Category: Small Garden
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Plants are a must-have for any outdoor space – backyard pools included. In fact, without them, pools can risk looking bare, boring, and uninviting. Surround a backyard pool with architectural foliage, colorful flowers, or lofty trees, and the space can instantly be transformed from drab to fab. And not only will such botanical beauties add…
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Here are our eight English garden ideas for designing a cottage-style landscape—picture hedges planted in straight lines and crisp evergreen accents paired with a lush tangle of perennials, annuals, roses, and billowy ornamental grasses. What is an English garden? English garden designs have evolved over the centuries to reflect a “structured informality” that emphasizes local…
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Small garden overhead We’re always on the lookout for ingenious small garden ideas – who’s got space to waste these days? And we just found our next source of gardening inspiration thanks to B&Q and its Gardener of the Year competition. Running for its third year awarding one lucky gardening enthusiast, this year Bristol-based Matthew…
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Whether you’re after a colourful display of sweet peas in the garden or are growing a crop of climbing runner beans on an allotment, knowing how to make a wigwam support for vertical planting will come in super-handy all-round. Growing crops upwards instead of across the ground is a brilliant space-saver that will allow you…
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We’re always on the lookout for ingenious small garden ideas – who’s got space to waste these days? And we just found our next source of gardening inspiration thanks to B&Q and its Gardener of the Year competition. Running for its third year awarding one lucky gardening enthusiast, this year Bristol-based Matthew Symonds nabbed the…
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Award-winning landscape designer Tom Massey talks to House Beautiful about making the switch from animation to garden design, creating greener spaces, and his tiny courtyard garden in London. Tom will be at Chelsea Flower Show 2025, teaming up once again with architect Je Ahn for the innovative, AI-enabled Avanade Intelligent Garden. I’ve always been intrigued…
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There’s something undeniably charming about the idea of fairies making their home in our gardens. The thought of these tiny, mystical creatures hiding among the blooms and greenery brings a sense of wonder and delight to any outdoor space. While fairies may belong to the world of storybooks, the joy of creating whimsical corners in…
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What makes for the perfect courtyard garden? It’s all about knowing how to work with your space; designing your outdoor oasis in the way that you want to use it, and the way you want to feel when you’re in it, whether you’re spending some time to yourself or entertaining friends and family. Now that…
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Are you looking to give the front of your plot a bit more purpose? Growing crops is a great way to utilize the space, and can elevate its aesthetics, too. There are lots of ways to incorporate edibles into a front yard, even if you only have a small patch to play with. Many fruits…
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A covered arbor or pergola that adds privacy, shade, and scent is a tantalizing project for many of us this season. Actress Anne Hathaway and her husband, jewelry designer Adam Shulman, certainly share this sentiment. The couple’s former balcony garden, situated within a historic Neo-Georgian property in NYC, and landscaped by Jeffrey Erb Landscape Design,…