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Contemporary Gardens
Garden Ideas
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Ideas for your garden – gallery 3 Modern Contemporary Gardens

In last week's ideas for your garden gallery we featured a selection of more traditional styles of garden with a heavy emphasis on plants. This week's gallery, the last in this
by Rachel Mathews
Garden Design
Garden Ideas
Small Garden Design
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Garden Ideas Gallery – Small and Medium Sized Garden Pictures [part 1]

Looking for ideas for your garden? As promised last week, here is the first of three portfolios of finished gardens. I've labelled this one beginner level because most of the gardens
by Rachel Mathews
Garden Design
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How to build a courtyard garden [part 4]

In this video you will see the courtyard garden (design shown in how to design a courtyard garden video) being built. This is the first stage of the courtyard garden construction. The
by Rachel Mathews
Garden Design
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How to Design a Courtyard Garden [part 3]

In this garden design video tutorial you’ll see the design process from start to finish – lots of trade secrets given away in this one... (it was one of my
by Rachel Mathews
Garden Design
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How to draw a garden site survey plan to scale [part 2]

In this garden design video tutorial we take a look at how to turn all those measurements you took from the last video and translate them into a usable drawing -
by Rachel Mathews
Garden Design
landscape design
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How to measure a garden [part 1]

How to survey your garden To view this garden survey video along with many others visit the Successful Garden Design YouTube Channel The video above shows the first stage in how to
by Rachel Mathews
Garden Design
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Garden design – Be careful of the ‘gap trap’!

When I do garden design consults there is one sentence I hear over and over again: “Oh we just put that there because we had a gap, it doesn’t have 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
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