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Grow Flowering Cherry Trees

By on November 11, 2011 in Garden Design, Trees and Shrubs

Designing your garden to include flowering Cherry Trees gives you chance to consider different shapes, habits and varieties. A section of Tips on Selecting Flowering Cherry trees is included to help gardeners get a colourful spring blossoming.

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Floral Vistas Need Planning Before Planting

By on September 27, 2011 in Garden Design

Greenery is all very well but I like to see swathes of colourful flowers. I try to envisage how mixed planting will shape up in terms of colour but generally my minds eye falls short when it comes to the imagination department. The best tip is to keep it simple with only a very limited [...]

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New for Ponds or Renovated Ponds

By on September 14, 2011 in Garden Design, Garden Equipment Tips

Pond ideas to help your garden water feature design plus some timely renovation tips and hints

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Garden Design Styles

By on September 11, 2011 in Garden Design, Top Ten Tips

Garden design is influenced by Location, Objectives and Resources. No two people would design the same garden for the same space nor would that garden grow and develop in the same manner. My Top Ten Garden Styles Cottage garden Wild or Environmentally friendly garden Walled or Victorian garden Family and traditional garden Fruit and Vegetable [...]

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Tips for Training and Growing a Topiary Cone

By on September 9, 2011 in Garden Design

Topiary looks good on containers and plants are easy to control in this environment. You can also move the pots around the garden to show off your topiary skills. Starting Your Topiary Select your plant and container. Box, Laurel or Yew are good subjects to start on. Plant your shrub with some slow release fertiliser [...]

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Blue Leaved Plants and Shrubs

By on September 5, 2011 in Garden Design

If your garden makes you feel blue try these blue plants to shock and awe the locals….

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Crammed Garden with too Many Plants

By on August 19, 2011 in Garden Design

Too many plants crammed into a garden can be a joy not a problem unless they are weeds or weedy specimens.

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Colour in a Garden Without Flowers

By on August 13, 2011 in Garden Design

                      This is an interesting photo because it shows a diverse range of colour in the garden without any flowers. This is an excellent way to design a garden because it provides year round interest. Flowers are then icing on the cake. The colours in [...]

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Naturalised Crocus – Growing Bulbs in Grass

By on August 11, 2011 in Garden Design

Naturalising means bulbs growing and seeding as they would in the wild; i.e. “in nature”. In most gardens this means growing bulbs in grass instead of borders. To naturalize bulbs they need to be planted where they can remain undisturbed without the need for the foliage to be prematurely removed. Leaves need to die back [...]

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Create a Stumpery from Tree Roots and Stumps

By on August 4, 2011 in Articles, Garden Design

A Stumpery with ferns makes a different garden feature

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