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Informal raised beds are ideal for bringing ‘height’ to a garden, where they create attractive focal points as well as enabling plants to be grown at waist-height so that they can be easily seen and tended. Once again, they can be surprisingly quick, easy and economical to construct, and they… Continue Reading…
The design of the plant enthusiast’s garden has been carefully thought out to offer the plant enthusiast the greatest number of different habitats in order to grow the widest possible range of plants within a fairly limited area. The design also ensures that the plant enthusiast has a garden that… Continue Reading…
Raised beds are an efficient way of growing vegetables and can be used for mini-vegetable plots, potagers and no-dig systems. In such a bed, the volume of soil is increased by adding organic matter so it is higher than the surrounding paths.
You can have just a single raised bed… Continue Reading…
The semi-formal nature of this garden comes from the fact that it is designed around a geometrical shape and all the paving and raised beds are symmetrical. The garden is balanced by the chairs, set diagonally to emphasize the axis, and by the planters either side of the seat. The… Continue Reading…
Fragrant plants are always welcome in gardens. Nosegay gardens, however, are something special and a little different – ideal for introducing a wide range of rich fragrances to beds alongside patios.
In earlier years, nosegay beds were parts of medicinal herb gardens, at a time when a nosegay was a… Continue Reading…
There are few styles of garden more clinical yet as serene and calming as Japanese gardens. These gardens traditionally make extensive use of water, stone lanterns, bamboos, maples, azaleas, bridges and pagodas, but a simpler form can be created for small, enclosed gardens.
This is the so-called ‘dry garden’, a… Continue Reading…
A shady home garden can be left pretty well to its own devices over summer. If your garden is in full sun, however, you have to think along altogether different lines. Whatever you do, don’t let the sunshine tempt you into planting perennial borders. What’s good for your perennial flowers… Continue Reading…
Gravel makes an ideal garden surface because it drains well and stands up to a lot of wear. It is cheap, easy to lay and easy to replace, and it is extremely versatile. Gravel is a good choice for a garden that you might want to alter later on, and… Continue Reading…
The main design feature of Japanese-style garden is the geometric layout of the floor, and several different materials have been used to create patterns of wood, bricks, gravel and stone. Water, light and a few carefully chosen feature plants are then used to contrast with and complement this geometric pattern.… Continue Reading…
I have left till last the very worst—the scenario that makes strong gardeners turn pale. It’s The Wedding. It may be your own child who surprises you with the determination to be married in the garden (the first whiff of interest in the garden in twenty-five years). Or perhaps back… Continue Reading…