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Garden Design
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Great Garden Design – the Key is Simplicity

Whilst I'm not a fan of the overused expression "Less is More" (which does not apply to cake or chocolate), can be pertinent to designing a garden, especially for modern

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Garden Design
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Weird or wonderful water feature?

Here's a contemporary conundrum for you - how do you make a modern pond crossing safer for children and still without traditional handrails? The designer of this garden used their imagination

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Garden Design
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Garden focal points & features – the art of placement

So although I’ve never met you, the chances are high I can guess where you’d stick a focal point or garden feature… Where there’s a big hole… in your planting! ;o) Would

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Garden Design
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HAPPY NEW YEAR & GARDEN!

Here's a cheeky (quite literally!) 'Teaser' for you... There's a small design faux pas with this beautiful pond - can you spot what it is? If you can spot what the issue

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Garden Design
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Simplicity is Key – Designer Pond Idea

I must admit I'm not a big fan of grey when it comes to UK gardens (we've got enough of it in the sky)! But that aside, take a look at the pond steps... * The

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Garden Design
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Jean’s Garden & our 15 Year Anniversary!

This is Successful Garden Design student Jean's garden. The garden isn't finished yet, there are still the plants to go in but she's done a great job relandscaping it so

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Garden tours
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2 Glorious garden tours – Isle of Wight

Technically, I was on holiday but, of course, the garden designer within couldn't miss the opportunity to photograph gardens when the opportunity arose! The first, Osborne House, a fond favourite of 

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Design Show
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GDS 47 – Garden Planting & Allotment Update + a bit of the Chelsea Flower Show!

Attend one of Rachel's FREE online garden design classes: https://www.successfulgardendesigner.com/free-classes Read about Sam's Garden Design Career here: https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/from-personal-to-professional-sams-garden-designer-story/ Sam's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/chilterngardendesign

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Design Show
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GDS46 – Spanish Courtyard Garden 15 year update

It's been a while since we last did an update on the Spanish Courtyard garden! See the full Spanish Garden Design & Build Video Series below or watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnRyZAYQT5KtyBcx9VvZNlgWK9JbKBIPF Free

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