I have been looking over the University of California, Berkeley’s Environmental Design archives, finding myself returning to Gertrude Jekyll’s Blagdon Hall.
There aren’t a lot of garden designers who people know by name. There are even fewer who people who don’t garden know by name. Arne Maynard is one of them. Thanks to articles in Vogue, Town and Country, Elle Decor, the New York Times and many others, Maynard is known to a lot of non-gardeners […]
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We are honoured to be the official supplier of one of the most famous and dedicated Allium cultivators in the Netherlands. Each year we visit the fields and select the most exclusive and rare Allium varieties available to offer these Allium bulbs to discerning gardeners like you. We can definitely say we are an Allium specialist. Our 'Abbey Road' collection consists of Allium multibulbosum 'Nigrum' combined with the deep red Allium atropurpureum. Allium multibulbosum 'Nigrum' is known for its unusual flower shape. The Allium flower spikes are being exposed from the stem rather than the ball shaped flower you normally would see with alliums. Allium atropurpureum has smaller dark red to almost purple blooms. The dark red blooms are a true eye catcher. Combining Allium multibulbosum 'Nigrum' and Allium atropurpureum creates a delicate and elegant look to your garden in the early summer. Excellent for naturalizing and bees and butterflies love them! Each 'Abbey Road' collection package contains: 5 x Allium multibulbosum 'Nigrum' 5 x Allium atropurpureum
Joseph Swift is a gardener who was born on 25 May 1965. Both of Joe Swift's parents and other family members are famous. Joe Swift's father was the late actor Clive Swift best known for playing Richard Bucket, the long suffering husband of Hyacinth Bucket (played by Dame Patricia Routledge) in Keeping up Appearances. His father sadly died on 1st February 2019. Joe Swifts mother is novelist Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd who has published 19 Novels. She divorced his father in 1975. She is now married to Sir Michael Holroyd, who is a writer and Biographer. His older brother Adam Swift became a Political Philosopher and Sociologist and has written several books. His late Sister Rebecca Swift was to become a poet and essayist and ran the Literacy Consultancy and sadly died in 2017. His late uncle was David Swift, the actor best known for playing Henry Davenport in Drop the Dead Donkey. His childhood memories of his garden in London are that he mainly used for football but he would help out in his Grandparents garden. He grew a very small apple sampling from a seed but his mom had got some landscapers in the garden and it sadly disappeared, much to Joes annoyance. After suffering from Glandular Fever during his A levels Joe did not do well in them. After leaving school Joe went to Art College but dropped out and became a guitarist in a band 'The Tumbling Dice'. He left the band to go travelling and he first got into gardening whilst in Israel working in a Kibbutz. Joe Swift started work as a Landscape Gardener before going to Australia to work there. Joe had fallen in love with gardening and whilst in Australia the concept of a garden being an outdoor room had caught his interest. Joe returned to study a degree in Garden Design at The English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Gardens. One of his first jobs when he qualified was to design his Mother a garden. Joe Swift joined Gardeners' World as a presenter in 1998, alongside Monty Don where he shows off his garden design skills. He also presents and is a judge for RHS Flower Shows. Joe also writes gardening articles for magazines and newspapers and has written several books. In 2012, Joe Swift's garden design at Chelsea Flower Show won a gold medal. Joe is a past President of the National Garden Scheme. In 2018 Joe designed Horatio's Garden at Stoke Mandeville. He is quoted as saying 'its the most important garden I've designed in my life, and probably ever will do'. Joe has two children and lives in Hackney, East London but as his likes to keep his personal life out of the media, I will dig no dirt Pete Free 🌻 2012 RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Gold Medal Joe Swift Television Programmes 1998 Gardeners' World 2001 Small Town Gardens 2001 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2003 Garden Invaders 2004 Garden Makers 2005 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2006 Gardener of the Year 2007 Open Gardens 2013 Great British Garden Revival 2015 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 2020 Gardeners' World 2020 Episode 8 08 May 2020 Episode 9: 15 May 2020 2021 Gardeners' World 2021 Episode 1: 19 March 2021 Episode 4: 09 April 2021 Gardeners' World Winter Specials 2021/22 10 December 2021 2022 Gardeners' World 2022 Gardeners' World Winter Specials 2022/23 2023 Gardeners' World 2023 2024 Gardeners' World Winter Specials 2023/24 Gardeners' World 2024 Joe Swift Books 2001 The Plant Room: A Contemporary Guide to Urban Gardening 2008 Joe's Urban Garden Handbook 2009 Joe's Allotment: Planning and Planting a Productive Plot 2014 Joe's Small Garden Handbook Joe Swift Website and Instagram Share this post
