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Inspired by a new commission, sud-dividing the garden and hedges.

February 1, 2013 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

Suddenly it’s February and the garden has eventually emerged from the snow. Daylight is lengthening and the phone has been busy as people start thinking about getting their gardens looking nice  for summer…. and I’m putting the finishing touches to the garden classes that I’m about to start teaching,  there’ll be news about these on the website any day now.

I got a brand new commission for a garden design this week and although I haven’t officially started yet, I’m already sketching ideas in my head and formulating plans… all those possibilities …

I’m thinking about how to define different parts of the garden, even a small garden will be all the better for a little sub-division.

Hedges are a really nice way to do this and they make a lovely back-drop to a planted border.

 www.andersonlandscapedesign.co.uk/blog

 

The length of the hedge can be broken up by stone pillars like the these, I like how they match the stone walls at the front of the this picture

 

www.andersonlandscapedesign.co.uk

 

or pillars of the same hedging material like these:

 

www.andersonlandscapedesign.co.uk/blog

 

www.andersonlandscapedesign.co.uk/blog

 

Hedges don’t have to be straight, cloud-pruned, bumpy hedges look great too, like the one at the top of the steps in this photo:

 www.andersonlandscapedsign.co.uk/blog 

it’s like having a big piece of sculpture in your garden.

You might like to read about different types of garden boundaries here.

I hope you’re enjoying the longer days, have a lovely weekend.

Jill

all images: Jill Anderson

 

 

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Filed Under: Blog, Garden Design, Inspiration Tagged With: cloud pruning, gardening classes, hegdges, Yew hedges

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