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AILSA RICHARDS

Garden Design

SELECTED PROJECTS

Great Milton
Oxfordshire

Cala Moli,
Ibiza

Chelsea
FlowerShow

Teddington,
London

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Want year round planting?

Often at “mood board stage” my clients pick their favourite plants by colour but rarely by time of the year ….. but if you want your borders to continue to look beautiful year round my tip is:

- When out and about look out for plants you like every month
- Photograph them,
- Put them in an album on your phone and each photo will automatically have the date attached to it.
- That way you can refer back to them when you want to plan your borders

Keep location in mind though - if you have a full sun border, don’t photograph a plant growing in damp shade.

Heres a little combo of 5 plants that pop up one after the other from January until October in semi shade ……..

#successionalplanting
#plant for the planet
#flowersmakepeoplehappy
#seasonalflowers
#floraldesign
#flowerpower
#beautyinflowers
#aflowerfilledlife
#beautyinnature🍃
#petalpower
#homeandgarden #cottagegarden #englishgardenstyle #britishgarden #countrygardenstyle #plantlifeandhome #houseandgarden #walledgarden #countryliving #thecountrycrib
#smallgardenideas
#gardenideas
#inagarten

Want year round planting?

Often at “mood board stage” my clients pick their favourite plants by colour but rarely by time of the year ….. but if you want your borders to continue to look beautiful year round my tip is:

- When out and about look out for plants you like every month
- Photograph them,
- Put them in an album on your phone and each photo will automatically have the date attached to it.
- That way you can refer back to them when you want to plan your borders

Keep location in mind though - if you have a full sun border, don’t photograph a plant growing in damp shade.

Heres a little combo of 5 plants that pop up one after the other from January until October in semi shade ……..

#successionalplanting
#plant for the planet
#flowersmakepeoplehappy
#seasonalflowers
#floraldesign
#flowerpower
#beautyinflowers
#aflowerfilledlife
#beautyinnature🍃
#petalpower
#homeandgarden #cottagegarden #englishgardenstyle #britishgarden #countrygardenstyle #plantlifeandhome #houseandgarden #walledgarden #countryliving #thecountrycrib
#smallgardenideas
#gardenideas
#inagarten

I love pots but the common mistake with pots are that they are usually not big enough - scale is important with pots - if in doubt go large!

But also less is more! - go for a couple of show stoppers in a corner rather than a collection of them

And look for pots with a materiality that reflects the style of your hardscaping or other elements of your garden - they will fit better into the overall aesthetic.

Go potty!

I love pots but the common mistake with pots are that they are usually not big enough - scale is important with pots - if in doubt go large!

But also less is more! - go for a couple of show stoppers in a corner rather than a collection of them

And look for pots with a materiality that reflects the style of your hardscaping or other elements of your garden - they will fit better into the overall aesthetic.

Go potty!

Planting outtakes that didn’t make it into my feature in @countryhomesmag

#blossomeverywhere #flowersmakepeoplehappy #flowerupyourlife #everyoneneedsflowers #seasonalflowers #myfloralvibe #beautyinflowers
#aflowerfilledlife
#beautyinnature🍃
#petalpower
#botanicalpickmeup
#plantsmakemehappy
#inspiredbypetals
#petalperfection
#flowerlove #homeandgarden #cottagegarden #englishgardenstyle #britishgarden #countrygardenstyle

Planting outtakes that didn’t make it into my feature in @countryhomesmag

#blossomeverywhere #flowersmakepeoplehappy #flowerupyourlife #everyoneneedsflowers #seasonalflowers #myfloralvibe #beautyinflowers
#aflowerfilledlife
#beautyinnature🍃
#petalpower
#botanicalpickmeup
#plantsmakemehappy
#inspiredbypetals
#petalperfection
#flowerlove #homeandgarden #cottagegarden #englishgardenstyle #britishgarden #countrygardenstyle

Thank you for all your lovely comments about my feature in this July’s @countryhomesmag

I thought you may like to see aspects of the project in detail and so I’m starting with a WOW factor plant of the garden - the #clematismontanarubens. It gave such joy to the insects that pollinated it, the birds that nested in it and anyone who looked upon it.

The tip for growing clematis in your garden:

Clematis thrive when you keep the base and roots of the plant in moist soil and shade and allow the tips of the plant to reach for the sun. This one was planted against a S/W facing wall which helped keep its base in the shade for a large part of the day.

