It is always a pleasure to create a garden for a beautiful home and this unique passivhaus was no exception. The house, built by Greenheart, is modern in style, fully clad in Western Red Cedar with sedum roofs. The garden needed to be an extension of the home to be used for outdoor lounging and […]
Sustainable Garden Studio
The brief was to create a garden room that would be used as an art studio and cosy nook to sit and enjoy the surrounding planting. This was an addition to a garden that we already designed and built (see project here), so it had to be designed into the existing garden seamlessly. It needed […]
RHS Chelsea Microbiome Garden
Healthy Landscape, Healthy Gut, Healthy Mind.
Mediterranean Terrace Garden
A terraced garden design to make use of a sloping garden, with the planting at centre stage.
Country Garden in Bath
A timeless country garden with interesting features that celebrate wildlife.
Contemporary Country Garden
A plant filled paradise garden with privacy, colour and texture.
Calming Contemporary Garden
A cool, calm and contemporary garden, oozing with bespoke details and rich planting
School Amphitheatre
School amphitheatre seating area. School garden design and build using sustainable techniques and sensory planting
Gravel Garden for Wildlife
A contemporary gravel garden filled with flowering perennials, designed to host a range of wildlife.
Perennial Garden
A charming colourful oasis to enjoy from the conservatory
Office Courtyard
An oasis of calm at the Office Courtyard
Hampshire Constabulary Memorial Garden
A memorial garden for those who served with Hampshire Police force
Greenbook Instagram Feed
The secret to making a tiny garden is actually to add MORE to it!
It seems counter intuitive, but if there are large features and every inch of the space is packed with detail, it takes you longer to see all of the garden. Whilst your brain is absorbing all of the detail it then makes seem bigger!
This was the Pocket Garden Makeover that I did with @bbctheoneshow and @the_rhs 🙌.
Let me know what your favourite bits of this garden are and if you have any challenging small spaces yourself 🪴
The secret to making a tiny garden is actually to add MORE to it!
It seems counter intuitive, but if there are large features and every inch of the space is packed with detail, it takes you longer to see all of the garden. Whilst your brain is absorbing all of the detail it then makes seem bigger!
This was the Pocket Garden Makeover that I did with @bbctheoneshow and @the_rhs 🙌.
Let me know what your favourite bits of this garden are and if you have any challenging small spaces yourself 🪴
EVENT ALERT 🪴 - I’ve got the pleasure of being a special guest at @beardygardener Garden Gathering.
I will be on stage in conversation with @beardygardener about all things gardening, design, and mental health.
It’s mental health awareness week this week, so whilst that’s fresh in your mind please go and buy tickets for the event. It all goes to support @andovermind and there is a jam packed schedule of amazing speakers and great garden activities!
EVENT ALERT 🪴 - I’ve got the pleasure of being a special guest at @beardygardener Garden Gathering.
I will be on stage in conversation with @beardygardener about all things gardening, design, and mental health.
It’s mental health awareness week this week, so whilst that’s fresh in your mind please go and buy tickets for the event. It all goes to support @andovermind and there is a jam packed schedule of amazing speakers and great garden activities!
You won’t believe me that this pocket garden is only 1.38 x 4.9m! Swipe to the end for a before shot.
It was a pleasure to do the @bbctheoneshow and @the_rhs Pocket Garden Makeover again this year.
Everyone should have access to outdoor green space, no matter how big or small. It is so important to bring a sense of calm into people’s lives and to keep you connected to nature.
I loved turning an unloved patch of gravel, into a full and beautiful garden for Lisa and George, complete with mature coastal planting, seating and even a water feature!
You could see how much it meant to them and that’s the best part of my job.
Thanks to Joe and @gardenrescuegruff for the help, I couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks to the filming and production teams too 🤘.
You won’t believe me that this pocket garden is only 1.38 x 4.9m! Swipe to the end for a before shot.
It was a pleasure to do the @bbctheoneshow and @the_rhs Pocket Garden Makeover again this year.
Everyone should have access to outdoor green space, no matter how big or small. It is so important to bring a sense of calm into people’s lives and to keep you connected to nature.
I loved turning an unloved patch of gravel, into a full and beautiful garden for Lisa and George, complete with mature coastal planting, seating and even a water feature!
You could see how much it meant to them and that’s the best part of my job.
Thanks to Joe and @gardenrescuegruff for the help, I couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks to the filming and production teams too 🤘.
