Garden design, landscaping & the art of outdoor living.
A good host plans the garden the way a good cook plans a menu. Here's how to lay out a space people actually linger in.
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Three square metres is plenty if you treat the walls and rails as planting surfaces, not boundaries.
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Vertical structure is the fastest way to make a flat garden feel composed. The trick is scale and restraint.
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The bones of a garden are made of stone. Get the materials and the falls right and everything else follows.
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Twelve months of interest is a matter of sequence, not luck. Plan the calendar before you plan the bed.
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An outdoor room only earns its keep if you'd happily spend a Tuesday evening in it. Comfort beats spectacle.
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A perennial should pull its weight for more than a fortnight. Here's how to pick plants with a long season.
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Dividing a garden makes it feel bigger, not smaller. The secret is what you can't quite see yet.
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Proportion, repetition, a focal point and a route. Master four ideas and most design problems solve themselves.
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