5 reasons why you should love clematis:

* They come in so many beautiful colours and some of them are scented
* Different varieties flower in early spring, summer, and into autumn and so many of them are now repeat flowering
* They can be used to disguise unsightly features of the garden
* Because they are climbers they add instant impact to even the smallest of spaces
* There is a clematis for almost every situation - even evergreen ones

Thank you for all your lovely comments about my feature in this July’s @countryhomesmag

I thought you may like to see aspects of the project in detail and so I’m starting with a WOW factor plant of the garden - the #clematismontanarubens. It gave such joy to the insects that pollinated it, the birds that nested in it and anyone who looked upon it.

The tip for growing clematis in your garden:

Clematis thrive when you keep the base and roots of the plant in moist soil and shade and allow the tips of the plant to reach for the sun. This one was planted against a S/W facing wall which helped keep its base in the shade for a large part of the day.

5 reasons why you should love clematis:

* They come in so many beautiful colours and some of them are scented
* Different varieties flower in early spring, summer, and into autumn and so many of them are now repeat flowering
* They can be used to disguise unsightly features of the garden
* Because they are climbers they add instant impact to even the smallest of spaces
* There is a clematis for almost every situation - even evergreen ones

Delighted to be featured in July’s issue @countryhomesmag

Thank you @polly_eltes for the fantastic photography of our project in Oxfordshire.

Follow us over the next few weeks to see more on this project.

#countryhomesandinteriors #oxfordshiregarden #countryliving #countrylivingmagazine #gardenblog #lovegardening #perennialgarden #countrygardenstyle #englishcountrygarden #gardeninglife #gardenarchitecture #gardenlifestyle #gardendesign

Delighted to be featured in July’s issue @countryhomesmag

Thank you @polly_eltes for the fantastic photography of our project in Oxfordshire.

Follow us over the next few weeks to see more on this project.

#countryhomesandinteriors #oxfordshiregarden #countryliving #countrylivingmagazine #gardenblog #lovegardening #perennialgarden #countrygardenstyle #englishcountrygarden #gardeninglife #gardenarchitecture #gardenlifestyle #gardendesign

Moment of peace before everyone awakes! … always best spent in a garden. I have come to realise that garden design is not about creating garden rooms but rather spaces where experiences happen - many experiences can happen in the same place - here the ping pong battle is waiting, the steps will lead a noisy pool , the light is ready for late night scrabble but this space at this moment is my calm cup of tea space! #momenttopause #morningtea

Moment of peace before everyone awakes! … always best spent in a garden. I have come to realise that garden design is not about creating garden rooms but rather spaces where experiences happen - many experiences can happen in the same place - here the ping pong battle is waiting, the steps will lead a noisy pool , the light is ready for late night scrabble but this space at this moment is my calm cup of tea space! #momenttopause #morningtea

Do you remember the bones of the shepherds hut we were putting up a few months ago?? well it’s now finished 🎉 I designed it to be multi purpose, so although it’s for storage it’s also got a daybed inside for teenage sleepovers and the canopy extends out to the left and becomes a little potting shed area for planting and to store all my gardening bits and bobs ….and what you can’t see are the 2 lean to’s behind …one for lawn mower and tool storage and a separate one for bikes. It’s now such a useful space …. And better still with the lights on at night and my bench outside it’s my new favourite space! 🤗#mypotteringshed #shepherdshut

Do you remember the bones of the shepherds hut we were putting up a few months ago?? well it’s now finished 🎉 I designed it to be multi purpose, so although it’s for storage it’s also got a daybed inside for teenage sleepovers and the canopy extends out to the left and becomes a little potting shed area for planting and to store all my gardening bits and bobs ….and what you can’t see are the 2 lean to’s behind …one for lawn mower and tool storage and a separate one for bikes. It’s now such a useful space …. And better still with the lights on at night and my bench outside it’s my new favourite space! 🤗#mypotteringshed #shepherdshut

Can you call these flowers? I LOVE them! I bought them from my local florist but they defy my attempts at identification - even he didn’t know their name - can anyone shed light on my prehistoric forms ? #guesstheplant #prehistorico

Can you call these flowers? I LOVE them! I bought them from my local florist but they defy my attempts at identification - even he didn’t know their name - can anyone shed light on my prehistoric forms ? #guesstheplant #prehistorico

