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Chelsea orange and arid

The Chelsea Flower Show this year was dominated by an arid look.  Desert, gravelly, dry and hot.  Most of the gardens had pebbles, dry river beds, palms, grasses and succulents to give this effect and the colours were orange, white and some purple; the main colour was orange.  And the geum plant appeared in 5

An Italian garden in Clapham

Italian garden in Clapham This was a hard landscaped garden which was not only uncared for but also had suffered the rigours of an Alsatian puppy’s activities throughout the Spring!  It was really looking more like a back yard!  The owner wanted to transform it into a lighter, more private and welcoming space – in

Classical AND contemporary garden in Wandsworth

This garden really only needed a facelift, but it had to be done in a sympathetic way to fit the beautiful York paving already in place and the high brick wall at the end of the garden.  We built the right hand side wall and the raised beds at the front of the garden making

A shrub for January – Gorse!

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

Back to Black

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

Caroline Garland’s ‘capsule’ garden

  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

Red, yellow, orange, black, grey and green garden with plant list!

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

Cottage gardening – not as easy as it looks

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

Caroline’s vintage garden in Wandsworth

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,

West Dean flowers and gardens July 2015

Caroline Garland’s Chelsea…magentas, carmines, oranges and verbascums gone mad!

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

The Isabella Plantation May 2015 – takes your breath away!

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