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If you'd like to to get your copy of the Great Garden Formula online garden design course, get it here: https://www.greatgardenformula.com/ Sloping garden ideas, steps and retaining walls In this episode, professional, international garden designer Rachel Mathews will feature sloping gardens, steps and how to deal with a retaining wall and changes in level. She will reveal … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 7] – Sloping garden ideas, steps and retaining walls
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[DESIGN SHOW 6] – Front Garden Ideas
Check out the Great Garden Formula online garden design course that Rachel mentions in the episode: https://successfulgardendesigncourses.com/great-garden-formula/ Front Garden Design Ideas In this video, you will learn how to transform your front garden. Professional international, garden designer, Rachel Mathews, will show you how to plan front garden design ideas in a … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 6] – Front Garden Ideas
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 day. Right click image and choose ‘Save As’ to download a larger version. Ilex crenata Convexed Gold This small evergreen plant, for all intense and purposes, looks just like a 'golden box' shrub. It's not … [Read more...] about Plant Selection – Fabulous in February
[DESIGN SHOW 2] – How to Design a Garden
This Garden Design Show episode features the first quick-sketch challenge. In ten minutes or less, Rachel will come up with as many ideas as she can for a viewer's garden in the UK. You'll be able to see how to plan a garden from scratch and how important correctly dividing the space in your garden is. Rachel will show you how to make your garden look more visually … [Read more...] about [DESIGN SHOW 2] – How to Design a Garden
Garden tour update
Truth be told, I've not seen nearly as many gardens on my tour round Spain, so far, as I would have hoped. Part of it is due to setting out over 2 months later than I'd originally planned! So touring round at this time of year, with the intense heat, is far from ideal, but I am loving the trip so far, nonetheless. I'm currently in central Spain having driven up from the … [Read more...] about Garden tour update
Small Garden Ideas Pt 2 – How to landscape titchy-tiny spaces
In this small garden ideas part 2 video we're going to look at how you can successfully landscape really tiny gardens. I'll also reveal the answer to the last week's challenge question. In the small garden ideas part 1 video blog, I asked you what was so important about the planting of the Moroccan styled courtyard garden at Casa Aire de Lecrin. This week's questions: In … [Read more...] about Small Garden Ideas Pt 2 – How to landscape titchy-tiny spaces
If you’ve got a long one, then it needs to be a tease…
One of the keys to having your garden look great is down to how you divide up the space within it. I find the well worn phrase of 'garden rooms' really annoying (don't know why, I just do), so I'm going to try to explain what I mean about dividing the space in your garden, without using the 'r' word. We'll see how I get on. Different shape gardens need different space … [Read more...] about If you’ve got a long one, then it needs to be a tease…
Gardens that disappoint – the Chelsea Flower Show
Have you been watching the coverage of the world's greatest gardens, the Chelsea Flower Show in London? What do you think of the gardens this year? I hate to admit it, but I'm really not enjoying the gardens. In fact, if I'm really honest, I haven't for a few years now... After watching the garden coverage on TV, I think I've turned into a 'grumpy old woman' (though … [Read more...] about Gardens that disappoint – the Chelsea Flower Show
Landscaping Disasters – How to Avoid Wasting Money in Your Garden
Landscaping a garden can be a costly business. There are certainly ways keep costs down but there's one thing that will really screw up any landscaping work you have done... Not having a design. I see this all the time. People hire a professional landscape team, pay out several thousand to create their dream garden only to find it doesn't look a great deal better at the … [Read more...] about Landscaping Disasters – How to Avoid Wasting Money in Your Garden
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 - the scale plan. You can also view this drawing a scale plan video along with many more on the Successful Garden Design YouTube Channel. Why bother, though? I mean, really, who wants to spend any of their free … [Read more...] about How to draw a garden site survey plan to scale [part 2]