by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | 'garden tree', 2021, apples, architectural structure, back gardens, bare root fruit trees, bees, bees and insects, berries, biodiversity, cooking apples, Copper Mango Photography, Design, designing your own garden, fences, focal points in the garden, fruit cordons, fruit trees, garden design, garden relaxation, Gardeners' World Magazine, habitat for wildlife, insect habitat, July, pears, Plants, plums, Potager, Potager gardens, Raised wooden beds, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Scotland's Gardens Scheme, shapes, soft fruit, spring blossom, spring colour, Stepover fruit hedge, Stepover fruit trees, trained fruit as screens, trained fruit trees on walls, Trained fruit: think design as well as taste, trees, winter structure
Imagine wandering through your own orchard, enjoying spring blossom and the buzz of bees, the laughter of children playing amongst the trees, picking ripe fruit in the autumn. Lovely as it sounds, most of us have much smaller gardens, but you can work them hard and...
by GillianPolley | Sep 16, 2016 | 2016, apples, back gardens, bare root fruit trees, bees and insects, cooking apples, Design, designing your own garden, fruit trees, pears, plums, Polley Garden Design, Potager, Potager gardens, Raised beds dimensions, september, soft fruit, soft landscaping, Stepover fruit trees, Vegetable growing
Potager gardens originated in 16th Century France arising from kitchen gardens of monasteries, growing vegetables, fruit, flowers and herbs together in symmetrical geometrical garden beds planted in groups rather then rows. Plants are chosen for both their good looks...
by GillianPolley | Jan 18, 2016 | 2016, annual plants, back gardens, Colour, colour in the garden, community gardens, containers, cooking apples, Dahlias, Design, Edinburgh, evergreen plants, front garden, fruit trees, garden inspiration, garden trends 2016, January, local hard landscaping materials, long flowering period, low maintenance plants, outdoor kitchens, outdoor sitting areas, Plants, plums, Polley Garden Design, rear garden patio, rear garden terrace, shrubs, Stepover fruit trees, Vegetable growing
Fun, Chat, Eat and Relax are the key words for 2016 in the garden. Our desire for a healthy lifestyle continues from last year and growing your own vegetables, fruit and herbs in our gardens remains popular. From mixing it up and growing vegetables and flowers...
by GillianPolley | Jan 2, 2015 | 2015, annual plants, apples, back gardens, Bailey, bare root fruit trees, bats, bees, bees and insects, Birds, Colour, colour in the garden, community gardens, conifers, containers, Design, dogs, Edinburgh, evergreen plants, front garden, fruit trees, garden inspiration, Garden trends 2015, habitat for wildlife, herbaceous perennials, insect habitat, insect hotels, insects, January, outdoor pools and spas, pears, Plants, plums, Polley Garden Design, Raised wooden beds, rural country gardens, shapes, shrubs, Spring, Stepover fruit trees, Top garden trends for 2015, trained fruit trees on walls, trees, Tweed Valley Fruit Trees, urban green spaces, Vegetable growing, wildlife habitats
In the world of fashion for Spring 2015, navy is the ‘new black’, the pattern is gingham and the style of jacket is ‘kimono cool’. A couple of months ago I brought a kimono style jacket for a change and I am delighted to be ‘kimono...
by GillianPolley | Oct 31, 2014 | back gardens, bare root fruit trees, Design, Edinburgh, fences, front garden, fruit trees, Plants, plums, Polley Garden Design, spring blossom, Stepover fruit trees, Tweed Valley Fruit Trees
It has been a bumper year for fruit in our gardens and I often include fruit trees in my garden designs. A great way of making the most of sunny walls and fences in a garden is to wire them up and add some trained fruit trees. Or you can put in wooden posts...