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There aren’t a lot of garden designers who people know by name. There are even fewer who people who don’t garden know by name. Arne Maynard is one of them. Thanks to articles in Vogue, Town and Country, Elle Decor, the New York Times and many others, Maynard is known to a lot of non-gardeners […]
The compact London garden of Jinny Blom, which she recently redesigned, adding shape and structure to bring a sense of ordered calm
Monty Don was born on 8th July 1955 in West Berlin where his father was a serving soldier. He was given the name Montagu Denis Wyatt Don and has a twin sister. Monty Don's young life involved a strict upbringing. He attended 3 public schools before going on to attend a comprehensive school where he failed his A levels. Monty had already found his love of gardening and farming as a teenager. Whilst he was resitting his A levels at evening classes worked on a pig farm and building sites. Monty Don met wife Sarah whilst he was studying English at Magdalene College in Cambridge. Monty Don has three children - Adam, Freya and Tom. His early careers included dustman, grave digger and waiter and a failed novelist. Monty launched a costume jewellery company with his jeweller wife Sarah Don. This career move is his most quoted and it was during the flamboyant 1980s that Monty Don Jewellery was a success. You can find examples of Monty Don Jewellery on Pinterest and for sale on eBay. The jewellery business eventually went bankrupt leaving them living with Sarah's parents. During this time the start of what was to be a life long battle with depression and seasonally affected disorder (SAD) reared its head. He treated this with cognitive behavioural therapy, drug treatment and the use of a light box. Monty is a huge advocate to the healing power of gardening, the mud on your hands and the pleasure of watching the rewards grow. “The real importance of gardening is the empowerment that it gives people, however small or seemingly insignificant their gardens might be. It is surprising how liberating it is, if you can grow anything at all.” – Monty Don Monty's early passion for gardening started bearing fruit although never having any formal training. Monty Don's garden Longmeadow is not open to the public. Monty has a weekly gardening column in the Observer and has also wrote for the Daily Mail and Mail on line. A gardening slot on this morning started what was to be the first of many and Monty Don has been a Gardeners World presenter since 2003. Monty in his first appearance on Tomorrows World British gardener Monty Don began his TV career as a presenter on the popular TV garden makeover show Real Gardens with Carol Klein and Ann-Marie Powell. Real Gardens was different from the usual format as helped the gardeners through out the season develop their own gardens. Monty Don was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2018. Monty Don TV Shows 1998 - 2000 Real Gardens Series 3 ? I am not sure if this is Series 2 and series 3 from Episode 14? Pete Free 🌻 Episode 1: Stockport, Norfolk & Felixstowe Episode 2: Harrow, Norfolk & Devon Episode 3: Stockport, Norfolk & Felixstowe Episode 4: Harrow, Norfolk & Devon Episode 5: Stockport, Norfolk & Felixstowe Episode 6: Harrow, Norfolk & Devon Episode 7: Guernsey, Felixstowe & Stockport Episode 8: Devon, Stockport, Guernsey & RHS Chelsea Flower Show Episode 9: Harrow, Guernsey & Felixstowe Episode 10: Guernsey, Islington & Devon Episode 11: Huddersfield, Islington & Chulmleigh Episode 12: Devon, Guernsey & Stockport Episode 13: Huddersfield, Islington, Chulmleigh & RHS Hampton Court Flower Show Episode 14: Liverpool, Burton-on-Trent, Portsmouth (from previous series) Episode 15: Cotswolds, Huddersfield & Chumleigh Episode 16: Guernsey, Cotswolds & Chumleigh Episode 17: Huddersfield, Cotswolds & Chumleigh Episode 18: Guernsey, Wiltshire & Cotswolds Episode 19: Leicestershire, Wiltshire & Cotswolds Episode 20: Leicestershire, Wiltshire & Cotswolds Series 2 Series 1 2001 Lost Gardens 2003 - present Gardeners' World 2008 Around the World in 80 Gardens 2011 Monty Don's Italian Gardens 2013 Great British Garden Revival 2013 Monty Don's French Gardens 2014 - 2017 Big Dreams, Small Places 2014 Main Presenter RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015 The Secret History of the British Garden 2019 Monty Don's Japanese Gardens Copyright BBC.com Episode 1 Episode 2 2020 Monty Don's American Gardens 2020 Gardeners' World 2020 Copyright BBC.com Episode 1: 20 March 