An article in todays Daily Telegraph by Maria Fitzpatrick shows how a well designed garden can add value both to your life and the value of your property. Whilst this may be obvious for a larger garden it is also true of smaller gardens. Several of the gardens that I have designed have done just exactly this for the owners.
Entries from November 10th, 2009
Gardening | Garden Design | The garden that sells the house
November 10th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: aspirational · benefit · enjoy · garden design · gardening · imagination · Inspiration · lifestyle · low maintenance · Property
Gardening | Garden Design | great plants – Mahonia
November 10th, 2009 No Comments
Some plants get a reputation that is not fully deserved and perhaps Mahonia is one such plant. A member of the berberis family it has a number of redeeming features that make it welcome in the garden. It is of course popular in municipal planting schemes which may detract from its value a little, but lets look at why you should consider using this wonderful plant.
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Gardening | Garden Design | Improving your soil
November 1st, 2009 2 Comments
Autumn heralds a round of free harvests bought on by nature’s abundance. The colourful leaves that once adorned the trees in our garden are falling and with it creating a fabulous opportunity to create gardener’s black gold! In a sustainable woodland culture the leaves from the trees fall to the ground where they break down [...]
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