Trellis screening not only has practical uses in the garden, they can be very attractive focal points too. If you are looking for an accent piece for your garden or even a privacy screen, a trellis does a fine job, particularly when well covered with plants, woven through its lattice framework. Trellis screening construction If you’d like to add interest and practicality to … [Read more...] about Trellis screening tips for the garden
Online garden design course student – Zakes’ garden
Great Garden Formula online course student Zakes, an airline attendant from South Africa, shares his garden journey. His story, as you'll see in the videos, is a remarkable one... Zakes lives in Johannesburg. Working as a flight attendant enabled him to visit gardens all over the world. Inspired by all the amazing gardens he saw on his travels, Zakes went about … [Read more...] about Online garden design course student – Zakes’ garden
Successful Garden Design Tips – Evergreen Plants – Winter Wonders
Evergreen planting tips for your garden Evergreen plants can often be overlooked and underused. In this week's quick tips video Rachel demonstrates just how amazing they can be... Plant Design Principles When designing any planting scheme it's important to consider the following: Garden growing conditions eg. sun, shade, rainfall, soil type, temperatures Heights … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – Evergreen Plants – Winter Wonders
[DESIGN SHOW 24] Sensational Autumn & Winter Border Planting Tips
In this Successful Garden Design Show episode... Rachel visits Marks Hall Garden and Arboretum in Essex for inspiration on how to create modern and natural planting schemes with autumn and winter interest... We look at how the addition of grasses and key plants into a border can prolong the length of time the garden looks good. The purple flowered Asters and … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 24] Sensational Autumn & Winter Border Planting Tips
Successful Garden Design Tips – Wonderful Winter Planting
What is it that makes a planting border look good all year round? In this video Rachel takes a look at the world famous Beth Chatto gravel garden for inspiration. Evergreens certainly play their role in the winter months but don't discount grasses and herbaceous perennials. Even though they might not be at their best in the winter, they still offer shape and form - … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – Wonderful Winter Planting
Successful Garden Design Tips – Planting with grasses
Add the wow factor to your garden this autumn! In this week's Successful Garden Design quick tips video we look at different ways to plant grasses effectively in the garden... Grouping grasses coming up in drifts throughout the other plants is a great way to incorporate grasses into the garden. Planting grasses this way helps highlight the striking colours of the … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – Planting with grasses
[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 Somerset is the first garden featured in this episode. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and planting was done by Gertrude Jekyll. The attention to detail in the hard … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 23] Great & not so great British garden design
Successful Garden Design Tips – importance of proper planning
They say never work for friends or family... here's a garden that DIDN'T go to plan... In the video you will see how important it is to: Plan properly Stick to the plan! It's SO easy to get carried away when landscaping your garden and not really consider how everything has a knock on effect with everything else. Make sure you know about design before you … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – importance of proper planning
Successful Garden Design Tips – overlooked gardens
[svp]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHWNHfbxyG8[/svp] This week we take a look at how to lessen the impact of being overlooked by lots of buildings and creating a lovely garden! A quiet peaceful space can still be created in a very overlooked garden. The height of the trees helps take they eyes away from the buildings. You don't have to use palm trees to … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – overlooked gardens
[DESIGN SHOW 22] Creating glorious herbaceous flower borders
In this episode Rachel visits some wonderful gardens in the south of England and takes a look at what makes their herbaceous flower borders great... as well as not so great! This lovely herbaceous border is one of the first parts of the West Dean Gardens. It looks great mid to late summer. Gardens featured are Waterperry in Oxfordshire and West Dean gardens in … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 22] Creating glorious herbaceous flower borders