West Green House, Hampshire

Yesterday I was invited to join a group of garden designers to go and see West Green House, near Hartley Witney in Hampshire – what a beautiful place.  I have to say that you do have to organise a group booking as the owner, Marylyn Abbott, likes to tell you about it personally, which is

Wandsworth garden – mess to mini paradise

This is a south facing garden in Wandsworth, south London.  The house was having a back extension put onto it and the garden needed a complete redesign – albeit relatively simple, but effective.  The client wanted to keep an area at the back for raised vegetable beds, a lawn, various shrubs and a couple of pretty

Clapham garden – nearly finished. See the before and after shots…planting this week!

Contemporary Wandsworth garden – nearly there

Take a look at my last blog to see how well this garden has come along. It is now nearly finished. You can see the raised vegetable beds, but so far no vegetables! The two areas of lawn have been laid. The hut has been painted black to give a beach effect and we have

Contemporary Wandsworth garden with raised vegetable beds

Caroline Garland, Garden Designer! We found this south facing garden in quite a state.  It had had a long winter of discontent, the shrubs were sad and overgrown and our client wanted something more contemporary and easy to keep (it had been a football pitch for her boys over the years) – she also wanted

Garden designer’s gallery of photos

Caroline Garland, garden designer, has for some time now been designing gardens in London and the South.  Please take a look at her “Gallery” where you can see she has a very solid base of knowledge and experience.   Peter Garland, her husband, has been a landscape contractor for 30 years and until very recently was based in Belgravia

Garden designer’s w/e in Dungeness!

Spring is nearly here (blackbirds in the garden and daffodils about to burst their little cotton socks) and Caroline Garland, garden designer,  is ready to design your garden.  This is the moment to look at your garden and decide that what you need is some sensitive professional help either with the design of your garden