Posts Tagged ‘shades of green garden design’

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

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…

It’s been an unusually snowy month in the Shades of Green patch – not so bad for design work in a nice warm office…

Since 2012 I have had the privilege of working in a rural garden in Glendevon. The garden has been developed in phases, with extensive…

A very Happy New Year to you all! As soon as we returned to work in January, both sets of landscape contractors that I…