Inspiration

As some of you know, I am the co-ordinator for our local Society of Garden Designer’s cluster group and yesterday I met up with the other cluster leaders in our region at RHS Garden Wisley.

I just had time to zoom round the garden before our meeting so I thought it would be nice to share some of the photographs I took.

I was SO lucky with the weather yesterday as the sun seemed to appear at the most appropriate moments and this really brought the autumn colour to life.

The area outside the glasshouse was looking fabulous…the statuesque beech columns and perennial planting and grasses, which still has structure and interest even though their lushness has disappeared.

I love the autumn colours, how warm and vibrant they become when the sun makes an appearance.  It’s my favourite time to be out walking.  This year they seem to be more intense don’t you think?

Or is that because it’s been such a rainy summer here in the UK that we’ve forgotten what the sun can do to lift our spirits!?

I’ll leave you with some more hydrangea pictures.  The wonderful showy heads of flowers are as beautiful now as they are in the middle of summer…

Images: Lisa Cox for The Room Outside

I went to Somerset this weekend to see my parents and as the weather was so glorious on Saturday, we decided to go to Lyme Regis.  It was 18°c in the Sunshine so we even sat outside one of the seafront pubs and had a sandwich at lunch time – barmy! Read more

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Oxford Planters was co-founded in 2004 by horticulturalists Martin Adams and Alex Calado who wanted to produce high quality, well designed planters. Read more

I was looking through my many brochures, collected over the years in case of future need, and I found one of Martin Pigg’s cards which prompted me to look at his website. Read more

Browsing through the Garden Design Journal this month I noticed an advert for McKellars Ironwork who make a range of benches, tree seats, planters and obelisks for the garden. Read more

I was first introduced to David Harber by Fiona Stephenson who I worked with when I was training.  Sadly I have not yet been able to feature any of David’s work in any of my designs, but I’m sure I will at some point in the future. Read more

You may well be familiar with Gaze Burvill and their beautiful garden furniture and if you’ve ever been to RHS Wisley Garden then you’ll have seen the wonderful wave benches they have next to the lake. Read more

On Friday I featured garden sculptor, Beatrice Hoffman, whose work had been introduced to me by Emma Riley and Alison Ramsay of the The Art Agency in Esher. Read more

I was introduced to Beatrice Hoffman by Emma Riley and Alison Ramsay of The Art Agency in Esher as they often display her smaller pieces in the gallery. Read more