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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 or get an idea built in a day. In fact, if you have just moved into a new property, it […]

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 flowering plants and stems and seed heads of last year’s plants can all combine to make your garden space look

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 fade throughout the spring and summer and into autumn and are useful to occupy spaces under deciduous shrubs.  Hellebores 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 loss have all impacted on how we value and use our gardens. During the pandemic people started to value their

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 for emerging snowdrops, Cyclamen and hellebores showing me that spring is on the way. Here is my guide to the

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 not have time to do everything in it I wanted to do, but to spend half an hour after work

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 of what we do with our green waste. Here are some hints and tips for how to manage your garden

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 about tidying our gardens. People used to say ‘putting the garden to bed’. But we now know that in tidying

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 the plant sets fruit to make the next generation. With careful planning you could have edible crops providing pollen and