by Sarah Johnson | Jun 9, 2023 | Plants, flowers
Miniature beauties Garden designers like ourselves spend a lot of time thinking about the big issues; the sweep of a garden; how it will relate to the wider environment; how best to design a satisfying layout. But for this blog I want to go micro and look at some of... 
by Sarah Johnson | Jun 1, 2022 | flowers, Gardens
Wildflower meadow Andalucia Wildlfowers are the glory of rural Andalucia; in May, lavishly spread by nature’s hand across every bit of waste ground, threaded through every hamlet, they are a beautiful and uplifting sight. When my friend Kate told me the wild... 
by Kate Woodhead | May 5, 2022 | Plants, flowers, Garden Inspiration
Popular flowering plants for your herbaceous borders The plants I am going to explore are popular for good reason; they are colourful, easy to grow without much intervention and persist in their flowering year after year. Two of them are the backbone of many borders... 
by Sarah Johnson | Sep 25, 2020 | flowers, Garden Inspiration
Narcissus ‘Sir Winston Churchill’ in drifts Some people call them daffodils, others call them narcissi. Either way, they are one of the easiest and lowest maintenance bulbs to plant in the garden and I love them. Now is the time to plant them for a display to... 
by Sarah Johnson | Nov 24, 2019 | flowers, Gardens, Wildlife
With the popularity of shows like Springwatch, and its seasonal cousin Autumnwatch, encouraging wildlife to adopt your garden as their own has never been easier. For experienced gardeners, the importance of planting pollinators and providing food and refuge in... 
by Annabel Bridge | Jun 23, 2019 | flowers
When I’m out and about my mind is always (well usually!) open to new ideas that help me to be more creative and consequently design better gardens. Today I am writing about colour combinations.The fashion inside the home a few years ago was a palette of...