Wreaths and garlands for Christmas
Wednesday, 03 September 2014
by caroline
Every year I make wreaths and garlands for Christmas. Below are some examples of the wreaths I make, but quite honestly I will tailor make them for you. I have done some fabulous garlands for some incredible houses but in each case very annoyingly I have been unable to photograph them. But suffice it to
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, Christmas garlands
10 beautiful purple plants for your summer border
Wednesday, 03 September 2014
by caroline
10 beautiful purple plants for your summer border I love the colour purple in a summer border. It is very effective. It is a colour that can be overlooked but it blends in beautifully with greens, whites, yellows, pinks and believe it or not reds. These plants will give you tremendous satisfaction as they are
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6 of my favourite roses – pinks, yellows, oranges
Monday, 23 June 2014
by caroline
Whenever I talk to a client about their plants and planting plan I always do my best to get them to buy in to the idea of having some roses. I think the recent trend has been to ignore them a bit in planting plans and I’m not sure why. They just don’t seem to
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, The New Vintage Garden
Ordered chaos? Shabby chic? New Vintage? Just love it
Monday, 23 June 2014
by caroline
I was trying to describe to someone exactly what I meant by New Vintage the other day and I was left a bit speechless as there was too much to say.. Is it soft pinks with deep romantic reds? Is it ordered chaos or shabby chic? Is it natural over ordered? Is it roses instead
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, The New Vintage Garden
New Vintage gardens like a puddle
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
by caroline
“There is no concept of diversity of habitats for wildlife, of puddles for swallows to get mud from to make their nests with. The shabby charm that once pervaded English country gardens has been lost to horticultural Brazilians”. “Native trees are replaced with garden-centre specimens – preferably gold, variegated and purple-leaved – all shaped into
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Les Jardins Agapanthe
Monday, 16 June 2014
by caroline
In the words of the owner and designer of Les Jardins Agapanthe “Often the words “curious”, “exotic”, or “magical” blossom from the mouths of visitors when describing them”. I would add electric, stunning, breathtaking – these gardens are simply the most staggering that I have seen. http://www.jardins-agapanthe.com/ 1 Impasse Agapanthe, 76850 Grigneuseville, Haute-Normandie, France (+33)
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How contemporary sculpture mixes with New Vintage
Monday, 16 June 2014
by caroline
How contemporary sculpture mixes with New Vintage I visited my friend Emma last week-end in Faversham, Kent. You walk through the front door of her “town” house, through the house and very quickly find yourself in a small haven in the back garden which is hard-landscaped built on stone and broken up by lush planting
- Published in Contemporary Planting, Gardens Visited, The New Vintage Garden, Uncategorized
A day at Great Dixter
Monday, 16 June 2014
by caroline
Great Dixter was the family home of gardener and gardening writer Christopher Lloyd – it was the focus of his energy and enthusiasm and fuelled over 40 years of books and articles. Now under the stewardship of Fergus Garrett and the Great Dixter Charitable Trust, Great Dixter is an historic house, a garden, a centre of
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, Gardens Visited
I’m loving pink
Thursday, 12 June 2014
by caroline
What a fabulous colour… soft, muted, adorable PINK. Look at these…
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, The New Vintage Garden
How to create a vista in a typical town garden
Sunday, 08 June 2014
by caroline
How to create a vista in a typical town garden A vista or the feeling of space and distance in a relatively small garden is ambitious but achievable. Even in a 10 acre site getting the proportions and balance is exacting so in a fairly typical London long and narrow garden this can be difficult
- Published in Contemporary Planting, The New Vintage Garden, Uncategorized
New Vintage in a small town plot
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
by caroline
I have chosen my friend Posy as a case study for my New Vintage garden design theme. This is because she too has a New Vintage approach to planting and garden design. This approach blends contemporary naturalistic planting with a palette of soft colour and every now and then a surprise of rich colour and
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, The New Vintage Garden
3 Unusual plants for New Vintage gardens
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
by caroline
Here are some unusual plants for the middle to back of a New Vintage border. Just add them for their originality and fun. They are not very common and yet they are all reasonably robust so we can use them very effectively for variety and interest. Nectaroscordum are deciduous bulbous perennials with linear, garlic-scented leaves
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, The New Vintage Garden