It is summer isn’t it? Well kind of, the vagaries of the British weather are not helping us to plan much in the way of days out, but the Potager is full. Helped by the intermittent showers but steady temperatures, it’s great to see that the kitchen garden has rallied after a dismal spring and [...]
I did my final end of year thesis on Green Walls – “Sustainable future or expensive green showcase?” Suffice to say that maintenance is not that sustainable and green, although the walls do add a lot to mitigate the heat island effect and have been proven to aid heat and cold air exchange of the [...]
In part one of our trilogy we discussed why a journey to commissioning one’s own art for the garden gives an additional dimension to a garden and in part two we looked at the more practical matters of where to place the artworks and we also talked about anchoring them down against bad weather. In [...]
Yes believe me it does happen! A client of mine found that an art work can have a mind of its own and decamp to the other side of the garden leaving total destruction in its path. The client was thinking about a short-list of artists whose work she admired and wanted to place the [...]
Art, Antiques and Luxury Design asked me to write a trilogy on Art in the Garden earlier in June and I was delighted to oblige as quite a few of my newest clients have been asking about art for their garden. So I thought I would share it with you here too. These days art [...]
Visiting Chelsea is always the highlight of the year for me. It’s a place where the horticultural greats in the plant world come together to share their passion and it is a time of inspiration and discovery – not a time to feel down because your garden will never “look like that”. Chelsea is a [...]
