Musings on garden design, natural landscapes, vertical greening, sustainability and biophilia
Gravel gardens have been around a long time yet with a few well-known exceptions (Denmans, Beth Chatto and more recently,
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If you work in the realm of landscapes, you cannot ignore the huge rise in the use of artificial plants,
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Landscapes are all about creating micro-climate, or would be, if designed for that goal. Why is this important and what
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The other side of work I undertake in the Middle-East region (other than tree consultancy) is planting design, for creating
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The world is finally, at the last minute, waking up to the impending effects and consequences of climate change. In
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Concrete is a wonderfully versatile material, which has been in use since Roman times and with it we can build
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The safety of children and water is potentially a controversial issue and I want to make it clear from the
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Rain gardens are a relatively new approach on how to deal with water in the environment. In the last 10-15
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The emergence of the idea of resilient planting is a response to a number of different pressures which all have
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NOTE: This article was first written in 2006, so some aspects have been updated to reflect current realities. Biomembranes is
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