grounded design: Why We Plant.

grounded design: Why We Plant.: Garden design magazines and blogs dedicate a lot of space to answering the questions "how" and "what" to plant. But in the last few ...

Progress at Pitlochry

A burn along the edge of the garden has now been converted into a series of pools and waterfalls. Hard landscape construction has almost been completed although more weather dependent items such as earthworks and mortar pointing will have to await warmer and drier conditions.

A glass balustrade has been installed along the edge of the roof garden on top of the garage, allowing unbroken views to Western hills.

Oxford College of Garden Design: Plant Hardiness Zones for Europe, US, Canada, China, Japan & Australia

Oxford College of Garden Design: Plant Hardiness Zones for Europe, US, Canada, China, Japan & Australia

grounded design: Garden Design Trends 2012

grounded design: Garden Design Trends 2012: Cleve West's winning design for Chelsea Flower Show Each New Year, the internet is abuzz with it the inevitable horde of prophets an...

Pitlochry proceeds

Despite times of heavy rain, much of the construction of walls and steps is now complete, Unlikely that seeding of a lawn will happen before the onset of cold weather as the soil is far too wet for seed-bed preparation.

Loch Tay revisited

It's always enjoyable to return to a project after 10 years to see how it has matured, how the spaces work to create an integrated landscape, what works and what could have been done better. The setting for this garden made it a challenge - you can't compete with a loch and mountains but you can introduce human scale and allow them to set the scene.

Pitlochry garden under construction. Out of chaos comes forth?

At first it looked like this.

And now it looks like this.  Retaining walls to terrace a slope end then allow a level lawn to be installed. In the meantime chaos reigns.