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Garden design styles
April 18th, 2021
Modern gardens have a diversity of style. Many of my clients have a shrewd idea of the sort of garden they want to have designed and then constructed for them. We are all influenced by gardens we have seen or visited. A modern garden needs to fit with our 21st century lifestyles and realistic budgets. […] -
Hard landscaping, soft landscaping
April 13th, 2021
Hard landscaping is an element in more than 90% of design projects. Clients from Darras Hall, Gosforth, Tynemouth, Hexham, Corbridge to Seahouses and Morpeth often ask me to include a patio as a major part of the build. We mainly use products from the Talasey group from their landscaping collection range, for example natural paving. […] -
Retro style- childhood memories
April 7th, 2021
Just ordered some seeds from Fothergill’s for my own garden. Everyone’s going seed crazy during the lockdown as people have focused more on their gardens. From a gardening point of view this is interesting. Andy Sturgeon won at Chelsea with his take on a woodland garden from his childhood. Maybe designs may be influenced by […] -
Demand for landscaping during Covid
March 28th, 2021
Demand for design and landscaping has increased considerably since the beginning of the year. I have been extremely busy visiting garden projects, talking to clients and creating plans and planting lists. Currently Duncan Scott my top landscaper is booked until July for builds. Don’t let this put you off as a new garden would be […] -
Megan Markle’s interview garden
March 10th, 2021
Californian gardens are interesting and although the weather conditions are very different from the UK the latest fashions in gardens sometimes start there. The garden in the now infamous interview between Megan and Oprah took place in a neighbours garden and is an example of the new neutral style. The colours are all soft. They […] -
Still trading throughout lockdown
March 10th, 2021
March blog entry- pre spring period We are still trading during the lockdown and will visit to discuss your garden in the open air. Recent plans have resulted in successful builds in Hepscott, Prudhoe, Darras Hall Ponteland. We are currently drawing plans for families in Whinfell, Darras Hall, Ponteland, New build in Medburn adjacent to […] -
Winter is a good time to plan your garden
February 2nd, 2021
It’s important to plan gardens in winter so you can work out the position of the plant beds plus it would help us organise a slot for the garden build early in the season. Hard landscaping (patios, walls, paths and raised beds) can be booked up months ahead and if you want to plant a […] -
Poppies
June 1st, 2020
Poppies are beautiful plants to grow in your garden. They are especially good in drier conditions on poorer soils. The photo above is from my garden. As you can guess, I love plants and as a designer the art of combining them creatively and harmonising them as backdrops against hard landscape materials.