Continuing on with the story (from last month’s issue)Once we had decided how to retain the higher levels in the rear garden I had two large sloping curved garden beds to fill with plants. The key points I thought about when designing this space and...
Chapter Five- Developing a Garden at “The Berkshires” - Turning a paddock into a garden  Continuing on with the story (from last month’s issue)Plant Selection The plant selection stage for any of my design projects is always my most enjoyable stage. When we started this...
BEFORE - The front hillside of the garden - on the day it was planted AFTER - The front hillside of the garden - six years old Continuing on with the story (from last month’s issue)The Design Concept After completing the site analysis (as discussed in...
Continuing on with the story (from last month’s issue) The installation of fences was a key turning point in creating the garden at the Berkshires. We had the clear boundaries worked out for the garden area. We were now able to keep livestock out of...
Discovering the original garden at “The Berkshires”The crown lifting and reduction pruning on the avenue of Peppercorns meant we could assess if it was possible to extend a new driveway from the road to the base of the trees, and then up through the trees...
Turning a paddock into a gardenChapter One - Discovering the original garden At “The Berkshires”Last week on one of our sparkling Autumn days I was reminded of how far we have come in creating the garden at “The Berkshires”. I was driving back up to...
Winter in the garden is a time when you can really see the garden in its barest bones. If you have a more cottage style garden with lots of flowering herbaceous perennials you will find the garden quite bare in the winter months. I noticed...
These are my top 5 flowering plants for the garden in Autumn. All of which are suitable to pick and use as a cut flower.Sedum "Autumn Joy" And Sedum "Matrona"  "Autumn Joy" has bright green foliage with green to cream buds opening to a bright pink before...
This past Spring and Summer I have really embraced growing flowers in the garden with the aim to have home grown flowers to pick and put in vases around the house and at Mum’s and Dad's house. We created a meadow garden and also turned...
The plantscaping in my garden designs is my most favourite part of the design process. I love considering what the finished look will be once the plants grow and fill in all the gaps between themselves. Plant selection is the key to a successful garden....
