I've returned to the UK and I'm not in my mother's good books... "I can't believe I married a nurseryman and have a daughter who's a garden designer and my garden STILL looks awful!"... Oops, guess it's about time I looked at that border I said I'd fix about 2 years ago! It's because I've been so busy over at Successful Garden Design creating lots of wonderful free … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – Fixing a messy border
Garden Planting
Plant Selection – Magic in May
May is my favourite month of the whole year in the UK. Mostly, because it's the start of some great flowers appearing and all the signs are there that summer is on its way... May Plant Selection Here are some of my favourite planting combinations for this time of year. They can be used as an add on to April's plant selection. In fact, I encourage you to do so. The two … [Read more...] about Plant Selection – Magic in May
Plant Selection – Amazing in April
Finally, spring is actually with us (albeit for brief and teasing snatches here in the UK). It means our plant choices are getting more varied. So following on from March's subtle planting scheme that wouldn't clash with all the spring flowering bulbs, this month's garden plant selection has brighter colours but will still compliment all the bright bulb colours. This … [Read more...] about Plant Selection – Amazing in April
[DESIGN SHOW 15] Planting ideas, long & wide garden plans
To see more about the Great Garden Formula 3.0 visit: https://www.greatgardenformula.com In this episode Successful Garden Designers Rachel Mathews and Ali Conway walk you round the Cambridge Botanic Gardens to look at how to effectively repeat plant in your garden. They also show designs they have been working on for a long garden and a wide garden. You can find … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 15] Planting ideas, long & wide garden plans
[DESIGN SHOW 12] – Garden Focal Points & Plant Border Tips
In this episode garden designer Rachel Mathews discusses how to correctly position garden statues, sculptures and focal points. You can see the rest of her interview with artist and author Kitty Harri in the Andalusian sculpture garden in Otivar near Granada in Spain. Rachel will then give you her tops tips on positioning focal points from a garden designer's perspective. … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 12] – Garden Focal Points & Plant Border Tips