I’m not a photographer and have no idea what I’m doing with a camera really, but I do enjoy taking photos. I definitely end up in some weird positions trying to get the right shot though 😂.
We only completed this garden a week ago and already looks great, so I can’t wait to come back and snap it properly when it fills out… Or get my professional mate @jacobgibbinsphoto to take some better pics!
I’m not a photographer and have no idea what I’m doing with a camera really, but I do enjoy taking photos. I definitely end up in some weird positions trying to get the right shot though 😂.
We only completed this garden a week ago and already looks great, so I can’t wait to come back and snap it properly when it fills out… Or get my professional mate @jacobgibbinsphoto to take some better pics!
Watch until the end to see some EPIC views of Dartmoor 😎
I’ve only just completed this design and build and it already looks amazing. The plot is very exposed and was mostly lawn, so it was crying out for some planting to make it feel like a garden. Give it a month or so and it will look unbelievable when the perennials start filling out.
A lot of hard graft went into this in some scorching weather!
Watch until the end to see some EPIC views of Dartmoor 😎
I’ve only just completed this design and build and it already looks amazing. The plot is very exposed and was mostly lawn, so it was crying out for some planting to make it feel like a garden. Give it a month or so and it will look unbelievable when the perennials start filling out.
A lot of hard graft went into this in some scorching weather!
Tune in to @itvloveyourweekend tomorrow morning (Sunday 9:30am) to see myself, @plantsman_jamie and @alantitchmarshcbe talk all things topiary!
We looked at traditional topiary from @formplants and how to make your own on a budget and then some more extravagant beasts, kindly supplied by @agrumitopiary 🦌!
Great segment! How many times can you say topiarising @melissa_louise95 ?
Tune in to @itvloveyourweekend tomorrow morning (Sunday 9:30am) to see myself, @plantsman_jamie and @alantitchmarshcbe talk all things topiary!
We looked at traditional topiary from @formplants and how to make your own on a budget and then some more extravagant beasts, kindly supplied by @agrumitopiary 🦌!
Great segment! How many times can you say topiarising @melissa_louise95 ?
This garden has just been planted and I can’t wait to see it grow out and flower!
The structure from the Yew topiary and evergreen shrubs means it will look good all year round, but the real magic will come when all the perennials grow out. It is absolutely filled with colour and texture!
I was lucky to be designing this scheme into an already terraced garden with beautiful stonework. Good hard landscaping definitely makes the planting sing, and vice versa!
Watch this space for more updates on this garden 🪴
This garden has just been planted and I can’t wait to see it grow out and flower!
The structure from the Yew topiary and evergreen shrubs means it will look good all year round, but the real magic will come when all the perennials grow out. It is absolutely filled with colour and texture!
I was lucky to be designing this scheme into an already terraced garden with beautiful stonework. Good hard landscaping definitely makes the planting sing, and vice versa!
Watch this space for more updates on this garden 🪴
Here’s why you need to expose the multi stems on your trees and shrubs…
- it shows off the form of the tree - it creates opportunities for underplanting - it looks beautiful with up lighting on the stems - allows more light into the planting below and views through your beds
This is one of those instant gratification jobs! Very quick and easy to do and the results are beautiful 🤩
Here’s why you need to expose the multi stems on your trees and shrubs…
- it shows off the form of the tree - it creates opportunities for underplanting - it looks beautiful with up lighting on the stems - allows more light into the planting below and views through your beds
This is one of those instant gratification jobs! Very quick and easy to do and the results are beautiful 🤩
This is a traditional management technique called Pollarding. This practice has been used for THOUSANDS of years across Europe.
It is a similar premise to how we often coppice Hazel trees for example.
It was often used as a way to repeatedly harvest timber without felling the tree, produce fodder for livestock or for weaving materials from Willow in particular.
Here it is being used to promote healthy new growth on a tree that was looking quite sorry for itself.
Now you know!
Thanks to @burdfieldlandscaping for getting the job done!
This is a traditional management technique called Pollarding. This practice has been used for THOUSANDS of years across Europe.
It is a similar premise to how we often coppice Hazel trees for example.
It was often used as a way to repeatedly harvest timber without felling the tree, produce fodder for livestock or for weaving materials from Willow in particular.
Here it is being used to promote healthy new growth on a tree that was looking quite sorry for itself.
Now you know!
Thanks to @burdfieldlandscaping for getting the job done!
