What makes for good garden design? It's such a subjective topic...although one should not ignore strong technical elements. Consumer garden needs are always changing which means that the 'design sands

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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

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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

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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

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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