Work in Progress

High summer and a heatwave on the Isle of Wight has brought this new garden to life. The gravel garden plantings - Gaura, valerian, Verbena bonariensis, Eryngium, thymes, Stipa tenuissima etc - have exploded. See the earlier blog for a view of this garden 6 months ago

A wildflower lawn with Spring bulbs in late May. Tulip Queen of the Night, Tulip Shirley, blue Camassia, daffodil Thalia; crabapple trees Malus Golden Hornet in background, and behind them pleached lime trees

  Here at Great Western Studios we have rearranged and planted our little courtyard garden as part of Chelsea Fringe. Using basic materials - cattle troughs, 8ft canes, water and lead work - we have created a vertical garden - or Jenga garden because it reminds...

At long last, it's Spring! After a cold wet Winter in West London, from the mud and frozen ground come dafffodils, tulips and grape hyacinths to complement the hellebores

Last year, there was a tired old garden here, and a tree. Now there's a huge hole - but the tree remains. Next year - although hard to believe - once the builders have gone and the hole has been filled in, there will be a brand new garden with trees, hedges, tumbling...

Late Winter tree planting in Hampshire. One of the advantages of this cold, dry weather is that it has been easy to move around on site, to drive across lawns without damaging them, to plant without getting covered in mud; a job done easily is a job done well.

Early December and very cold and wet: here is a photo of a green oak pergola we're installing in a new garden on the Isle of Wight.  Before too long, it will be festooned with vines and climbing roses; and the 'big bed' (the platform at one end enclosed by oak...