Design ideas

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

Design solutions

This narrow, once-featureless garden has been transformed into a beautiful wildlife-friendly space that kicks off the year with a gorgeous show of blossom

With the right visual tricks, clever planting and a few pro-level layout tweaks, you can make a modest plot feel wider, deeper and far more luxurious than its footprint suggests

‘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

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