Have spent a great day in the company of the lovely Vivienne @countryhomesmag and fab photographer Polly @polly_eltes who came to take photos of the Oxfordshire garden that I created last year and this. Rain was forecast all day but luckily we got a break in the clouds and a short burst of sun 🙏 😅 Not due to be featured until 2022 but will let you know when it appears! 🤗🤗. #thankyouforthesunshine

Have spent a great day in the company of the lovely Vivienne @countryhomesmag and fab photographer Polly @polly_eltes who came to take photos of the Oxfordshire garden that I created last year and this. Rain was forecast all day but luckily we got a break in the clouds and a short burst of sun 🙏 😅 Not due to be featured until 2022 but will let you know when it appears! 🤗🤗. #thankyouforthesunshine

My summer reading and I’m eating it up! I want to try all the ideas NOW and add a few of my own so that my garden and my future clients’ gardens can be as close to net zero as possible. Thankyou Gemma! @the_rhs @dkbooks #stopclimatechange

My summer reading and I’m eating it up! I want to try all the ideas NOW and add a few of my own so that my garden and my future clients’ gardens can be as close to net zero as possible. Thankyou Gemma! @the_rhs @dkbooks #stopclimatechange

Love the way that this #cupressusmacrocarpa really frames the view of Padstow, the camel trail bridge and the monument to Queen Victoria. A big thankyou to family Harris for having us to stay at the wonderful @tregoncefarm Who would be anywhere other than England today?! #naturalarchitecture #seewhatatreecanbe

Love the way that this #cupressusmacrocarpa really frames the view of Padstow, the camel trail bridge and the monument to Queen Victoria. A big thankyou to family Harris for having us to stay at the wonderful @tregoncefarm Who would be anywhere other than England today?! #naturalarchitecture #seewhatatreecanbe

Photos of the Californian poppies that have totally taken over!! They look amazingly sunny even on a dull day but I’m afraid will have to be thinned out. Best plant I have ever grown from seeds though! 🌟
#californianpoppy
#thepowerofaseed

Photos of the Californian poppies that have totally taken over!! They look amazingly sunny even on a dull day but I’m afraid will have to be thinned out. Best plant I have ever grown from seeds though! 🌟
#californianpoppy
#thepowerofaseed

All over now sadly but just sharing my favourite #anthriscussylvestris photos of 2021! #favouriteplants #inmygarden #oxfordshiregardens #dogsonadventures #whiteplants #wildgardenstyle #woodlandplants #woodlandgarden #wildplants

All over now sadly but just sharing my favourite #anthriscussylvestris photos of 2021! #favouriteplants #inmygarden #oxfordshiregardens #dogsonadventures #whiteplants #wildgardenstyle #woodlandplants #woodlandgarden #wildplants

Always on the look out for interesting ways to work with wood as it’s a great sustainable resource. The pictures are of a front door, boundary fencing, a carport, a boardwalk, and boundary posts to create an internal courtyard but one that still allows light and air through - great for defining a space.
#lovewood
#sustainability
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#gardenblog
#exteriordesign #exteriordesignideas
#outdoordesign
#outdoorliving
#texture
#gardendesign
#gardenideas
#contemporaryexterior
#outdoorinspo

Always on the look out for interesting ways to work with wood as it’s a great sustainable resource. The pictures are of a front door, boundary fencing, a carport, a boardwalk, and boundary posts to create an internal courtyard but one that still allows light and air through - great for defining a space.
#lovewood
#sustainability
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#gardenblog
#exteriordesign #exteriordesignideas
#outdoordesign
#outdoorliving
#texture
#gardendesign
#gardenideas
#contemporaryexterior
#outdoorinspo

If I was to design a beach this would be it! Perfect white sand leading into dunes that host more dense and diverse vegetation the further back they go until pine trees can be supported.

Better still the pollinators love feeding on the blue Sea holly #eryngiummaritimum and the pink Sand stock #malcolmialittorea
which are growing out of the sand. An amazing natural habitat!
#abeachforbees
#naturalbeauty🌱

If I was to design a beach this would be it! Perfect white sand leading into dunes that host more dense and diverse vegetation the further back they go until pine trees can be supported.

