Unfortunately it’s generally considered that most retail garden plants come in standard sizes, I guess this is because gardeners are used to visiting the local nursery, garden centre or market stall, (and now discount centres and supermarkets) and seeing standard sized plants in standard sized plant pots in…well…a standard retail environment. It’s a plant with […]
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Shade Garden Plants
Once a garden is designed, built and planted it never quite finishes there. Being invited back to see a garden is always welcome and just last week I went and had a look around a previously planted garden – I was looking forward to seeing how the overall planting scheme had coped with several winters […]
Malham Tarn
Ideas for a garden can come from many places, it can be from other gardens, magazines, TV or just something spotted out of the car window in passing. But sometimes there are many hidden surprises where they perhaps aren’t expected – so off we went one evening during the summer to have a look at […]
Coldstones Cut Sculpture
Coldstones Cut near Pateley Bridge is an excellent example of a piece of sculpture on a grand scale – and well worth a visit. Not only is it something interesting to see but it can also be walked around, explored and viewed from many different angles. Designed by Andrew Sabin this massive piece of […]
