day in the city. What kept me sane was coming home to a garden. It did not matter that I did ...

Managing Green Waste Having just been told that the tidy tips are now closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, and not knowing if the kerbside collections will be able to continue, there is a question ...

Autumn is a wonderful time in the garden with the low sun lighting up leaves that are turning to stunning reds, oranges and buttery yellows. It is also a time when we start to think ...

Don’t just think ornamental flowering plants when you are choosing plants to attract pollinators into your garden throughout the spring and summer. Many edible crops also depend on pollinators to transfer pollen and ensure that ...

Spring flowering bulbs add some much needed colour and interest in the garden when many other plants are yet to emerge or flower. There is a wide range to choose from and with careful choices ...

‘If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if the invertebrates were to disappear, the world's ecosystems would collapse.’ ...

Climate Change and Garden Design The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) consisting of the world’s leading scientists have recently issued a warning that we have 12 years to reduce global warming to a ...

Not only are they adorable creatures, hedgehogs are great for our gardens, feeding on garden pests such as slugs, caterpillars and leatherjackets. But their numbers are falling. There were an estimated 36.5 million in the ...

Autumn is a great time to take stock of your garden and make improvements, or at least start planning for next year. Even after planting a garden from scratch, some attention is required after a ...

Last summer the remaining two thirds of the garden was landscaped which has meant that I have had fun planting last autumn and this spring. My approach to the garden was firstly to make a ...

During the summer you can relax and enjoy your garden, but autumn is a key time for some important maintenance tasks. Tidying faded perennials A lot of perennials will start to die down from early ...