Better still the pollinators love feeding on the blue Sea holly #eryngiummaritimum and the pink Sand stock #malcolmialittorea
which are growing out of the sand. An amazing natural habitat!
#abeachforbees
#naturalbeauty🌱

I love these colourful tiles of old Lisbon - here’s a selection from the buildings I’ve passed along the way … would look great in a town courtyard garden don’t you think?
#tilesoflisbon
#gardenwalldesign

I love these colourful tiles of old Lisbon - here’s a selection from the buildings I’ve passed along the way … would look great in a town courtyard garden don’t you think?
#tilesoflisbon
#gardenwalldesign

These crazily beautiful jacaranda trees are out in full bloom here in Lisbon. Just love the combination of the colourful tiled buildings and purple trees - really want to design a garden with these elements #lisbonstreets #jacarandamimosifolia

These crazily beautiful jacaranda trees are out in full bloom here in Lisbon. Just love the combination of the colourful tiled buildings and purple trees - really want to design a garden with these elements #lisbonstreets #jacarandamimosifolia

Charleston Farmhouse (formally the Sussex home of artists #vanessabell and #duncangrant members of the #bloomsburygroup ) is now open again 🎉🎉and what a place!! I’ve only just discovered it thanks to my sis. It’s like walking into a work of art -so many layers of beauty and colour only to emerge into the most perfect cottage garden, full of apple trees and birdsong! .. but it’s so much more - it’s a trust with a gallery, a shop, a restaurant and they even host the annual festival of the garden. Who wants to go? #festivalofthegarden
#amustvisit
#charlestonfarmhouse

Charleston Farmhouse (formally the Sussex home of artists #vanessabell and #duncangrant members of the #bloomsburygroup ) is now open again 🎉🎉and what a place!! I’ve only just discovered it thanks to my sis. It’s like walking into a work of art -so many layers of beauty and colour only to emerge into the most perfect cottage garden, full of apple trees and birdsong! .. but it’s so much more - it’s a trust with a gallery, a shop, a restaurant and they even host the annual festival of the garden. Who wants to go? #festivalofthegarden
#amustvisit
#charlestonfarmhouse

The bees are buzzing happily on my Clematis montana var. rubens Odorata and I’ve just discovered that it is this very climber that is wafting perfume my way as I come and go through my doorway (duh! should have realised the clue’s in the name) A double delight today!! What are your bees buzzing on at the moment?

#oneforthebeesoneforme
#clematismontanarubens

The bees are buzzing happily on my Clematis montana var. rubens Odorata and I’ve just discovered that it is this very climber that is wafting perfume my way as I come and go through my doorway (duh! should have realised the clue’s in the name) A double delight today!! What are your bees buzzing on at the moment?

#oneforthebeesoneforme
#clematismontanarubens

360 degrees of bluebells!! Such a gift ✨ the blue is so much more intense in real life and to get that intense blue the bulbs are best planted in shady areas – around trees or underneath shrubs and the cool setting makes the colour deeper. They love growing in amongst the leaf litter or well-prepared soil with lots of added bulky organic material.

#whenyoudowntothewoodstoday
#Hyacinthoidesnonscripta

360 degrees of bluebells!! Such a gift ✨ the blue is so much more intense in real life and to get that intense blue the bulbs are best planted in shady areas – around trees or underneath shrubs and the cool setting makes the colour deeper. They love growing in amongst the leaf litter or well-prepared soil with lots of added bulky organic material.

#whenyoudowntothewoodstoday
#Hyacinthoidesnonscripta

I"m mad about marble - I love its veining, unique to every slab and the range of colours they hold - truely hidden treasure uncovered from deep in the earth. If it was under the cover of an outdoor pavillion and so relatively protected from the elements in a @matt.keightley style garden I think this Indian Rainforest Marble from Rajasthan, would make THE most beautiful table top with its earthy tones and would pick up the glorious russet bark of the #prunusserrula so beautifully, like this one from @barcham_trees ⠀
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#marbledesign ⠀
#outdoordining⠀
#materiality⠀
#multistem⠀
#barklove⠀
#naturalsculpture⠀
#lovetrees⠀
#treestreestrees #indoorsoutdoors

I"m mad about marble - I love its veining, unique to every slab and the range of colours they hold - truely hidden treasure uncovered from deep in the earth. If it was under the cover of an outdoor pavillion and so relatively protected from the elements in a @matt.keightley style garden I think this Indian Rainforest Marble from Rajasthan, would make THE most beautiful table top with its earthy tones and would pick up the glorious russet bark of the #prunusserrula so beautifully, like this one from @barcham_trees ⠀
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#marbledesign ⠀
#outdoordining⠀
#materiality⠀
#multistem⠀
#barklove⠀
#naturalsculpture⠀
#lovetrees⠀
#treestreestrees #indoorsoutdoors