2020 Episode 2: 27 March 2020 Episode 5: 17 April 2020 Episode 6: 24 April 2020 Episode 7: 01 May 2020 Episode 8: 08 May 2020 Episode 9: 15 May 2020 2021 Gardeners' World 2021 Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Gardeners' World Winter Specials 2021/22 10 December 2021 2022 Monty Don's Adriatic Gardens Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 2022 Gardeners' World 2022 First shown 11/03/2022 Gardeners' World Winter Specials 2022/23 2023 Gardeners' World Compilations 2023 Gardeners' World 2023 Gardeners' World Winter Specials 2023/24 2024 Gardeners' World Compilations 2024 Monty Don's Spanish Gardens Gardeners' World 2024 Monty Don Books 1997 The Sensuous Garden 1997 The Weekend Gardener - Beautiful Gardens for Busy People 1998 Gardening Mad (and Fleur Olby) 1998 Urban Jungle: The Simple Way to Tame Your Town Garden 1999 Fork to Fork (and Sarah Don) 2003 From the Garden to the Table: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Your Own Food (and Sarah Don, Simon Wheeler) 2005 The Jewel Garden: A Story of Despair and Redemption (and Sarah Don) 2005 Gardeners' World: Gardening from Berryfields 2006 Growing out of Trouble 2006 My Roots: A Decade in the Garden 2008 Round the World in 80 Gardens 2009 The Complete Gardener: A Practical, Imaginative Guide to Every Aspect of Gardening 2009 Extraordinary Gardens of the World 2009 The Ivington Diaries 2010 The Home Cookbook (and Sarah Don) 2011 Ten Poems About Gardens 2011 Great Gardens of Italy (and Derry Moore) 2012 Gardening at Longmeadow 2013 My Dream Farm 2014 The Road to Le Tholonet: A French Garden Journey 2017 Down to Earth: Gardening Wisdom 2017 Nigel: my family and other dogs 2017 Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (and Ann Dumas) 2018 Paradise Gardens: the world's most beautiful Islamic gardens (and Derry Moore) 2019 Japanese Gardens: a Journey (and Derry Moore) 2020 My Garden World 2020 American Gardens (and Derry Moore) 2021 The Complete Gardener: A Practical, Imaginative Guide to Every Aspect of Gardening Revised Edition 2022 Gardening at Longmeadow 2023 The Gardening Book Monty Don Website
Emotion and restraint weave through Andrea Cochran's well-edited landscapes—a look at some of the landscapes that she has designed, as well as our exclusive (and extensive) Q&A with Cochran.
There aren’t a lot of garden designers who people know by name. There are even fewer who people who don’t garden know by name. Arne Maynard is one of them. Thanks to articles in Vogue, Town and Country, Elle Decor, the New York Times and many others, Maynard is known to a lot of non-gardeners […]
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A brief history of the iconic Versailles Citrus Planter Boxes. Classic planters of French garden design now at Eye of the Day.
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Laureata in Architettura nel 1995 presso il Politecnico di Torino, è qui cultore della materia, per il corso di “Storia dei Giardini” nell’anno accademico 1993-1994.Approfondisce la sua formazione e le conoscenze nel campo del paesaggio, dei giardini e orti botanici attraverso diversi viaggi-studio e collaborando, nel 1991, con lo studio
To visit Sissinghurst Castle's without the crowds, stay overnight in the Priest's House in the white garden and wander the gardens freely at dawn and dusk.
מעטים הבתים אשר גורמים לליבי להחסיר פעימה, אבל כשפגשתי בבית של מעצבת הגנים Butter Wakefield חשבתי שעוד ארגע אתעלף. זה די ברור שכל העוסקים במקצועות הבוטניים חובבים מן הסתם ירוקים, אבל לא חשבתי שלעוד בן אדם ביקום תהיה אובססיה לצבע הירוק יותר ממני. ואני לא מגזימה עם המילה אובססיה, למעשה ככה מגדירה את עצמה המעצבת בכל הנוגע לפרחים ולצבע הירוק. אני חושבת שזהו אחד הבתים (אם לא “ה”) יפים שפגשתי בחיי, ולמרות מה שנראה כמו עומס יתר, יושב לטעמי בדיוק בהגדרה של מושלם, על אוסף חפציו וגווניו. על התמונות הנפלאות אחראי צלם הגנים האנגלי Clive Nichols. Butter Wakefield, מעצבת הגנים האמריקאית,…
Photos of English garden designer Sarah Price's gardens, including her 2007 RHS Chelsea Flower Show entry, "A City Garden," with detailed plant photos, as well as a sketch of Price's plans for her entry in this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
