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In last week's blog post we looked at how to tackle a tiny courtyard garden for reader Rachel Scott. This week we are going to look at the second part of

by Rachel Mathews

Garden Design

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The Honest Scrap Award!

If this is your first time visiting this blog - don't read this post! This one is just a lark around and won't really help you with your garden. Read

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 -

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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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

Garden Design

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Do you suffer from the phobia that affects new gardeners?

Designing your own garden is great to do but you must be careful that you don't fall fowl of one of the most important aspects of garden planning... There is a

by Rachel Mathews

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