by GillianPolley | Oct 31, 2014 | back gardens, bare root fruit trees, Design, Edinburgh, fences, front garden, fruit trees, Plants, plums, Polley Garden Design, spring blossom, Stepover fruit trees, Tweed Valley Fruit Trees
It has been a bumper year for fruit in our gardens and I often include fruit trees in my garden designs. A great way of making the most of sunny walls and fences in a garden is to wire them up and add some trained fruit trees. Or you can put in wooden posts...
by GillianPolley | Jul 23, 2014 | A Day Out, A Linear Focus, Architectural Plants, art in the garden, Colour, colour in the garden, Design, Edinburgh, evergreen plants, focal points in the garden, garden inspiration, Hedges, herbaceous border, herbaceous perennials, Houghton Hall Walled Garden, July, June, Lawns, Norfolk, Plants, Polley Garden Design, scent, sculpture in the garden, soft landscaping, summer
People ask me, “Do you enjoy visiting gardens when you are on holiday?” The answer is definitely “yes”. I can enjoy them as a visitor without the worry of designing them, or worrying how the planting is doing and in this hot weather, are the...
by GillianPolley | Jun 15, 2014 | a woodland garden and driveway, Design, drainage, driveway, Ecogrid, garden transformation, landscaping works, Lawns, linear drain, machinery, Polley Garden Design, resin bound stone, sandstone paving, sloped driveway, SUDS, SUDS compliant
The sloping area of the driveway presented a problem as gravel could not be used and the clients did not want to use paviors, concrete or asphalt as a surface material. The solution was to use Ecogrid with resin bound stone, which is SUDS (sustainable urban drainage)...
by GillianPolley | Jun 13, 2014 | a woodland garden and driveway, Design, drainage, Ecogrid, Edinburgh, garden transformation, landscaping works, Lawns, linear drain, machinery, Polley Garden Design, resin bound stone, sandstone paving, SUDS, SUDS compliant
A gravel stabilisation grid system with a permeable membrane was laid on top of the driveway foundations with a sett edging. Using a gravel stabilisation system stops gravel movement (the effect you get walking on loose gravel which can be unstable) and...
by GillianPolley | Jun 9, 2014 | a woodland garden and driveway, Design, drainage, driveway, Ecogrid, garden transformation, June, landscaping works, Lawns, linear drain, machinery, Plants, Polley Garden Design, resin bound stone, setts, SUDS, SUDS compliant
After removal of the excess material from the garden the levels were finalised, the new design can be laid out and the driveway foundations and the lawn/planting areas are prepared. To read more – click on the link for the Woodland Garden Case Study. ...
by GillianPolley | Jun 6, 2014 | a woodland garden and driveway, Design, drainage, driveway, Ecogrid, Edinburgh, front garden, garden transformation, Hedges, landscaping works, Lawns, linear drain, Plants, Polley Garden Design, resin bound stone, SUDS, SUDS compliant, trees
The transformation of a garden from the old layout to the new design is always an exciting time for both the garden designer and the client. The size and scale of the landscaping works can take clients aback, especially in the early days of the project. In the case...