Alys Fowler was born in Silchester Hampshire, daughter of a Doctor and her mother ran a small holding with 200 chickens and also trained gun dogs. Her mother was a keen gardener and the whole family tried to be as self sufficient as possible. Alys was the youngest of 3 children, she has an older sister and brother. Alys Fowler's childhood was mostly spent outside in the fields and woods around the farm. She got her love for nature from her parents as well as instilling the therapeutic nature of being outdoors. Alys Fowler attended Bedales School a 'hippie' boarding school for celebrities children where she had her own gardening plot. Alys went to university in London before taking a scholarship to study at New York Botanical Gardens. On returning to London, Alys completed her Masters in Society, Science and the Environment. Alys Fowler met her husband in 2005, they married in 2006 and they divorced in 2016. In 2005 Alys Fowler started on Gardeners' World as a researcher and three years later in 2008 she was to become a presenter. In 2010 Alys Fowler presented The Edible Garden, where she gave us a tour of her own garden. This popular series showed how you can have an attractive, self sufficient garden in a small plot. Alys Fowler enjoys foraging and picking wild herbs, which provided inspiration for her book The Thrifty Forager. Alys Fowler writes for the Guardian with a weekly gardening column, has a blog and has written a number of gardening books. Alys Fowler TV Shows 2008 - 2011 Gardeners' World - Presenter 2010 The Edible Garden - Presenter Copyright BBC.com Episode 1: Peas & Beans Episode 2: Salads Episode 3: Roots & Leafy Greens Episode 4: Juicy Fruits Episode 5: Flowers & Herbs Episode 6: The Winter Larder 2014 - 2015 Great British Garden Revival - Presenter Alys Fowler books 2007 The Thrifty Gardener: How to Create a Stylish Garden for Next to Nothing 2009 Garden Anywhere 2010 The Edible Garden 2011 The Thrifty Forager 2013 Abundance: How to Store and Preserve your Garden Produce 2017 Hidden Nature: A Voyage of Discovery 2017 Letters to a Beekeeper (with Steve Benbow) 2017 Plant Love: How to Choose and Care for your House Plants 2019 A Modern Herbal Alys Fowler Instagram and Twitter
Each year along with our Top 100 interior designers, we reveal House & Garden’s top 50 garden and landscape designers, hand-picked for their knowledge, expertise and imagination
Carex Pensylvanica is a versatile and attractive native plant with numerous landscaping benefits. Its unique attributes and adaptability make it famous for gardens, parks, and other outdoor spaces. Carex Pensylvanica Plugs Will Add Beauty To Your Landscape Carex Pensylvanica Plugs, also known as sled plugs, are a beautiful addition to your landscape. These are a fantastic choice for home gardeners who want to add beauty and texture to their lawns or fill large spaces to create visual depth and appeal. They are prized for their vibrant green color, which offers an appealing contrast against various plants, foliage, and hardscaping elements such as sand, rocks, and gravel. With their delicate appearance and resilient nature, they are well-loved for their durability. Carex Pensylvanica Is A Charming Grass Known for their slim, arching shape, they add grace and elegance to any environment. They have fine blades of perennial grass that form notable clumps together, which create a plush, luxurious effect planted together. The leaves are glossy and sophisticated, lending a beautiful sheen to any planted garden. The overall aesthetic of it can enhance the appeal and vibrance of both residential and commercial landscapes. Carex Pensylvanica Offers Ground-Cover Qualities The compact scale makes them suitable for a wide range of locations. They can serve as a ground cover, accent plant in a garden, or lovely border filler to create and enhance the layout of a garden or landscape. They thrive even in compact spaces, such as along pathways around trees or beneath shrubs. Their ability to grow well wherever they are planted makes them excellent choices for adding elegant yet eye-catching depth to gardens and landscapes. Furthermore, they can be suitable in rock gardens to add verdant depth and appeal or planted into natural landscapes to achieve rustic, earthy charm. You can expect it to display charm throughout the year as the seasons change and their colors evolve. New plugs are bursting with vibrant green blades, which always emerge in the springtime. Throughout summer, the foliage continues to be a beautiful, refreshing green that complements surrounding blooms. In the fall, these plans display a warm, golden shade that suits the season and creates a warm, peaceful atmosphere. And by winter, they will continue to offer exciting texture and color in snowy gardens. Carex Pensylvanica is a durable, charming addition to any landscape and ideal for serving not only as accents but as full lawn replacements as well.
I was stunned to have only recently learned of the tragic death last year of Mr. Ryan Gainey, and how it came about on July 29, 2016 . Gainey, 72, died after rushing into his burning ...
Ann-Marie Powell is a garden designer, gardening presenter, author and journalist. A Gardener on Real Gardens with Monty Don and Carol Klein.
Each year along with our Top 100 interior designers, we reveal House & Garden’s top 50 garden and landscape designers, hand-picked for their knowledge, expertise and imagination
Each year along with our Top 100 interior designers, we reveal House & Garden’s top 50 garden and landscape designers, hand-picked for their knowledge, expertise and imagination