I had such a lovely afternoon @on_form_sculpture yesterday to see great pieces set within the grounds of Asthall Manor, (once the Cotswolds home of the Mitford sisters) which is just magical. Skilfully trained rambling roses / jasmin / wisteria up walls and roof tiles, self seeders trailing through the gravel paths, plants allowed to roam and enjoy themselves! …. and the setting so perfect for sculpture…. So many to choose from but pictured in order are 1. “plane hook #marcusharrissculpture , 2. “nepthys” @alybrownsculpture , 3. “joy” @almuthtebbenhoff and “rhythmic” @benrussellsculptor 4. “wave of thought” @guystevensstonesculpture , “rose torso” @paulvanstonesculpture , “galaxias V” #dominicwelch

#soworthavisit
#sculpturevulture

I had such a lovely afternoon @on_form_sculpture yesterday to see great pieces set within the grounds of Asthall Manor, (once the Cotswolds home of the Mitford sisters) which is just magical. Skilfully trained rambling roses / jasmin / wisteria up walls and roof tiles, self seeders trailing through the gravel paths, plants allowed to roam and enjoy themselves! …. and the setting so perfect for sculpture…. So many to choose from but pictured in order are 1. “plane hook #marcusharrissculpture , 2. “nepthys” @alybrownsculpture , 3. “joy” @almuthtebbenhoff and “rhythmic” @benrussellsculptor 4. “wave of thought” @guystevensstonesculpture , “rose torso” @paulvanstonesculpture , “galaxias V” #dominicwelch

#soworthavisit
#sculpturevulture

Thank goodness for the rain! ☔️🌧🤗 my treasured tulips have been struggling in the dry hot & cold (& teddy has been beheading them 😤) so I’m already thinking about how I can bulk them up once they turn so that they come back next year as it’s not a given 😥 .... so I’m going to be feeding them with a hi potassium fertiliser like @tomorite at weekly intervals after flowering .... really love this variety of #tulipaantraciet so dont want them to peter out yet and I don’t want to have to lift them! Think planting in pots is the way forward. Is it just me? are your tulips struggling too? #savemytulips #savemyback

Thank goodness for the rain! ☔️🌧🤗 my treasured tulips have been struggling in the dry hot & cold (& teddy has been beheading them 😤) so I’m already thinking about how I can bulk them up once they turn so that they come back next year as it’s not a given 😥 .... so I’m going to be feeding them with a hi potassium fertiliser like @tomorite at weekly intervals after flowering .... really love this variety of #tulipaantraciet so dont want them to peter out yet and I don’t want to have to lift them! Think planting in pots is the way forward. Is it just me? are your tulips struggling too? #savemytulips #savemyback

I’ve been doodling images in Sketch Up of the shepherds hut I’ve designed. Got to get my eye in before going back to @KLC final term.

I’ve been doodling images in Sketch Up of the shepherds hut I’ve designed. Got to get my eye in before going back to @KLC final term.

So great to be out and about @sohofarmhouse on such a perfect morning - they really take being outside to a whole new level ☀️#brunchtime #sunshinetherapy

So great to be out and about @sohofarmhouse on such a perfect morning - they really take being outside to a whole new level ☀️#brunchtime #sunshinetherapy

Every time I pass these trees I stop in my tracks at the moment ... they are so beautiful! I think it’s the way that the bronze foliage catches the light and is highlighted by just hints of white in the buds combined with the promise of an explosion of flower that sets my heart a flutter! So good I thought you’d like to see it in motion #amelanchierlamarckii #foliagelove

Every time I pass these trees I stop in my tracks at the moment ... they are so beautiful! I think it’s the way that the bronze foliage catches the light and is highlighted by just hints of white in the buds combined with the promise of an explosion of flower that sets my heart a flutter! So good I thought you’d like to see it in motion #amelanchierlamarckii #foliagelove

Flower of March... This is my absolute favourite !! - it’s a little white puff of a flower called Narcissus ‘Erlicheer’ and it is so beautifully scented that you want to just keep sniffing it- it also lasts well as a cut flower in a vase. #narcissusdelights #narcissuserlicheer

Flower of March... This is my absolute favourite !! - it’s a little white puff of a flower called Narcissus ‘Erlicheer’ and it is so beautifully scented that you want to just keep sniffing it- it also lasts well as a cut flower in a vase. #narcissusdelights #narcissuserlicheer

