Our fabulous native oak, c 130 years old with zingy bronze-lime spring foliage emerging. Ravishing everyday at any age. The king of British trees. ← Making an Entrance! English Bluebells → Back to Other...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The early, golden days of summer are upon us and this year seem even more sensational. Several Head Gardeners have commented that they’ve never know blossom as good and I couldn’t agree more. Country lanes are overflowing with flowering hawthorn, cowparsley and other...
