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PRINCIPLES OF FOCAL POINTS Whether it’s a contemporary London garden or a countryside estate that I am designing, the principles of design come into play in both. How, where, and what focal [...]

When I created my garden ‘Beneath a Mexican Sky’ at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2017, I clearly remember the moment the space became a garden. It was when the first tree was planted that I had [...]

FERN BIOLOGY Ferns have to be the most under rated plant used in our gardens. Ferns deserve to be more widely used as they provide the green lushness to our gardens. They are the perfect plant [...]

How many of us go off on holiday and return, longing to have a garden with the lush greenery and foliage of the places that we have visited? With our climate getting warmer, there certainly seems [...]

I have always wanted to live and garden by the sea. There is something liberating about the sense of space, wonderful light and heightened awareness of the seasons at the coast. This, plus the [...]

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The conventional approach to the way we layout our gardens is to have the structural planting combined with the pretty, colourful perennial plants close to the home so that we enjoy the views. [...]

I was recently filming with a TV production company at the gardens at Tatton Park. If you have not been, I would highly recommend a visit. We were particularly interested in filming in the [...]

History of the Rose As a human race, in both the East and the West, we have a very long and close relationship with the rose. Initially it was probably used as a herb but gradually over the [...]