Free all daffs! I think they look best naturalised - and sweeps of different varieties. Not keen on them in smaller gardens as you have to look at their dying foliage for too long - only exception is if they are small and dainty and a favourite is my 3rd photo of Narcissus avalanche as it smells beautiful and is a great cut flower. #daffodilseason #naturesplantingplan

Free all daffs! I think they look best naturalised - and sweeps of different varieties. Not keen on them in smaller gardens as you have to look at their dying foliage for too long - only exception is if they are small and dainty and a favourite is my 3rd photo of Narcissus avalanche as it smells beautiful and is a great cut flower. #daffodilseason #naturesplantingplan

The frame of the shepherds hut is up 🤗- it’s for winter storage and summer fun! we are customising it with pretty windows , french doors, tongue and groove interiors and an external potting shed area. Will show you when it is finished. #weekendretreatinthegarden #multifunctionalspace

The frame of the shepherds hut is up 🤗- it’s for winter storage and summer fun! we are customising it with pretty windows , french doors, tongue and groove interiors and an external potting shed area. Will show you when it is finished. #weekendretreatinthegarden #multifunctionalspace

When the leaves are off it cheers me up spotting the balls of mistletoe like Christmas decorations someone has forgotten to take down. Mistletoe is actually a parasite plant that is spread by certain birds (like the mistle thrush) eating the sticky white berries and either excreting the sticky seeds or wiping their sticky beaks on the tree leaving the seeds to germinate and penetrate the bark of the tree #naturethinksofeverything #viscumalbum

When the leaves are off it cheers me up spotting the balls of mistletoe like Christmas decorations someone has forgotten to take down. Mistletoe is actually a parasite plant that is spread by certain birds (like the mistle thrush) eating the sticky white berries and either excreting the sticky seeds or wiping their sticky beaks on the tree leaving the seeds to germinate and penetrate the bark of the tree #naturethinksofeverything #viscumalbum

Love an enticing doorway - this one leads into an old Victorian glasshouse in a walled garden and is home to a stately agave that doesn’t look cold at all #secretdoor #surprisefind

Love an enticing doorway - this one leads into an old Victorian glasshouse in a walled garden and is home to a stately agave that doesn’t look cold at all #secretdoor #surprisefind

My job for the weekend - planting 23m of bareroot hornbeam - may be quicker if teddy digs the holes for me 🐾 #carpinusbetulus #thedogwhocoulddig

My job for the weekend - planting 23m of bareroot hornbeam - may be quicker if teddy digs the holes for me 🐾 #carpinusbetulus #thedogwhocoulddig

#Inulahookeri and those golden yew bring the sunshine to this corner of Wales! #sunnyplants #taxusbaccataicicle

#Inulahookeri and those golden yew bring the sunshine to this corner of Wales! #sunnyplants #taxusbaccataicicle

The golden yews have been around as long as this hunting lodge (1887) and they have the knack of always looking sunlit in the summer- a welcome illusion on an overcast day in Wales - then they turn white in winter and look frosty instead!
#seewhatatreecanbe #taxusbaccataicicle

The golden yews have been around as long as this hunting lodge (1887) and they have the knack of always looking sunlit in the summer- a welcome illusion on an overcast day in Wales - then they turn white in winter and look frosty instead!
#seewhatatreecanbe #taxusbaccataicicle

#anethumgraveolens aka. Dill is my new favourite plant 🤗 lacy yellow flat umbels with strong stems make it a beautiful lasting cut flower to contrast with the purples and hot colours of August ... and a great herb to flavour up my yellow corgettes 😋 #dillwitheverything #summervibes

#anethumgraveolens aka. Dill is my new favourite plant 🤗 lacy yellow flat umbels with strong stems make it a beautiful lasting cut flower to contrast with the purples and hot colours of August ... and a great herb to flavour up my yellow corgettes 😋 #dillwitheverything #summervibes

Even the steepest slopes can host a garden #verticallandscape #spanishstylehome

Even the steepest slopes can host a garden #verticallandscape #spanishstylehome

#russeliaequisetiformis feels so Mexico! Not hardy but grown in pots in a sheltered sunny place it spills over with red fountains all summer. #potplantgarden #cousinithair

#russeliaequisetiformis feels so Mexico! Not hardy but grown in pots in a sheltered sunny place it spills over with red fountains all summer. #potplantgarden #cousinithair

