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 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 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...
by GillianPolley | Apr 25, 2014 | A Day Out, ancient woods, April, Bluebell Wood, Bluebells, bulbs, Colour, Edinburgh, May, Plants, Polley Garden Design, scent, Spring, spring colour, The Woodland Trust, visit bluebell wood, wildlife habitats
Time to get out and about and visit some bluebell woods – it really is just magical. To find a bluebell wood near you go to The Woodland Trust website at https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/map and type in your postcode. Remember bluebells are a...
by GillianPolley | Apr 11, 2014 | April, art in the garden, arts and crafts, BBC, British Gardens in Time, Christopher Lloyd, Colour, colour in the garden, Design, early summer, Edinburgh, focal points in the garden, garden inspiration, Great Dixter, Hedges, herbaceous perennials, Plants, Polley Garden Design, summer
If you can find an hour to yourself over the Easter weekend and you want to put your feet up and relax and be inspired by a garden, then catch up on the BBC iPlayer with the new TV series ‘British Gardens in Time’, episode one on Great Dixter. A...
by GillianPolley | Mar 26, 2014 | colour in the garden, Edinburgh, front garden, March, Plants, Polley Garden Design, Rhododendron 'Praecox', RHS, RHS Award of Garden Merit, shrubs, Spring
For a really early blaze of spring colour, consider Rhododendron ‘Praecox’. These Rhododendrons has been flowering their cotton socks off in the established gardens in my local area. But you don’t seem to see them often in new gardens, which is a...
