A shrub for January – Gorse!
Sunday, 31 January 2016
by caroline
I had been thinking all this month about what should be my January shrub and hadn’t come to any conclusions, leaving it rather late and then I was in Suffolk this week-end on the Heritage Coast near Dunwich and saw this spectacular display of gorse – with its fabulous fragrance. This is a wonderful and
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Back to Black
Saturday, 09 January 2016
by caroline
With acknowledgement to my dear friend Alexandra Campbell her recent blog http://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/9-things-to-do-differently-in-the-garden-this-year/ has drawn attention to the use of black paint in gardens which I have been using in my garden designs for some time now and here below are some pictures which might show you the ‘power of black’. If you have an old fence which
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Caroline Garland’s ‘capsule’ garden
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
by caroline
This is a very small narrow garden which is seen from the owners’ flat above and is reached by a narrow passage running along side the house. At the back of the garden is a church with pretty windows. The owners wanted a light, contemporary and easy to maintain garden. I thought if
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Red, yellow, orange, black, grey and green garden with plant list!
Tuesday, 06 October 2015
by caroline
Red and yellow and orange and black and grey and green contemporary garden Here we have the garden as it is being built – you can see the paths going in Hideous concrete wall 40 M long to be masked by espalier fruit trees This is a very large and unusual garden. It has
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Cottage gardening – not as easy as it looks
Friday, 14 August 2015
by caroline
The whole essence of a cottage garden is its wild and natural look. So natural that it seems as though it has been untouched by human hand..it has grown out of untended ground with little help from anyone but not so!! Most cottage gardens take quite a lot of trouble. Where do the plants come
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Caroline’s vintage garden in Wandsworth
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
by caroline
My garden in Wandsworth is not really a very good example of my garden design as it has evolved over 20 years with almost zero input from me! It is almost a classic case of the “cobbler’s shoes”. However it has also had an unbelievable bashing in the last 9 months as my son, Freddie,
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West Dean flowers and gardens July 2015
Thursday, 23 July 2015
by caroline
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Caroline Garland’s Chelsea…magentas, carmines, oranges and verbascums gone mad!
Sunday, 24 May 2015
by caroline
I had quite a rushed trip to the Chelsea Flower Show this year, and I think I could recommend this approach! I had to concentrate my mind and find the essentials. There were, without doubt, some beautiful gardens, clever ideas and stunning builds and anyway who am I to sit here at my computer and
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The Isabella Plantation May 2015 – takes your breath away!
Sunday, 17 May 2015
by caroline
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Magnificent York stone steps in Wandsworth or how to improve your front drive
Sunday, 08 March 2015
by caroline
I know it is difficult to get excited by steps but once you see really beautiful ones (or were you to own them yourself) you begin to appreciate the difference they make to a property. To get them right you have to have a very skilled builder (who is cutting very thick, difficult and expensive
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Lighting up the forest in February
Tuesday, 03 February 2015
by caroline
It was a pretty bleak day on Sunday, the first of February, overcast and rather cold and drizzly. But if you have Jack Russell dogs there is no alternative but to go out and give them a good walk… and my mother always says “never look at rain, get into it” – you feel much
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Cobbles in a Clapham garden – how to grout the cobbles!! Who’d be a builder?!
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
by caroline
How to grout the cobbles! This is a totally back breaking job even for the most energetic, strong, resilient builder. Bending over, scraping down in minute detail, brushing out old detritus, adding in new, then forcing into spaces with small tool and then brushing over – then repeating the excercise! I have to take my
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