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Perennial meadow coming along – under the faultles

Perennial meadow coming along - under the faultless watering + weeding care of Mr Client.

#naturalisticplanting #perennialmeadows

Corten planters in progress… boundless amount of

Corten planters in progress… boundless amount of compost required. 😮

#weregonnaneedabiggerheap

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#slugdeterrent #wildlifegardener #nospray

#slugdeterrent #wildlifegardener #nospray

#beforeandafter

#beforeandafter

Absolute froth. 🛁

Absolute froth. 🛁

Before… during… after. And two weeks later.

Before… during… after. And two weeks later.

Even a little part shady corner can become a garden.
#malusevereste #digitalislutea #epimediumfrohnleiten #dryopteriserythrosorabrilliance #ophiopogonplaniscapusnigrescens #alchemillaerythropoda

Little couplings. #cotinusgrace #anemanthelelesson

Little couplings. #cotinusgrace #anemanthelelessoniana #naturalisticplanting #plantingdesign

Happy accidents. #papaversomniferum

Happy accidents. #papaversomniferum

New (old) fork. #vintagetools #plantingdesign

New (old) fork.

#vintagetools #plantingdesign

The smell from these roses as I’m tying them up

The smell from these roses as I’m tying them up is worth the thorns discovering the thin bits of me gloves… meep.

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Great Tit 🪺 in a client’s wall – lovely to wa

Great Tit 🪺 in a client’s wall - lovely to watch the comings and goings while working.
Everything coming along really well - for a border less than a year old.
New corner border with crab Apple planted… and pot shopping.

#irisjanephillips #nepetawalkerslow #irishYew #geraniumPhilipVapelle #cerciscanadensisforestpansy #bulwellstone #wildlifegardening

Standing room only for the late tulips, T. ‘Bata

Standing room only for the late tulips, T. ‘Batalini Bronze Charm’ and T. ‘Violet Beauty’ with an eiderdown of woodland moss, and support from Silver Birch peasticks. #containergardening #containerdesign #tulips #terracottapots #englishgardens #gardensillustrated #naturalistplanting

Before and After. Planting project for pretty cana

Before and After.
Planting project for pretty canalside garden.
Brief: colour all year, plenty of flowers for cutting, and for pollinators too; with autumn colour an essential.
Palette: blue, purple, and deepest red.

Just the Acer ‘Garnet’ to pot up in a gargantuan pot, and then back in autumn for spring bulb planting.
#LongEaton #hortulus #plantingdesign #beforeafter

Plants from @plantpref @milesnurseries @jacksonsnurseries @felley_priory_gardens @collyers_nurseries @david_austin_roses
Compost from @dalefootcomposts

ELAEAGNUS x EBBINGEI (Ebbing’s Oleaster) A forev

ELAEAGNUS x EBBINGEI (Ebbing’s Oleaster)
A forever, total favourite evergreen shrub. Every garden should have one. Inexpensive, unfussy, quick grower, responds well to trimming or cutting back; makes an excellent little tree if left to grow and the crown then raised; scented flowers; bird-friendly berries; great in arrangements and dries beautifully in wreaths… I could go on. But, for me, the greatest thing about it is the foliage: new leaves look like gilded filigree and the underside of every leaf glistens like polished bronze. 20/10 would plant again.

There’s a variegated version called ‘Limelight’, which is pretty indeed - though I find the variegation is unstable and it often reverts, so needs an eye on it for a judicial pruning.

It’s finally here.

It’s finally here.

teabreak sketch of a tiddy damp border.

teabreak sketch of a tiddy damp border.

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