Cantilevered benches in Wandsworth
Sunday, 09 July 2017
by caroline
This was a typical small fairly overgrown garden. And considering it was small it had a mass of heavy large mature shrubs in it all which had become overgrown and ‘woody’. It was time for a change so with a very simple garden design we created an immediate sense of space, clean lines and good
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, Contemporary Planting, Gardens Designed
Raised bed planting in Wimbledon
Sunday, 09 July 2017
by caroline
This garden in Wimbledon had two long raised beds on either side – one side receiving a mass of sunshine and the other side fairly shady so the planting had to reflect that. Here are some of the plants we used: The colour palette was whites/greens, pinks, soft purples, bright and soft blues: lavenders, nepetas,
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, Contemporary Planting, Gardens Designed
An Italian garden in Clapham
Sunday, 22 May 2016
by caroline
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
- Published in Contemporary Planting, Gardens Designed
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
- Published in Contemporary Planting, Gardens Designed, Raised Vegetable Beds
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
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
Magdalen Tennis Club Wandsworth garden works, designed by Caroline Garland, building by Eden Landscape
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
by caroline
Garden design Magdalen Tennis Club, Wandsworth – double click on left title for garden plan The garden works started on the Magdalen Tennis Club in Wandsworth on Monday 17th September. I designed the garden, reception area and hard landscaping around the tennis courts and Adam North of Eden Landscapes is doing “the build”. At the
- Published in Contemporary Planting, Gardens Designed
Bury Court Gardens, Bentley – Marina Christopher Plantsman’s Day
Thursday, 27 September 2012
by caroline
Marina Christopher holds a ‘Plantsman’s Day’ on the last Wednesday of every month from April through to September and I went along yesterday with my garden designer friend, Rhianon McGeoch in the pouring rain!! Marina gives a lecture on arrival (after coffee etc) on a given subject – yesterday it was ‘Blazing Glory – perennials
Garden design in progress, South London
Monday, 03 September 2012
by caroline
Caroline Garland, leading garden designer in South London, is currently working on a perfect project. This is a level and south facing garden (12m x 8m) with nothing in place and everything to do. The house is undergoing a complete overhaul, including a back extension which leads directly out onto the garden through bi-fold doors
- Published in Contemporary Planting, Gardens Designed
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
- Published in Contemporary Planting, Gardens Designed, Raised Vegetable Beds, Uncategorized
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
- Published in Contemporary Planting, Gardens Designed
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
- Published in Contemporary Planting, Gardens Designed
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