Paint it white
Friday, 17 January 2020
by caroline
Using white in a garden is another way to make a garden look interesting. Caroline Garland, a leading garden designer https://www.carolinegarland.com/portfolio/ in London has been a great one for using black https://www.carolinegarland.com/2019/11/10/paint-it-black/however there is a lot to be said for white rendered walls, white fencing and trellising etc if you want a soft, contemporary or
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Contemporary garden Chiswick
Sunday, 05 January 2020
by caroline
This small garden was in serious need of redesign. The owners felt that the external space to their property needed to reflect their new interior design which was calm and understated. They were looking for a contemporary garden design. Caroline Garland, of Caroline Garland Garden Design , one of the leading garden designers of South
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Garden design Clapham
Monday, 30 December 2019
by caroline
In this garden design Clapham we had a small space in which to make an attractive and practical space. This client has a light and romantic touch in terms of her interior design and she wanted this style reflected in her courtyard garden design. She has a lot of white and light furniture which is
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Battersea garden design
Sunday, 15 December 2019
by caroline
Garden design for a very small space is always interesting and this one didn’t disappoint! Leading garden designers, Caroline Garland garden design, introduced a lovely garden for their clients in Battersea. Caroline benefits from having a husband who is a landscape contractor – between them they make an excellent team. The garden was heavily overgrown
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Chiswick garden – gardens revisited
Monday, 09 December 2019
by caroline
Garden designers need to have great foresight to see how a small patch can be turned into an interesting garden design. This garden did not exist, it was a back yard and only became a space for a garden when a newly excavated cellar was built for the kitchen and the roof was put back
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Clapham Garden – revisiting old projects
Monday, 02 December 2019
by caroline
Caroline Garland, one of the leading garden designers in South London , designed this garden. It is situated between Wandsworth and Clapham Commons . It had served its owners well for 16 years but it was time for a change when the house was renovated late last year to an entirely new, contemporary and fabulous
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Small London garden
Monday, 25 November 2019
by caroline
Caroline Garland, a leading London garden designer completely updated the look of this small mews garden – see below. This small London garden, the garden of a mews house off Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, was in a terrible mess. When Caroline originally saw the house it was undergoing a complete overhaul and an entire back
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Wandsworth Garden Design
Sunday, 17 November 2019
by caroline
This large Wandsworth garden was originally two gardens. Caroline Garland of Caroline Garland Garden Design, one of the leading designers of South London was invited to design a new garden. The remit for this Wandsworth garden design was to merge the two gardens in order that they seamlessly worked as one. The planting was overgrown,
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Path leading somewhere
Sunday, 10 November 2019
by caroline
A path leading somewhere? Paths should lead somewhere. A destination is important. Every garden path must lead somewhere or they will not be used and they must take a good route or again, they will not be used. When designing a garden Caroline Garland of Caroline Garland Garden Design , one of the leading garden
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Paint it black
Sunday, 10 November 2019
by caroline
If in doubt paint it black. Caroline Garland, a renowned London garden designer, was one of the first garden designers in South London to paint fences black. Every one of these photos is a Caroline Garland design The fence above is a new fence but you can see this same fence in the photograph below.
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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,
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