Ideas for your garden and patio, showing award-winning gardens as well as lots of inspiring ideas such as Gardens with Seating Areas. Here we also showcase some of our favourite gardens that never cease to inspire us. These include Overbecks, Villa Taranto and Isola Bella.
Winkworth Arboretum – Painting A Picture With Plants
Winkworth Arboretum located in Godalming, Surrey is a stunning 130-acre landscaped woodland of rare and unusual trees created by the visionary Dr Wilfred Fox. It’s the National Trust’s only arboretum and welcomes over 100,000 visitors annually. The arboretum blazes with colour throughout the [...]
Find Your Avant-Garde Inspiration At Charleston House and Gardens
Charleston House and Gardens are located near the pretty town of Lewes, in the heart of the Sussex countryside. It opened to the public in 1986 under the care of the Charleston Trust after Duncan Grant’s death in 1978. Charleston is well-known as a place the Bloomsbury Group, a group of radical [...]
Preparing The Garden for Entertaining This Summer
Summer is here! Let’s get the garden ready for entertaining. Take A Seat Seating is always first on our garden essentials list when preparing the garden for entertaining. Taking a pew in your garden is one of life’s pleasures whether you’re enjoying a quiet early morning cup of coffee or [...]
How To Choose The Best Plants For A Rock Garden
Rock gardens are a low maintenance style that never goes out of fashion. Whether you’re working with lots of room or just one border there are plenty of plants that love the well-drained conditions a contemporary rock garden creates. Inspiring Japanese-style rock garden. What Exactly Is A Rock [...]
All You Need To Know About Pleached Fruit Trees
If you’ve ever wondered what pleached trees are, specifically pleached fruit trees, how they differ from espaliers and fan-trained trees, or what on earth a hedge-on-stilts is, you’ll find all the answers here. If we’ve missed anything drop us a line or call and we’ll do our best to help. [...]
Plants For A West Facing Wall
If you’re looking to plant up or improve a west-facing border then you’ve struck gold. A sun-soaked west-facing wall is one of the best places to grow many colourful plants but it’s not without a few challenges. The main issue you’ll have is the temperature level. West-facing walls [...]