I’m always being asked for ideas for breaking up the space in a shallow wide garden. Many people also want to know how to make it look longer. Many houses today are being built on small, individual plots. Gardens are getting smaller and they’re often shallow or odd wedge-shapes. So I asked acclaimed garden designer …
Gardening for biodiversity means gardening with nature rather than trying to control it. And it’s caused a revolution in our gardening rules. Firstly, it means less work for you. A few years ago, you would have been advised to scatter slug pellets, take your leaves to the local tip and mow your lawns into smart …
Kathy and Stuart Pickering created their rustic cottage garden in a stretch of field. And you can use the same techniques to turn an empty lawn into a haven of colour and scent, filled with butterflies and birdsong. Their space is equivalent to a long, narrow town garden, measuring around 30ft x 100ft, but the …
Leave the leaves is the new gardening mantra. It appeals to me more than getting out a leaf blower or a rake,then bagging up leaves and finding somewhere to store them. They will break down into valuable leaf mould but they take their time – sometimes it is several years before you will get the …
We all have ‘difficult garden areas‘ or spaces we want to revamp without re-designing the whole garden. It may be a corner where nothing wants to grow. Or a space which just seems to attract clutter. You could term it a ‘garden dead zone.’ If a shed has rotted or a tree has died, or …