A glorious garden brimming with roses, lupins and Eremurus.
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Planting plans
working on planting plans…
Laid hedge
I am very pleased with the hedge I laid earlier this year – look at all that hawthorn blossom, I have nearly forgotten the scratches and bruises! The hedge is dense, growing well and providing great nesting places for birds.
Rabbit in the garden
The mild chaos that comes from building a new pond: piles of earth and stone has attracted a baby rabbit to make its home right in the middle of the garden. Thats what they say…. tidy gardening isn’t good for wildlife!
Willow Art Commission – Bristol
I have made and delivered three large willow pods for a garden in Bristol, they each measure about 1.1m in diameter and 1.5 – 2metres high. Made of willow, old man’s beard, dogwoods and silver birch they are textural and bold in shape. They will provide a strong focal point whilst being attractive to nesting birds and will…
Eco house garden – Shepton Mallet
box edged herbaceous borders
Large willow sculptures
Giant willow pod sculptures, my latest commission – work in progress
Bold steppe planting – Shepton Mallet
As gardens change over time sometimes we need to take a step back and re-evaluate
Planting plan and planting – Shepton Mallet
A low maintenance planting plan offering year round interest.
Garden design / forest gardening – Bristol
A garden design for a collection useful and herbal plants. The site was more or less a blank canvas on a predominantly clay soil. This has been an interesting project involving the creation of shelter belts, drainage considerations and forest gardening principles.