Beds, lawn, borders and the paths between them, built as one garden rather than a collection of features.
A garden holds together when the planting has a structure under it: something evergreen to read in winter, something that flowers in sequence rather than all in March, and enough repetition that the eye is led instead of scattered.
How we build one
- Beds set out and soil improved to the depth the planting actually needs
- A layered scheme, with structure, mid-height and ground cover planned together
- Flowering staggered across the year, so there is never a bare month
- Edging that holds the line between bed and lawn without annual re-cutting
- Mulch, which halves watering and most of the weeding
We plant at a density that fills in within two seasons. Planting sparse and waiting five years is cheaper on day one and disappointing for four of them.
