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Children growing up and leaving home is often a trigger to finally ‘do’ something with the garden. Sometimes it is the absence of footballs…

I often keep in touch with clients for a few years after a fully planted garden is handed over and return visits are used…

2018 – a year of late snow followed by remarkably hot, dry summer, both of which have proved challenging for gardeners, landscapers and designers….

Autumn in the UK is a traditionally time of golden colours and falling leaves, but in gardens it can also be a time of…

A biennial visit to the Japanese Garden Cowden seems to be becoming a Shades of Green habit. I first toured the overgrown and neglected…

I make several trips to SW England teach year to visit family and I always make time to catch up with very a good…

Summer has carried on where spring left off – a constant juggling of projects – and with amazing weather! Wall to wall sunshine is…

A garden designer’s remit can be very varied, and the projects that have been occupying me this spring are no exception. This is just…

I arrived back to a very chilly Scotland on 6 April, following a very productive and enjoyable trustee visit to the school that our…

From 22 March to 5 April 2018 I will be taking off my Shades of Green Garden Design boots and donning my Uphill Trust...