The Edit
Our take on pairings, trends and folly in the garden!
A Heartfelt Goodbye…
It’s been such a pleasure and privilege to work with all of you over the years. ...
The Magic of Woodland Gardens
Follow Simplicity and Restraint as your woodland-design principles, and you can’t go wrong....
Steal a View
If you’re lucky enough to have a garden which overlooks somebody else’s great-looking landscape, the quickest way to capture what is famously called a “Borrowed View”......
Power of One
Placed decisively, and scaled boldly, a solitary ornament will become a powerful presence in a garden....
Staddle Stones
A clever British farmer became weary of battling the varmints who invaded his granary....
Gardens Balls, Large and Small
Decorative Orbs, be they of carved stone, wrought iron or mold-cast lead, beautifully embellish gardens of all styles....
Using Reclaimed Architectural Antiques
While we‘re focusing upon acquiring significant architectural centerpieces for our gardens, we should also consider those little treasures that can be extracted from a rubble pile......
Animal Instincts: Mild or Wild?
During Greece’s Hellenistic period, animals became acceptable subjects for sculptors, and ever since gardens have been graced by likenesses of non-human creatures....
Garden Gates: a TALE and a TEASE
Every old gate tells you tales of the past while it suggests that there’s something marvelous, just ahead....
The Charm of the Unexpected
There’s a fine line separating Just Enough and Too Many … between Utterly Perfect and Totally Wrong! ...
Garden Whimsy – Lessons from Ms. Jekyll
Munstead Wood, Gertrude Jekyll’s home, was designed by Edwin Lutyens and built in 1896, and there, you won’t find a single Serious Statue. ...
Labyrinths: To Confound…Or Clarify
There are examples of labyrinths from all eras, spread across the entire world....
Eyecatchers
Thoughtfully-planned gardens, both large and small, all need at least one significant vertical ornament....
Strictly for the Birds
Essential to ecosystems, birds feed upon insects while they also pollinate flowers…our gardens couldn’t exist without these miraculous creatures....
Ode to the Dog
The truth I do not stretch or shove, When I state that the dog is full of love. I've also found, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest....
The Ancient & Powerful Obelisk
These elongated pyramidal structures, which symbolized petrified rays of sunshine, honored Ra, the Sun God....
Slow down Look down
When you choose routes for your pathways, you frame views within your garden. But you can also impose subliminal speed limits upon those who will wander there....
