When inheriting a garden with history, the most commonly asked question is what should we keep and what should we let go? Do you try to hold everything in a static state or embrace change and evolutio

Plants that return each year create a framework for borders

‘Any opportunity to use water should be taken.’ So wrote Dame Sylvia Crowe in her seminal book, Garden Design, found on every garden designer’s bookshelf. It is a maxim that many of us follow, althoug

In gardens where space is limited there are many solutions for making them look bigger – and for bringing you closer to nature

Around 35 years ago, I walked into Barnsdale Gardens as a trained but young gardener who probably thought he knew more than he really did! Anyway, that day changed everything for me. My new boss was G

When we refer to trends in the garden world, we are actually referring more to collective shifts in mentality. ‘Trend’ suggests something that’s popular now that won’t be later, and in striving to be