As harmony is to a tune, so colour is to a garden: it gives a more precise feeling and mood to the under¬lying design. Colour alone cannot make a garden, but it can enrich the design and highlight different parts of the scheme at different times. It can attract atten¬tion by means of bright Read more...
There are a number of ways to improve the quality of the soil; drainage can be made more efficient and the substance and fertility of the soil enhanced. Drainage The most important consideration on any land that is to be productive is drainage. This fact has been recognized almost as long as Read more...
Each of us sees colour differently, and one person’s idea of bright harmonies may be another person’s chamber of horrors. Nevertheless, there are certain basic guidelines which will help to produce harmoniz¬ing colours. Thereafter it is up to the individual to satisfy his or her Read more...
These have become popular in recent years in the wake of such famous examples as the white garden at Sissinghurst. They represent an extremely disci¬plined form of gardening in that the gardener has to work with a very limited palette. This can have its advantages: the emphasis is thrown back on Read more...