Making an Entrance!

by Laura | 17 April 2017

Grand or simple, flamboyant or subtle, a considered dress to all entrances, particularly to the front door, is vital to making a beautiful, welcoming and alluring home. Depending on our client’s style and location, we design all entrances to set the scene for what’s...

Magnolias

by Laura | 15 April 2017

I visited a garden planted with many magnolias by its owner 40 years ago. Here is Magnolia ‘Heaven Scent’ looking lovely on a south westerly facing wall. The flowers on all east facing plants looked noticeably ravaged by early morning frosts. With almost as many years...

The Beauty of Spring

by Laura | 14 March 2017

What total bliss it has been savouring the lengthening days and the beauty of spring. No wonder so many writers are inspired by it. The warm weather is surely coming and soon the air will be soft and it will be sowing weather. Here are some photos I took yesterday in...

Buxus

by Laura | 14 March 2017

I adore all varieties of box, with glorious Buxus sempervirens as a desert island plant choice – I just couldn’t imagine a garden without it. Laura Heybrook Garden, Landscape & Architectural Designer plant many varieties and forms of Buxus regularly in their...

Derry Watkins

by Laura | 17 January 2017

On a chilly, grey, midwinter morning at Waterperry Gardens the international nursery woman, Derry Watkins, sparkled with fabulous tales of her expansive planting hunting travels. Her seemingly limitless knowledge of plants and their varieties would surely quench even...

Feathery Friends

by Laura | 12 November 2016

In one garden, hundreds of pounds have been spent on bird feeders, seeds and nesting boxes. And a bath. The garden now offers six star luxury full board accommodation to a host of feathery friends, including migratory visitors in the spring. The spirit of a garden is...