Speaking from experience I would say only one in ten driveway projects I see being undertaken look to have been properly designed. Most look like something straight out of the Marshalls brocure, with a curve running from the gate post sweeping round on gentle curve in front of the bay window of the house. Driveways arent cheap ranging anywhere from £70-180 per square meter, for a small portion of your budget a Garden Designer could help you design and plan your driveway project, bringing ideas to the table you won’t see in the Marshalls catalogue that will really make your home stand out from ..read more

This covered area demonstrates how hiring a garden designer can save you large amounts of money on your outdoor project. This area created in my own garden cost less than £2k (self built), factor in a landscaper an their labour and you are  probably looking at around £4-5k all in. Now imagine you have just spent £10-15k on an outdoor pavillion from an add in an outdoor living magazine, then you want to spend a further £5-10k on that porcelain patio you desire. This is why it is always worth hiring a garden designer, landscaping work is and always has been costly, it has to be done right to sta ..read more

Communities have been given the chance to win a garden from the Chelsea Flower Show by creating their own showpiece green space. Schools, hospitals, community centres and hospices can enter the competition which will see the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Greening Grey Britain garden from the flower show relocated to the winning community. The winners of the contest, launched on BBC One’s The One Show, will receive plants and other elements of the garden after it has been on display at the world famous gardening event. The Greening Grey Britain garden forms part of the RHS’s campaign to t ..read more