A proper nose around...

This week a client asked me to look at her boss's garden for inspiration - a beautifully designed Arne Maynard garden in Holland Park. I loved all the different areas and level changes, and the designer's signature detail on the oak posts. A garden for escape...




And it's all about the entrance:

Pillage of the grasses

Have been at Newbury racecourse setting up a temporary display for a fundraising dinner in aid of Centrepoint. We borrowed these enormous pots, and then conveniently plundered ornamental grasses and live branches of Acer palmatum from the organiser's garden to create this internal garden scene inside the tent...