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Pergolas and other uprights

When you think about garden design you will probably think about all the different dimensions you want us to include in your garden – a veggie patch, a swimming pool, a shed to keep the tools in, a table to have lunch in the shade and one to catch the evening sun but one of the most important dimensions in great garden design is the one that is the most overlooked – the vertical or upright structures that help give the overall design a three dimensional perspective.

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Garden Maintenance in January

January is actually one of the busiest months in the gardening year. We prepare for the always welcome arrival of Spring, in a few months’ time there are still some clearing, tidying and even planting jobs to do before the soil temperature drops and the risk of frost increases.

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Conservatories and glasshouses. Unique garden rooms.

The timeless elegance of a beautifully crafted glasshouse doesn’t just bring an architectural beauty to the garden it also extends your growing season at both ends of the gardening year.

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Winter Wonderland Planting

The winter garden provides a space for serenity and pause in the cycle of life and can also bring hungry birds and other wildlife into the garden when you are planting with an eye on berries, seed heads and winter blooms.

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December To Do List gardens in Surrey

There’s something so satisfying about getting out into the winter garden this month and tackling those rewarding jobs that mean your outdoors space can take a mid winter rest before we get going again next year.

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Planting Spring Bulbs

Planting bulbs is one of those garden jobs that brings great rewards for very little time and effort on your part. That said, if you want the reward of a Springtime splash of colour in your borders and patio pots in early Spring it is worth taking the time and trouble to plant your bulbs carefully, feed them and look after them.

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Surrey garden maintenance November to do list

It might be looking a bit grey and drab out there on some of these misty November mornings but don’t be fooled, there’s plenty to do in the garden this month when as well as tidying up behind the last season, we’ve got our eye on Spring.

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Planning a Pathway

We human beings are sometimes at the mercy of strong but hidden impulses which, if questioned about, we would struggle to explain and garden designers know one of these impulses is the urge to get from A to B the in the straightest line possible.

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October Garden Maintenance Autumn Leaves

… of red and gold and brown and yellow and bronze and crimson and pale, pale green This is the month when Autumn Leaves take centre stage and if you have thought about how to achieve seasonal colour in your garden throughout the year, then this will be the time your acer, maple, rowan, spindle and bronzing fennels all work together to transport you, in your imagination, to Vermont for the spectacle of a golden Fall.

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October! Jobs to do in the garden

It’s important to enjoy our time outdoors in whatever kind of garden we have and so when it comes to those tasks that need tackling each month, I think the best and most motivating approach is ‘little and often.’

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