How to plan your low maintenance garden As a self- confessed Lazy gardener and an experienced garden designer, I want to pass on a few tips about planning your garden; that will help you have an easier garden to look after in years to come. We all have so little time these days. But plan...Read More

Are you struggling with one or more of these issues? I often see my job as a garden designer as a problem solver, but I’ve never listed all the problems that I have solved before. I was set a challenge to list as many problems as I could think of that I have solved for...Read More

Stepping up As a garden designer it is a rare thing to work on a totally flat garden, there are generally slopes somewhere, toward the house, away from the house, and even from one side to the other. Sometimes these slopes can really obvious at other times be almost imperceptible, until you want to build...Read More

Hedges – What should you choose and why they are important. A quick list of dos and don’ts and some new ideas (you may, or may not have heard) A lovely client of mine; who found me because of my articles in a magazine is looking for ideas for a new hedge and encouraged me...Read More

5 Great ideas to get your children out in the garden during the summer holidays Gardening is a great activity for everyone, but especially for children: It is not only a life skill, it can be very inexpensive and it is mostly done outside in the fresh air. As well as this it uses a...Read More

How to turn a patch of grass into a well balanced garden Creating a good well balanced garden isn’t rocket science, but it does have a formula of sorts that is worth bearing in mind when you are trying to improve your own garden.  Here are some top tips for great garden design, and tools a...Read More

A stylish low maintenance garden for entertaining My clients had a lot of big plans to change their garden, the main purpose being a garden for entertaining. The patio immediately adjacent to the house was too small for a large table, so needed enlarging and the client wanted a number of social spaces around the garden, connected by paths. Key...Read More