Wandsworth garden – finished!
Friday, 06 July 2012
by caroline
Here is a South London garden, based in Wandsworth, needing quite a bit of work doing! The house itself has been beautifully developed and the young couple, with small baby, have now decided it is time to sort out the garden, after the builders’ rubble. They are north-west facing which is not ideal as the
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Another South London garden – now finished
Thursday, 05 July 2012
by caroline
This is actually a really lovely garden as it is nice and wide, although this photo doesn’t do it justice. The terrace and steps near to the house were already in place and were destined to stay so our job was to give the main garden a facelift and to also attempt to camouflage the
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Hot planting in Wandsworth
Thursday, 28 June 2012
by caroline
This is a tiny garden that we designed in Wandsworth – it was an unbelievable mess (after builders had transformed the house) and had to be designed for low maintenance as tennants were moving in and they were not interested in gardening! We decided to concentrate on putting in very good paving, York stone steps
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Looking good in June
Monday, 25 June 2012
by caroline
These flowers spoke for themselves last week when I was at the Chelsea Physic Garden.
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Front gardens and bike sheds in Wandsworth
Friday, 15 June 2012
by caroline
Yes! You can look like the South of France in Wandsworth. This is a front garden that we designed last summer and it is doing well and even managing in this awful 2012 English summer! This is a front garden in Wandsworth which was a pebbled mess and which has now had some immaculate brickwork
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Raised beds in Southfields
Friday, 15 June 2012
by caroline
This is a very small garden in Southfields that needed some raised beds (because of dogs.. you can just see him on the right). The client wanted a wild and formal look all at once in a very small space so I have put in Juniperus skyrockets, Buxus balls, Stachys and Hebes to give definition
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Chelsea Physic Garden
Sunday, 10 June 2012
by caroline
The Chelsea Physic Garden has opened its “Garden of Edible and Useful Plants” but it is still young and relatively unformed, although will be an interesting project to follow. And will help us garden designers who want to put veggies back into the urban garden. However, it is worth a visit to the Chelsea Physic
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Norney Wood, Shackleford, Surrey – open on 8th July NGS
Sunday, 10 June 2012
by caroline
“This is a newly-created garden in the style of Gertrude Jekyll set against a backdrop of mature trees and rhododendrons. The formal lawn terrace garden is surrounded by maturing rose and herbaceous borders. Gertrude Jekyll’s love of garden structures has been recreated with a garden house and paths linking the upper lawn terrace with the
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Chelsea Flower Show – Joe Swift for Homebase and Teenage Cancer Trust – Do I LOVE this garden
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
by caroline
This is the garden which took my fancy, quickened my pulse, got my senses going – it is absolutely stunning. The heights, the colours, the dynamics, the balance are all perfect. Take a look at the way that the Iris ‘Langport Wren’ matches the wood of the Arbutus trees and the wood of the structures.
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The Isabella Plantation May 2012
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
by caroline
The Isabella plantation in Richmond Park is looking so pretty. I live in Wandsworth and it takes me 15 to 20 minutes to get there – I’d go every day in May if I could, but if you go just once you won’t be disappointed I promise you… I banged on about this last year
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Bluebells once again – I’m hooked!
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
by caroline
Who needs to travel when they have this at the bottom of their garden? These beautiful bluebells belong to a girlfriend of mine who has a bluebell wood in her garden in West Sussex! These really do remind you how beautiful this country can be and this time of year is particularly spectacular with all
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West Green gardens again!
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
by caroline
I had another lovely day at West Green House in Hartley Wintney yet again yesterday (one of my favourite places – see last July’s blog). We were lucky because we got a lovely day – that does NOT mean that there was bright sunshine but it did mean that we had a softly lit, Spring,
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