by GillianPolley | May 18, 2015 | 2015, Design, designing your own garden, dogs, Edinburgh, garden transformation, Gardener's One Line A Day Diary, London, May, Polley Garden Design, setts
As I write this paving, setts and sand are being craned over our front hedge, (much to the excitement of our dog) ready for construction. The designs have been done, specifications written and costs agreed. The die is cast. My thoughts...
by GillianPolley | Feb 28, 2015 | 'Home Ground: Sanctuary in the City", 2015, Acer, Dan Pearson, Design, designing your own garden, driveway, Edinburgh, February, front garden, garden transformation, March, Polley Garden Design
After spending 12 years designing client’s gardens, I am finally designing my own front garden and driveway and I get to please myself. Now this is a great feeling, but it is also slightly scary. Garden designers find it notoriously difficult to design their...
by GillianPolley | Jan 2, 2015 | 2015, annual plants, apples, back gardens, Bailey, bare root fruit trees, bats, bees, bees and insects, Birds, Colour, colour in the garden, community gardens, conifers, containers, Design, dogs, Edinburgh, evergreen plants, front garden, fruit trees, garden inspiration, Garden trends 2015, habitat for wildlife, herbaceous perennials, insect habitat, insect hotels, insects, January, outdoor pools and spas, pears, Plants, plums, Polley Garden Design, Raised wooden beds, rural country gardens, shapes, shrubs, Spring, Stepover fruit trees, Top garden trends for 2015, trained fruit trees on walls, trees, Tweed Valley Fruit Trees, urban green spaces, Vegetable growing, wildlife habitats
In the world of fashion for Spring 2015, navy is the ‘new black’, the pattern is gingham and the style of jacket is ‘kimono cool’. A couple of months ago I brought a kimono style jacket for a change and I am delighted to be ‘kimono...
