As part of the Gap Festival, my garden will be open on Sunday 17th June (2-5 pm). Tea and cake will be available, so lets hope for sunshine. Meadows, bees, donkeys, asparagus beds, cut flower gardens, plants for sale, and a fabulous man cave awaits. All proceeds to www.thrive.org.uk My garden also features an abundance of homegrown, fresh [...]
We are very proud of the fact that we don’t do ‘ordinary. So finding other like-minded artisans is always a joy, especially when their skill is capturing the extraordinary and presenting it so beautifully. Having been introduced to professional garden photographer Sussie Bell, with who we work closely […]
The 1st May 2017 saw us celebrating The Garden Design Company’s 21st birthday. A special occasion in anyone’s life, this was a great thrill and bought a tremendous sense of achievement. Fittingly, in our 21st year, Mays edition of Homes and Gardens featured one of our longest running projects. The six page spread really captured [...]
No one can resist the allure of spring bulbs for they really signal that winter is over and the days are getting longer. However planting bulbs on mass can be tedious to say the least, especially when faced with nearly 40,000 of them, which is what we planted in 2016/17. Good job then that the [...]
Tree planting Fast asleep from the end of November, field grown trees are the traditional way of sourcing and planting trees. Usually available up to 14 or 16’ in height, trees planted in the winter could be boasting stunning blossom in a matter of months, as with these Prunus Shirofugen planted by us less than four [...]
Following the Glorious start to September, the heavens opened with a vengeance on the 10th when my garden was open for the first time under the National Garden Scheme. However the spirits of those who ventured forth were buoyed by much cake and tea, and a plant stall groaning under the weight of plants that [...]
Ever wondered what my garden looks like? Come along on the 10th of September and you can find out! When you are the owner of a successful and well established garden design company there are certain expectations around what your garden might look like. Some assume that it’s Chelsea Flower Show without the crowds, whilst [...]
20 years ago The Garden Design Company was born…
and despite two children arriving at around the same time the Company has gone from strength to strength. Relying almost exclusively on recommendation and repeat business, both tremendous relationships and gardens have developed along the way. […]
Introduced to the Chiltern estate project in 2009, some may say we never want to leave, for we are still working on creating this garden, as the grounds evolve before us. The garden evokes a gorgeous feeling of serenity; don’t tell the client, but the garden really feels like it’s my own garden. You can [...]
At last Spring seems with us despite the false dawns after a mild but very wet winter. So it was good to finish the cutting back of my own herbaceous borders and have the ultimate Spring Clean. Burning old grasses echoes the techniques used by nature to clear up old prairies and encourage new growth. [...]
