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Lavender in bloom on a humid summer’s evening. Finally a welcome breeze tonight after such a hot day! #summergarden

Rosa ‘Windflower’ - I really like this shrub rose because of its open, airy habit whose blooms give a beautiful, loose & informal feel to a mixed border. The delicately cupped blooms also open fully to give good access to bees....

Rosa ‘Silver Shadow’ in a west-facing mixed ornamental bed. It’s one of the most stunning hybrid tea roses I’ve used - prolific large, unusual silvery-lilac & fragrant blooms last for ages atop tall, strong, upright stems bedecked with glossy dark green foliage....

My supervisor fell asleep on the job 😁 💤 Another productive week watched over by my sweetest boy, Teddy…and the Ceanothus in bloom made him look especially handsome 💙🤎 Have a restful & lovely weekend everyone!

Morning light on a fragrant mixed flower bed. The daphne steals the show with its wonderful fragrance, especially on a warm summer’s day 🌸 #summergarden #fragrantgarden

Rosa ‘Constance Spry’ just coming into flower - growing as a climber up a tall trellis (to mask large rainwater storage tanks behind), it will look wonderful once fully established/trained…a ‘wall’ of luminous rose pink, heady myrrh-scented sprays of blooms in early...

If you are thinking about updating your beds/borders, or are considering creating new ones throughout your garden, please do get in touch. I am a garden designer who specialises in creating ‘softscapes’ where wildlife can thrive, and whereby using the right plants for...

Rosa ‘A Shropshire Lad’ - a delicately fragranced, almost thornless short climber, bearing such beautiful, many-petalled clusters of soft peachy-pink flowers that will repeat through the growing season. It’s a lovely rose to use for a garden bed/border that has a...