Time for my own garden…

After spending 12 years designing client’s gardens, I am finally designing my own front garden and driveway and I get to please myself.  Now this is a great feeling, but it is also slightly scary.  Garden designers find it notoriously difficult to design their...

Snowdrops are here….

If you want confirmation that spring is on the far horizon, seeing snowdrops in flower is a good sign. To see a mass of snowdrops on a roadside bank or in a woodland is a magical moment. To find out where you can see them near where you live, go to the website below...

Five More Great Plants for Winter Colour, Scent and Berries….

I have been working this week on a planting plan for a driveway and front garden. The client has asked for evergreen structure with year round interest and colour and I have used a number of the shrubs and plants I have written about, starting with my first...