Designing with Grasses

Designing with grasses. Borders can come alive with grasses - movement, light and structure all features of ornamental grasses used within the planting scheme. Flowering early in the summer, until late autumn, with seedbeds overwintering, grasses provide a long season and benefit wildlife.

Garden Design, Garden Design Features, Garden Design Inspiration, Planting Design, Planting Combinations, Landscape ProfessionalsBo CookOctober 21, 2019garden design, Garden Design, Plants, grasses, designing with grasses

Garden Memories

Often we let our memories and nostalgia towards plants, and our experiences in our own gardens and wild spaces as children, weave into our current experiences with our own gardens. Read about some of my thoughts here. And I’d love to hear yours.

Bo CookApril 17, 2019garden design, plant inspiration, Planting Design, Plants, gardens, Memories, Gardening with Children, Nostalgia Comment

Great Dixter - A Plantsperson's Haven

Garden Visit to Great Dixter, East Sussex. Garden visits are essential to a Garden Designer. We note plant combinations, landscaping details and take great inspiration from these visits. We also like to share our experiences with you.

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