Designing Tips – Successful Garden & Lifestyle Design

A few years back, a friend of mine asked me to redesign the garden of a house she'd just bought. I was happy to help as I could see there

by Rachel Mathews

Design Show

Garden Lighting

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[DESIGN SHOW 1] Californian garden design plan and how to place feature lighting

In this Garden Design Show Episode... Rachel will show you how she has designed a wide garden, near LA. She'll discuss how to get the most from your landscaping materials, to

by Rachel Mathews

Garden Design

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How to visualise your garden design (especially if you can’t visualise!)

I was discussing garden design with Alison Kerr from Loving Nature's Garden the other day, specifically about how tough it can be to visualise how the garden design changes you want

by Rachel Mathews

Choosing Plants For Your Garden

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Plant passion v precision (or when it all goes wrong for a garden designer…)

Picture this - you've designed a lovely garden. Everyone is happy with it. Even the builders have followed the plan to the letter, no one has changed or accidentally botched

by Rachel Mathews

Changing a ‘nice enough’ garden that isn’t nice enough!

[DESIGN SHOW 1] Californian garden design plan and how to place feature lighting

How to visualise your garden design (especially if you can’t visualise!)

Plant passion v precision (or when it all goes wrong for a garden designer…)