Planning & Design

Whether you have just inherited a garden from a previous owner or are contemplating reworking your own handiwork of several years, it can often be...

An unsightly view can blight even the most otherwise attractive of gardens and with ugliness – like beauty – being largely in the eye of the...

You could be in the market for the services of a landscape gardener if you decide to completely redesign your garden. A landscape gardener may also...

Although we would all really rather not think about it, the fact remains that home security is for most of us, sadly, a very real concern – and...

Although in one sense, all gardens are people-orientated, some designs quite deliberately set out to go beyond simply reflecting the gardening...

Planning to landscape a garden to include a vegetable patch means understanding the best position with regard to the sun and knowing what your other...

The best sorts of informal gardens are those which look almost as if nature herself has had a hand in their construction, lending a softness and...

In the cool and frost-prone climate of Britain, to grow many of the lush, tropical and sub-tropical plants there’s no way round the fact that you...

Many modern houses stand in a relatively small plot, which can pose a few challenges when it comes to producing a garden design to make the most of...

It is one of the most bizarre ironies of the British climate that despite what seems like torrential rain and flooding for half the year, the...

Formal gardens are the triumph of human order superimposed on nature, the underlying message being one of control and restraint, with the shape and...

Having a play area in the garden is an absolute must if you’ve got small children – there’s no better way for youngsters to get out into the fresh...

Although traditional gardening falls largely into the well-know divisions of “formal” and “informal”, the stylised garden is a type of landscape...

Although designing the perfect town garden can be challenging, with a little care and imagination, even the smallest and apparently least promising...

Wildflowers occupy a particular place in landscape design and for most of us there seems to be something rather appealing about a profusion of...

How much frost and wind protection you need to plan for in your garden greatly depends on its climate and aspects and, of course, the sorts of...

Many people think that the idea of hiring a garden designer is pie in the sky, something for those who have more money than sense. But that's not...

Although some beautiful gardens have been created without any initial overall plan, evolving over the years as different elements were introduced...