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.
Read MoreGarden 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreDrought 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.
Read MoreSometimes 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.
Read MoreGetting 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.
Read MoreOur 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.
Read MoreDesigning 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreLow 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.
Read MoreGarden Designers need to get inspiration and share knowledge and getting out to gardens with other designers is one way we do this.
Read MoreChoosing materials for your garden is important, and we can help you make the right choice.
Read MoreOften 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.
Read MoreCharleston 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.
Read MoreGarden 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!
Read MoreSpring 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.
Read MoreFront 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.
Read MorePlan ahead for the year and gather ideas and get inspired. Read more about some of the simple ways to achieve this.
Read MoreGardens can get overwhelming. The trick is to keep at some of the jobs little and often. Feel encouraged! It will be a good year if you follow some simple maintenance tips!
Read MoreRead about our successful first full year at Bo Cook Landscape & Garden Design. After 8 years designing in a partnership, Bo now runs her own practice. Find out more here.
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