NEWS
Bringing Paradise to your Garden
Since ancient times gardens have offered protection, nourishment and delight. Marian suggests how to turn your outside space into a personal paradise.
Working with old walled kitchen gardens
Marian Boswall discusses the key things to take into consideration when restoring an old walled kitchen garden.
Landscape Institute Council Election
We are delighted that our Director Catherine Birkin has been elected to the advisory board of the Landscape Institute Council.
Team Visit Review
This Sussex Farm House has a private garden set within a wooded estate in East Sussex. The main part of the garden was designed by Jinny Blom in collaboration with the owners, who came up […]
Good fences make good neighbours
If you are thinking of putting in a fence at a period property the first considerations may be cost and time, but why and how are also important questions.
The Warmth of Walls – using solid structure to create a garden framework
There is something comforting about an old garden wall that draws one in to shelter beside it, in the same way as you might hug a tree. If you are lucky enough to have good quality old walls then repair is generally better than replacement, and if your house is listed it is likely that the garden walls will be too.
Wild windy and wet with a dash of wisdom
Following the recent death of Riverford Organics legendary founder John Watson at the great age of 93, I thought it a good time to revisit this blog post I wrote about him in 2006: Most of my friends think we are barking mad – and I’m not sure about the less friendly, but it is true that camping in the almost guaranteed rain of our West Country is not everyone’s idea of a perfect holiday. However that is precisely what my husband and children like to do best…
Setting boundaries – finding the perfect hedging for your period property
An Englishman’s home is his castle, but gone are the days of the need for a moat to keep out the marauding beserkers, however we do still like to delineate our property, whether for security or for aesthetics. So how do we get the boundary treatment right in a period property?