Having a garden that is an unusual or awkward shape can often feel like a nightmare to deal with. Actually though, an awkward shape garden often as not is a blessing because it enables you to come up with a design that is very unique, that you wouldn't have been able to do in a regular rectangular shape garden. So how do you transform an awkward shape … [Read more...] about Awkward shaped garden design solutions – Case study
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A back front garden! An unusual garden – Case study
The garden in this month's case study is a little bit unusual. This is because the driveway ran down the side of it to the garage and parking area at the top. So it was a bit like having a front and back garden combined as one. So how do you overcome an awkward or unusual garden layout? Step 1 Your main job is to disguise the part that is unusual, or try to at least … [Read more...] about A back front garden! An unusual garden – Case study
[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
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 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
Successful Garden Design Tips – Planting scheme secrets!
If you'd like to attend one of Rachel's free online fast track design classes mentioned in the video, you can register here: https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/freeclasses/ In this quick tips video Rachel walks you through a very simple trick to creating stunning planting schemes when she visits the Waterperry gardens in Oxfordshire. Do you have any garden design … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – Planting scheme secrets!
Successful Garden Design Tips – getting planting numbers correct
Learn more about garden design, attend one of Rachel's FREE online garden design classes - register here: https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/freeclasses/ In this week's Successful Garden Design tips video Rachel walks you through how to get the planting quantities right and how to successfully plant in groups. She'll also show you a little trick for making sure your … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – getting planting numbers correct