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Small garden style

January 27, 2014 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

Most of have small gardens, but let’s not be inhibited by this. You just have to be a bit more thoughtful about the lay-out and what you put into it because everything is magnified in a small space. The lay-out is important, sub-division with hedges, trellis or planting gives the illusion that the garden is bigger. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Garden Design, Inspiration, Recycling & Sustainability Tagged With: bird friendly gardens, garden furniture, small gardens, small stylish gardens, water features

Colour in the garden part 3

December 9, 2013 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

Colour in the garden isn’t just about using plants and flowers, some great effects can be had by using coloured objects. Painting a wall introduces colour quickly and easily, and can be changed if you get tired of the colour. It’s good to think about what’s planted in front of the wall too, these white flowers […]

Filed Under: Blog, Garden Design, Plants Tagged With: coloured tree bark, flowers, garden colour, garden furniture, silver birch trees, tree bark

Ten tips to help you enjoy dining out in your garden this summer

April 2, 2013 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

  Dining out in the garden is one of the pleasures that we have to look forward to over the coming months. It’s a nice way of enjoying your garden, being outside and relaxing with friends. Your garden is probably bigger than any room in your house, so these are my tips to help you make the most of […]

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Friday Inspiration – fancy sitting in this garden?

April 27, 2012 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

My Friday inspiration this week is this lovely garden chair

Filed Under: Blog, Inspiration Tagged With: garden chair, garden design, garden furniture, garden inspiration, garden style, Orsan

Friday inspiration

April 6, 2012 By Jill Anderson 1 Comment

My Friday inspiration this week is this lovely sleek garden bench, I love the timeless design which looks so contemporary

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Landscape Show, Olympia April 2011

April 14, 2011 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

 Gorgeous roses from David Austin I’ve been a garden designer for a while now and over the years I’ve used lots of different products, sorting out the wheat from the chaff, so that I have a number of tried and tested products now that I rely on. However, it’s always good to look out for new […]

Filed Under: Blog, Garden Design, Inspiration Tagged With: garden furniture, garden lighting, Landscape

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The healing, calming power of nature in one photo. The healing, calming power of nature in one photo.
These wonderful autumn colours won’t be around for much longer. But that’s ok, because now is what matters, & their fleeting beauty makes them even more precious.
It’s easy to see how being among trees & nature is so beneficial for our health & wellbeing. 
Have a great Sunday.
Savouring all the autumn colour, & doesn’t it lo Savouring all the autumn colour, & doesn’t it look spectacular with this bold front door.
Today has been hard work, after a lovely time last week in Norfolk. The north coast there is spectacular. Realising these last few months, that there are so many beautiful places here. 
Have a nice evening.
Charming glasshouse at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. Vis Charming glasshouse at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. Visiting to see the Anish Kapoor sculptures, which are amazing, but unprepared for the beauty of the grounds & garden. 
Such a treat, worth coming to Norfolk for this alone!
Hope you’re keeping well, & managing to smile some of the time. x
P.S. more of Houghton Hall & Anish Kapoor on my stories
We stopped off on the way home to pick blackberrie We stopped off on the way home to pick blackberries, after coffee & cake, sitting in the churchyard - the cafe was full, & the churchyard is a quiet, peaceful spot..... as you’d expect.
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One little advantage of lockdown is walking so much more, rather than using the car. Though it shouldn’t have taken something as momentous as this, for me to change bad habits 🙁
Hope you’re weekend is going well.
My hazel arch, a bit lopsided 🙄 using wood from My hazel arch, a bit lopsided 🙄 using wood from a random clump of hazel on the garden. Now looking much better covered in winter squash plants, so you can’t see just how ramshackle it is. I like to think it has a certain home-spun charm .

Great for small space gardening, imagine how much room you need to grow these without vertical supports.

I’ve got 2 Uchiki kuri, lovely nutty flavour.
1 Turks turban, for its flamboyant shape & colours, though it also tastes good.
One unknown, grown by my grandsons in their homeschooled science lesson.
Close-ups of the squash over on my stories.
Stay cool my friends x
I wanted to show you this lovely lily ( Lilium reg I wanted to show you this lovely lily ( Lilium regale) which is flowering right outside our bedroom window. 
It gets sun for about 4 hours only, you can order the bulbs now for planting in September. It’ll reappear every year & waft delicious scent around your garden, or through your windows.
Have a very happy Monday x
It’s British Flower Week, there’s a lot to be It’s British Flower Week, there’s a lot to be said for fabulous seasonal flowers that haven’t travelled thousands of miles ...... & are wonderful for biodiversity
A bit of rain, nice long days (it’s almost mid-s A bit of rain, nice long days (it’s almost mid-summer!) & it’s, mostly, all growing nicely.

Spinach, courgettes & garlic in shot here. 
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday x
Hope is a decision I’ve thought long & hard abou Hope is a decision
I’ve thought long & hard about how to view the tumult in the world we’re living in now. 
The only thing that works for me, is to choose hope.

It’s a tall order, but avoiding mainstream news & speculation helps avoid the anxiety, that’s often waiting in the wings.

One day soon there’ll be grandchildren clambering over this again.
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