I am often asked how to grow fruit and veg in the garden and still have it look good. In this Successful Garden Design Show episode, we take a look at one of the best organic vegetable gardens in the world - Babylonstoren. Vegetable Garden Ideas - the Designer Way The Babylonstoren vineyard and garden is in the Western Cape of South Africa. The garden was designed by the … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 28] Designer fruit, vegetable & herb garden ideas
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[DESIGN SHOW 27] Borrowed Landscapes – Incorporating Views into your Garden
Incorporating a natural landscape (borrowed view) into the design of your garden can be a daunting challenge... It might surprise you that it doesn't matter if the view beyond your garden is natural or manmade, the principles of incorporation are the same. In this latest Successful Garden Design Show episode, international garden designer Rachel Mathews will walk you … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 27] Borrowed Landscapes – Incorporating Views into your Garden
[DESIGN SHOW 26] Planting design tips for great looking borders
In this Successful Garden Design Show episode, Rachel gives her 3 top planting design tips. She'll show you exactly how you can create stunning planting borders wherever you are in the world. This episode was filmed in the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town, South Africa. Planting Design Tips Re-Cap Tip 1 - Group Planting Tip 2 - Power Plants Tip 3 - … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 26] Planting design tips for great looking borders
[DESIGN SHOW 25] Sloping, wide garden design plan ideas
Wide, Sloping Garden Design Concept Plan Ideas In this episode, professional, international garden designer Rachel Mathews will show how she designed a wide, shallow client garden with lots of changes in level. As you'll see in the video, the design the landscaping company came up with, wasn't making the best use of space within the garden or tackling the slope … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 25] Sloping, wide garden design plan ideas
[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
[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
[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
[DESIGN SHOW 21] Plant Design Secrets & Beautiful UK Gardens
Learn how to design stunning planting schemes here: https://successfulgardendesigncourses.com/plantdesign/ In this episode Rachel visits the Beth Chatto Garden near Colchester in Essex and looks at what makes the famous planting schemes work so well. She also visits a private garden close by to Beth's garden that is sometimes open to the public at Little Bentley … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 21] Plant Design Secrets & Beautiful UK Gardens
[DESIGN SHOW 20] – Courtyard gardens & English cottage style
In this episode Rachel gives us a guided tour of how the Spanish courtyard garden looks 7 years after it was first featured on Successful Garden Design as well as visits a tiny courtyard garden to help the owner give it a much needed makeover. And we feature a tiny little Andalusian courtyard garden in desperate need of a makeover. Rachel and the owner Tina give a 2m x … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 20] – Courtyard gardens & English cottage style
[DESIGN SHOW 19] – Mediterranean garden tour & adding the WOW with colour
Download the WOW factor garden cheat sheet from: https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/wow/ Details of William and Robert's fantastic mountain Med garden can be found here: https://www.jardinalpujarra.com/the-garden/ If you'd like to volunteer to help in the garden, details of how to do that are here: … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 19] – Mediterranean garden tour & adding the WOW with colour
