Sloping gardens. They're challenging for home owners and garden designers alike. In this in-depth piece, we take a look at:The… Read more.

Front gardens are often purely functional.  Pull up into the driveway, park the car, put the bins out, ... you… Read more.

This blog was almost called “How To Attract Beneficial Insects To Your Garden”, but when we started to think about… Read more.

If you run a business, you'll know what it's like to get that warm fuzzy feeling inside when the hard… Read more.

Many of the gardens we design involve gradients to a lesser or greater degree.  If the gradient is relatively steep,… Read more.

We know those of you who read our newsletter regularly love seeing what we've been up to recently... so here's… Read more.

Hot, dry areas of the garden can be quite a challenge for the gardener, particularly if the soil is very… Read more.

Back in January, we blogged about garden drainage and specifically mentioned two projects where drainage was a key 'challenge' (and… Read more.

Long, narrow gardens have several drawbacks, particularly if they are very narrow: the patio can seem very cramped for space… Read more.

This was my first visit to Chelsea for 4 years - and so I was on the search for any… Read more.

Let’s face it, there is shade, and there is gloom.  It's all very well people suggesting long lists of shade… Read more.

One of the questions I am most frequently asked by clients and prospective clients is this: "Do you know any… Read more.

First off, let me say what this blog post is not.  It’s not about low maintenance gardens, although many of… Read more.

Anyone who has a garden with heavy clay soil will know about the difficulties of gardening on it.  The soil… Read more.

I've been waiting patiently all year for the flow of work to slow down... and still I have garden plans… Read more.

The design of driveways and front gardens poses a somewhat different set of challenges to those faced when creating a… Read more.

Lighting adds a completely new dimension to gardens.  Particularly in the often somewhat cloudy climes of England, a well thought… Read more.

Whether you have a striking water feature as the centre piece of your garden, or a natural-looking pond in a… Read more.

Being exposed somewhat to the elements, garden furniture does tend to need a little TLC from time to time.  Exactly… Read more.

It's been a great year for fruit and veg, and it seems every other person you speak to is overrun… Read more.

Although the warm sunshine will soon be slowly fading, Autumn is definitely not a time of doom and gloom –… Read more.

Well, summer is almost over – the days are shortening and the mornings and evenings are getting cooler.  It's been… Read more.

Periods of hot, sunny weather are usually welcomed with open arms here - time to enjoy and relax in the… Read more.

A good garden design should not only be beautiful, it should also be practical.  And practical inevitably means disguising those… Read more.

Faced with the prospect of another season of lawn cutting, feeding, edging and other maintenance, you may be feeling that… Read more.

In our post on how to look after your lawn, we mention some of the more common lawn care activities. … Read more.

The prolonged cold and wet winter, and very late arrival of spring, shows just how difficult it is to be… Read more.

For many people, the prospect of having lots of new plants to care for and nurture is a slightly scary… Read more.