How to make 365 steps into a journey of discovery, an act of religious devotion, a thing of beauty and even an art gallery #madeittothetop #365calvaristeps

How to make 365 steps into a journey of discovery, an act of religious devotion, a thing of beauty and even an art gallery #madeittothetop #365calvaristeps

Morning coffee and a class in textural design #mondaymorningvibes #alwayslearning

Morning coffee and a class in textural design #mondaymorningvibes #alwayslearning

The pink of the #Bougainvillea glabra draws your eye ... and then boom! the Tramuntana mountain range soars into view #landscapegardening #borrowedlandscape

The pink of the #Bougainvillea glabra draws your eye ... and then boom! the Tramuntana mountain range soars into view #landscapegardening #borrowedlandscape

Thinking about the design concept of borrowing from the landscape - this is a perfect example! as the rocks stretch up to the hills behind #mustswitchoff #borrowedlandscape

Thinking about the design concept of borrowing from the landscape - this is a perfect example! as the rocks stretch up to the hills behind #mustswitchoff #borrowedlandscape

Design in nature is everywhere! - love these colours and the natural “etching”. Did the bug that chomped knew they were so artistic?
#artinnature🌱🌺
#designinspiration

Design in nature is everywhere! - love these colours and the natural “etching”. Did the bug that chomped knew they were so artistic?
#artinnature🌱🌺
#designinspiration

Love these pendulous seed shapes on an ash tree that I passed @woodlandtrust tells us: Bullfinches eat the seeds and woodpeckers, owls, redstarts and nuthatches use the trees for nesting. Because the trees are so long lived, they support deadwood specialists such as the lesser stag beetle. Ash is regularly accompanied by a hazel understorey, providing the ideal conditions for dormice. #seewhatatreecanbe #loveatree

Love these pendulous seed shapes on an ash tree that I passed @woodlandtrust tells us: Bullfinches eat the seeds and woodpeckers, owls, redstarts and nuthatches use the trees for nesting. Because the trees are so long lived, they support deadwood specialists such as the lesser stag beetle. Ash is regularly accompanied by a hazel understorey, providing the ideal conditions for dormice. #seewhatatreecanbe #loveatree

The only good thing about Teddy digging up my plants is that they end up as cut flowers to greet me in the morning #colourwithmycoffee #justaboutforgivenhim

The only good thing about Teddy digging up my plants is that they end up as cut flowers to greet me in the morning #colourwithmycoffee #justaboutforgivenhim

I discovered a secret walled garden yesterday..... overgrown with rosemary, mallow, knapweed, oxeyes and an ancient pear tree cracking under the weight of its fruit #magicalspace #lotsofnettlestoo

I discovered a secret walled garden yesterday..... overgrown with rosemary, mallow, knapweed, oxeyes and an ancient pear tree cracking under the weight of its fruit #magicalspace #lotsofnettlestoo

Small sunshine when none is forecast! #heleniumsahinsearlyflowerer #mymorningjoy #summeriscoming

Small sunshine when none is forecast! #heleniumsahinsearlyflowerer #mymorningjoy #summeriscoming

Forget Chelsea 2020..... it’s Moscow Flower Show time which is online this year and my conceptual garden has been nominated !!!! 🎉🤗🎉so please have a look and vote! This is the link to find it and you have to press the heart to the right of the page to vote: https://moscowflowershow.online/en/how-do-we-reconnect/
#beenbusydesigning #gottobeinittowinit💫

Forget Chelsea 2020..... it’s Moscow Flower Show time which is online this year and my conceptual garden has been nominated !!!! 🎉🤗🎉so please have a look and vote! This is the link to find it and you have to press the heart to the right of the page to vote: https://moscowflowershow.online/en/how-do-we-reconnect/
#beenbusydesigning #gottobeinittowinit💫

Forgot this photo too #anthriscussylvestrisravenswing #stipatenuissima

Forgot this photo too #anthriscussylvestrisravenswing #stipatenuissima

#anthriscussylvestrisravenswing still holding on and now prettily framed by #stipatenuissima with #luzula nivea in the background #lovemygrassyborder #summervibesinmygarden

#anthriscussylvestrisravenswing still holding on and now prettily framed by #stipatenuissima with #luzula nivea in the background #lovemygrassyborder #summervibesinmygarden

Trying to water my seedlings #nohelpatall😂 #inmygardentoday

Trying to water my seedlings #nohelpatall😂 #inmygardentoday

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