Garden Plants – Successful Garden & Lifestyle Design

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

by Rachel Mathews

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Plant Selection – Marvellous in March

Flowering and foliage plants for March are considerably more plentiful than the previous months. I've gone for quite a subtle colour scheme this month. There's good reason, March tends to

by Rachel Mathews

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Plant Selection – Fabulous in February

Garden planting in February can still be quite a hard month to have the garden look good in. We are still relying heavily on those evergreen plants to save the

by Rachel Mathews

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Plant Selection – Jolly in January

Garden planting in January can be one of the hardest months to have the garden look good in. It's the time of year where the evergreen plants really come in

by Rachel Mathews

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Garden Plant Selection – Nice in November

November can be a depressing month weather-wise, particularly in the UK, but with the right plant combinations in your garden, you can help lift the gloom of the coming winter

by Rachel Mathews

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Plant Design Tips and Plant Choosing Tools

Plants, let's talk plants. Spring is here, or so they tell us, though we're not seeing much sign of it at the moment here in the UK. With Easter upon us

by Rachel Mathews

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Plant Picking Tools – 3 great ways to help you choose the right plants for your garden

Choosing the right garden plants can be quite tricky, in part because of the sheer range that's available in most garden centres these days. All sorts of plants from the

by Rachel Mathews

Choosing Plants For Your Garden

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Choosing Plants for Your Garden

Are You a Plant Whisperer or Accidental Plant Assassin? Are you a totally new gardener or have established yourself as an accidental plant serial-killer? Perhaps you consider yourself so brown thumbed that

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