Gardens and Art, Deeply Intertwined
The news that Sarah Price, a gold medal winner at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, began her career as an artist started me thinking about all the ways in which art, artists and gardens are intertwined. We all know about Monet and the gardens and Giverny...
Colour Keukenhof-style!
Do you like to tulips? Not that bothered? Ah, but do you like colour? If colour – rich, vibrant colour and lots of it – is your thing, then Keukenhof gardens near Amsterdam should be on your bucket list. I was lucky enough to visit Keukenhof a couple of weekends ago....
It’s blossom time at Kew Gardens!
Kew Gardens is looking stunning at the moment, with blossom, bulbs, and perennial flowers all surging fourth together. Kew contains the most diverse collection of living plants of any botanic garden in the world. Parts of it were designed by renowned...
Listen to your Garden
When it comes to new planting take a moment to reacquaint yourself with your garden and what it wants. It’s planting time. Spring finally settles in and May bank holiday weekend is the biggest weekend for garden centres, as we all get a bit dizzy...
Sculpture Gardens
Sculpture gardens, or parks, have a long history around the world and date back, incredibly, to 175,000 years ago
Reasons to get back out in the garden this Easter
It’s spring, or nearly. Or maybe not at all.
The Deadly Beauty of Poisonous Plants
Plants are living organisms and all of them contain some level of toxin for defence.
Growing Glorious Garlic
We can trace the growing of garlic as far back as 6000 years ago
North Leeds Garden Design awarded Best Of Houzz 2018
We are very excited that North Leeds Garden Design has won “Best Of Customer Service” on Houzz®
Favourite Gardens in Europe
France: Giverny Gardens The Giverny gardens are probably the most famous in France. Monet created some of his famous ‘Water Lily’ and ‘Japanese Bridge’ paintings here. As well as the gardens you can also visit Monet’s lovely and very colourful house. Monet...