Not many people can afford a huge landscaped garden surrounding a manor house, with lakes and wildlife parks, all designed by Capability Brown. Indeed this is for the very few, perhaps only royalty or the landed gentry. But this does not mean you cannot incorporate some of the great landscaping[…]
If you are considering English landscaped gardens in the 18th Century, there is one name that changed the face of the nation’s mansions and estates and that was Lancelot Capability Brown. Brown took the idea of landscaping a garden to a completely different level to what it had been prior[…]
The concluding part of our blog in how to make your small garden or backyard look as good as a landscaped garden, features even more illusions and tips how to design and create the perfect outdoor space. We have already looked at things like creating small zones and staying away[…]
The second part of our blog of how to make your small outdoor space look larger and more interesting, offers even more tips and tricks of the trade on how you can develop small gardens into something quite magical and exciting. Use Unique Vertical Features One thing a small space[…]
Just because you have a small garden or outdoor space does not mean that you cannot use landscaping techniques to brighten up your garden so you can enjoy it more. There are numerous ways you can achieve brilliant results in a small space, as long as you have imagination and[…]
The second part of our blog into what you can plant alongside each other in your garden looks at shady spots, shape and color combinations, and the best overall pairings that really go well together. These tips are sometimes well documented and some are just ideas to be bold and[…]
Part of creating a landscaped garden is knowing how to design a garden so that it most pleasing to the eye and what types of plant, shrubs and flower you should plant together. It is not as easy as it sounds, as you can plant by color, season, height, type[…]
There are a million reasons not to start a garden, but there are plenty of good reasons why you should. Many people think that you have to have tons of land in order to start a garden, but the truth is, you actually don’t need any land at all. You[…]
This is the second part of our trip around the world to visit the most spectacular landscaped gardens around the world, in part one we had the good fortune to visit Nong Nooch in Thailand and Butchart Gardens in Canada among others. In this blog we travel to China, Japan[…]
There are some amazing landscaped gardens that are all situated over the world, some are a far cry from the traditional English landscaped gardens of the 17th Century, and some of these gardens are more traditional. In this blog we traverse the globe to see some marvelous designs and concepts[…]