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As well as organizing our local Open Gardens, I also take part in the event. This year we have 18 gardens participating plus a couple of ‘pothole gardens’ and our amazing community telephone box. Shepton Mallet Open Gardens has been a great success over the past three years and it takes place again this summer,…

Here are a few emails from recent clients … Thank you Angela, and also for your time yesterday. We’ve already been out this morning marking out some initial lines for the paths based on your plan and our builder has been sent a request for what we need him to do for pricing. It’s quite…

Last summer I was asked to design a garden in a beautiful Devon combe for my great university friend Marina and her husband. My friend was receiving chemotherapy treatment so this project allowed her to focus on something positive and look to the future. It was a great shock however when she passed away in…

What a pleasure and privilege to receive a copy of this beautiful publication. Pastoral Gardens, by Clare Foster and published by Mongomery Press is a BIG book at 480 pages and 250 fabulous photographs by Andrew Montgomery. It features acclaimed garden designers/ garden makers from both the UK and abroad, all of whom are working…

A few weeks ago, just before the chilly snap, Sally Cannon invited me to meetup with her to walk around the garden. Sally’s email was full of joy “The garden has enhanced the House and I am so pleased that it is maturing and the plants chosen fit in so well. We never stop receiving…

The Sherborne, also known as Sherborne House, a Grade 1 listed Georgian Mansion, has undergone extensive and sensitive restoration to create a landmark destination for the arts. In December last year, I was contacted to discuss the planting scheme for the garden. The brief was to create a ‘winter garden’ in the existing beds which…

I am sitting at my desk looking out at driving rain, feeling a bit chilly and wondering whether I need to put the light on or not… So to make the most of my time (as it is too wet to measure up the garden job on my list) I am putting together a series…

Over the past two years, I have been working with Shepton Mallet town council to make the planting in the town more environmentally friendly. This has included leaving larger areas of unmown grass in Collett Park, planting a copse for the Queen’s Jubilee and more recently the replacement of the flower towers (planted with a…

What a treat to get a mention in this month’s House & Garden magazine (July) which features a wonderful garden I worked on in Devon. The project spanned 3 years from conception to completion and it was an absolute pleasure to work with such environmentally conscious clients.

The soil has dried out a bit and I’ve made a start preparing the garden for the new season. There are so many new shoots which is exciting to see – and a reminder that I must finish pruning the apples, roses and willow coppice. Prunings are used to make wildlife ‘hotels’ / habitats and…