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Rachel Mathews

Rachel Mathews

Professional international garden designer for over 25 years. My mission is to de-mystify garden design and make it easy for people to successfully design their own garden - without needing to spend a fortune!

Garden Design
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Transforming a bland square shape back garden – Case study

Like a lot of gardens, the garden featured in this month’s case study was a fairly typical one. It consisted mainly of just lawn with a few plants dotted around and a...
by Rachel Mathews
Garden Design
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How to make your garden look spectacular this summer!

Summer is the time to really appreciate your garden, so let’s maximise your enjoyment by making the landscape look as spectacular as possible! There’s nothing...
by Rachel Mathews
Design Show
Garden Design
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[DESIGN SHOW 23] Great & not so great British garden design

 In this episode Rachel continues her tour of Great British gardens and shows what to do and more importantly what not to do in your garden! Hestercombe near Taunton in...
by Rachel Mathews
Garden Design
HALL OF FAME - SGD student gardens!
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Sam’s stunning garden – update

I always love it when SGD students send me photos of their gardens after doing our courses. We featured Sam’s finished garden a few years ago. So I thought we’d...
by Rachel Mathews
Sicilian Garden
Garden Design
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Garden Design Tips – Sicilian Inspiration

I’ve just returned from a lovely month in Sicily. Whilst, there wasn’t exactly an abundance of gardens to visit in the area I was staying in, here are some design...
by Rachel Mathews
Garden Design
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Drought tolerant gardens – lush Xeriscaping not Zeroscaping deserts!

How do you create a beautiful garden in a dry, low water region without needing to constantly irrigate or risk having it look like a desert? I’m going to draw examples...
by Rachel Mathews
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