Supporting our native bird population in our urban gardens is something we can all do given a little time and some ideas on how to provide opportunities for nourishment, water and materials for nesting. Have a read to find out more…
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Read for more a more detailed understanding of our sustainable design principles. Our studio has always been dedicated to reducing our designed garden’s impacts on resources, flood risk and climate change. We made the decision to formalise with the help of Small Green Business
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Lighting your garden can be done sensitively, and respectfully so we impact less on our wildlife while also contributing to protecting our dark skies. The following is a 4 step process to go through when deciding what lighting is necessary and how best to approach a scheme.
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Garden lighting can detrimentally impact on wildlife in your garden. Find out more about what the issues are, and why we have to as design gardeners design landscapes and outdoor spaces pro-actively to reduce impact on our garden visitors.
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The following series of blogs highlights why a considered Lighting Design is important to both our night skies and our wildlife, and how we as a studio do the very best that we can as custodians of our natural world and as guardians of the galaxy.
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Drought periods can put stress on some garden plants. Find out more about some water saving methods you can use to help keep your plants happy this summer.
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Sometimes a garden doesn’t need a full rebuild. Sometimes it needs a well considered thought through garden design edit. Reshaping lawns and borders, creating incidental experiences and smaller destinations can completely change your garden. Call us on 07900416679 to find out more about our design process.
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Getting to know your garden birds can be challenging but rewarding, and you know double know more than you think. There are some go-to places to help you on your way. Have a read to find out more.
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Our Garden Design Studio is still open for business and we are working remotely, keeping our current client’s design projects flowing and taking on new design projects. Please call 07900416679 for more information and to discuss your garden.
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Designing with grasses. Borders can come alive with grasses - movement, light and structure all features of ornamental grasses used within the planting scheme. Flowering early in the summer, until late autumn, with seedbeds overwintering, grasses provide a long season and benefit wildlife.
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A garden masterplan is the initial concept plan for your garden. It lays out the areas and the garden features. It can also form your roadmap for phasing your garden design build if necessary. Breaking the design process into phases allows you opportunity for consideration and feedback to make sure the garden design is right for you.
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Low Mow Lawns - Are they any good? Is it worth having one? I say yes! Have a read here to find out my experience of the lawn in it’s first year.
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Garden Designers need to get inspiration and share knowledge and getting out to gardens with other designers is one way we do this.
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Choosing materials for your garden is important, and we can help you make the right choice.
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Often we let our memories and nostalgia towards plants, and our experiences in our own gardens and wild spaces as children, weave into our current experiences with our own gardens. Read about some of my thoughts here. And I’d love to hear yours.
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Charleston Farmhouse is a little treasure nestled at the foot of the South Downs. A garden, a house, an exhibition centre and a restaurant makes it well worth a visit.
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Garden design plant inspiration comes from magazines, nursery visits, garden shows and garden visits. Here I share some of the beautiful plants from Wisley gardens. I hope you agree they are pretty delightful!
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Spring gardens are interesting as you have the blend of the last of the winter colour and structure before leaves burst bud, married with early spring blossom. Wisley gardens is one such garden that allows you to bathe in this wonderful transition.
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Front gardens are difficult to get right to create that multi functioning space in often a small plot. Large arrivals also need careful consideration to make sure parking, turning and plenty of planting is incorporated. A good garden design can improve your kerb appeal, your property aesthetic and your mood as you interact with this garden throughout the year, through sun, rain, wind and snow! Get your front garden design right.
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