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5 Easy Steps to Creating the Perfect Outdoor Room

Gone are the days when the garden was simply a lawn and somewhere to grow a few flowers – now we want to create a room outdoors which can be enjoyed all through the year as an extension of our home. These five easy steps will help you create your perfect outdoor room.

The Definitive Guide to House Plants

New book, At Home with Plants, by Ian Drummond and Kara O’Reilly, is a creative masterpiece that will have you dashing out to buy plants, pots and compost in a desperate urge to recreate some of the delicious displays portrayed.

Real house plants and flowers take so much TLC, which we don’t all have the patience for! So, if you want to simplify your life, here are my 5 tips for choosing faux house plants and flowers for an on going fabulous display.

5 Tips for Choosing Faux House Plants and Flowers

Don’t have the patience for real house plants & flowers? Simplify your life and go for artificial instead. Follow my 5 tips for choosing faux house plants and flowers, for an on going fabulous display.

How can 1 simple change instantly improve your garden you might well ask? Well there are lots of simple things that will improve your garden but this is one I notice the most! And it’s so easy to rectify and so easy to create a pleasing and harmonious display with this simple tip.

This 1 Simple Change will Instantly Improve your Garden

We have a top tip for you today and this 1 simple change will instantly improve your garden. Plus, it’s a really easy thing to rectify!

For a real show stunner of an arrangement fill the zebra vase with an assortment of flowers of varying heights, and fill around with lots of greenery to give more height and depth. Artificial foliage is a great way to fill out your displays without buying fresh all the time. For more ideas and inspiration, take a look at the super easy and intermediate floral arrangements, created using the same zebra vase.

From Super Easy to Pro: Zebra Vase Flower Arranging 3 Ways

He is such a handsome chap this zebra vase, that he doesn’t even need flowers to make a statement, but he certainly creates real wow factor when filled with floral loveliness. To give you some tips for flower arranging, we have styled him in 3 different ways, ranging from super easy to pro, so you can see how different he looks.

5 Inspirational Flower arrangements by Paula Pryke

Paula Pryke’s latest book, called ‘Floristry Now, Flower design and inspiration’ is full of inspirational tips and ideas for your own floral arrangements. As a taster of what’s in the book I have selected 5 inspirational flower arrangements to whet your appetite.

This is a fabulous way to add height and drama to what is essentially a small courtyard garden, and the sense of privacy gives a feeling of a secluded oasis. Garden design by Jenny Bloom Garden design.

5 garden Design Ideas to Steal

With spring looming on the horizon and the hope of longer days and more light, it’s time to talk about gardens and think about ways to create your dream garden. With these 5 garden design ideas to steal you will be able to get lots of ideas to help you create your own bit of urban paradise.

Our Garden in Modern Gardens Magazine!

The latest edition of Modern Gardens has hit the shelves and I’m thrilled to say my garden is featured! Amelia has taken a few shots for me of my favourite bits of the garden to share with you, so I hope you enjoy the tour!

This garden is a fantastic example of what can be done with a smallish suburban plot.

Garden Tour- Hong Kong Granny’s

Garden tours are a great way to pick up design ideas, so I thought I would share some images of my mum’s verdant and stylish suburban plot for inspiration. I think her garden is a fantastic example of what can be done with a smallish suburban plot, but I’d love to know what you think?

6 Tips when Redesigning your Garden

Redesigning your garden is a big task and there are some crucial elements that must be considered, for a little help read my 6 tips when redesigning your garden.

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