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Dollar Open Gardens is a fundraising weekend held in May, every 3 years, in support of Strathcarron Hospice. This year would have been the…

I have been as busy as ever this year, juggling new and ongoing projects with my charity work for The Uphill Trust. The big…

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…