by GillianPolley | Aug 28, 2017 | 2017, A Day Out, Alitex greenhouse, art in the garden, August, bees and insects, Christopher Lloyd, Colour, colour in the garden, Design, Dumfries House, Edinburgh, Exotic Garden at Great Dixter, garden design, Grasses, Great Dixter, Green house, herbaceous perennials, long flowering period, National Trust, ornamental grasses, Piet Oudolf, Plants, Polley Garden Design, Potager gardens, Prairie planting, Queen Elizabeth Walled Garden at Dumfries House, Roses, sculpture in the garden, seats in the garden, shrubs, Sissinghurst, sissinghurst castle, Vegetable growing
I always enjoy visiting gardens and here are some images from visits so far this summer. To kick off – a second visit to a garden with great style – Sussex Prairie Garden. If you want to see beautiful prairie style planting over several acres this is...
by GillianPolley | Jun 12, 2015 | 2015, August, back gardens, bees, bees and insects, Chelsea Flower Show, Colour, colour in the garden, Design, early summer, Edinburgh, evergreen plants, front garden, Geum 'Cosmopolitan', Geum 'Lemon Drops', Geum 'Prinses Juliana', Geum 'Totally Tangerine', Geums, Geums - stalwarts of the flower border, herbaceous perennials, long flowering period, low maintenance plants, Plants, Polley Garden Design, stalwart garden plants, summer, summer flowering plants
Geums have been one of the talked about plants at Chelsea in the last few years – the orange coloured ‘Prinses Juliana’ (height 60cm, spread 50cm), flowers May – July, and ‘Totally Tangerine’ (height 75cm, spread 50cm) flowers April...
by GillianPolley | Aug 21, 2013 | August, autumn colour, Cambo House Gardens, Colour, Edinburgh, Grasses, herbaceous perennials, insect habitat, insects, Plants, Polley Garden Design, Potager, Prairie planting, Snowdrops, Society of Garden Designers, St Andrews, summer, Vegetable growing
If you are looking for a dose of garden inspiration, then pay a visit to Cambo House Gardens at Kingsbarns, St Andrews in the next month or so. I was there yesterday with a group of garden designers from the Society of Garden Designers and we were had a great visit...
by GillianPolley | Aug 5, 2013 | August, bulbs, containers, Edinburgh, Hedges, Jobs to do in the garden, Lawns, Plants, Polley Garden Design, Roses, seats in the garden, Spring, summer
In July we finally had some lovely hot summer weather and our lawn turned brown which we have not seen for a few years. The recent thunderstorms at the end of the hot weather and more rain since is gradually returning our lawn back to green. It has just been great...
