by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | 'garden tree', 2021, apples, architectural structure, back gardens, bare root fruit trees, bees, bees and insects, berries, biodiversity, cooking apples, Copper Mango Photography, Design, designing your own garden, fences, focal points in the garden, fruit cordons, fruit trees, garden design, garden relaxation, Gardeners' World Magazine, habitat for wildlife, insect habitat, July, pears, Plants, plums, Potager, Potager gardens, Raised wooden beds, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Scotland's Gardens Scheme, shapes, soft fruit, spring blossom, spring colour, Stepover fruit hedge, Stepover fruit trees, trained fruit as screens, trained fruit trees on walls, Trained fruit: think design as well as taste, trees, winter structure
Imagine wandering through your own orchard, enjoying spring blossom and the buzz of bees, the laughter of children playing amongst the trees, picking ripe fruit in the autumn. Lovely as it sounds, most of us have much smaller gardens, but you can work them hard and...
by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | 2021, back gardens, BBQ's, candles, Copper Mango Photography, Design, design balance, designing your own garden, Edinburgh, Family-friendly layout, February, fire pits, fire places, garden artist studio, garden fabrics, garden gym, garden man cave, garden pods, garden relaxation, garden rooms, garden teenage escape, garden throws, garden yoga studio, Inside Outside, lanterns, meditation, outdoor kitchens, outdoor pools and spas, outdoor sitting areas, Plants, Polley Garden Design, Potager gardens, rear garden patio, rear garden terrace, recycled textiles for the garden, safe haven, working at home, working from your garden, www.urbanpods.co.uk, www.uv-pro.com
Evening Retreat from www.urbanpods.co.uk Our gardens need to work harder for us all. Covid has meant all of us are spending a lot more time in our homes and gardens, working, exercising and relaxing. Looking forward, our working lives will change and more of us will...
by GillianPolley | Jan 24, 2018 | 're-wilding', back gardens, Colour, container growing, containers, Design, design balance, Edinburgh, evergreen plants, fire pits, front garden, garden inspiration, herbaceous perennials, herbs, indoor plants, insect habitat, insect hotels, insects, meditation, outdoor kitchens, pizza ovens, Plants, Polley Garden Design, Potager, Potager gardens, Raised wooden beds, safe haven, shapes, shrubs, sustainability, Top garden trends in 2018, Vegetable growing, wildlife, wildlife habitats, winter colour, winter scent in the garden, winter structure
‘Haven’ is often a word associated with our gardens. Studies have shown people are healthier and less stressed when they are close to nature, and people are using their gardens to enjoy family life, relax, exercise and mediate in. This trend...
by GillianPolley | Aug 28, 2017 | 2017, A Day Out, Alitex greenhouse, art in the garden, August, bees and insects, Christopher Lloyd, Colour, colour in the garden, Design, Dumfries House, Edinburgh, Exotic Garden at Great Dixter, garden design, Grasses, Great Dixter, Green house, herbaceous perennials, long flowering period, National Trust, ornamental grasses, Piet Oudolf, Plants, Polley Garden Design, Potager gardens, Prairie planting, Queen Elizabeth Walled Garden at Dumfries House, Roses, sculpture in the garden, seats in the garden, shrubs, Sissinghurst, sissinghurst castle, Vegetable growing
I always enjoy visiting gardens and here are some images from visits so far this summer. To kick off – a second visit to a garden with great style – Sussex Prairie Garden. If you want to see beautiful prairie style planting over several acres this is...
by GillianPolley | Jan 30, 2017 | 2017, apples, back gardens, bare root fruit trees, bees and insects, bulb planting for insects, bulbs, colour in the garden, community gardens, container growing, Copper Mango Photography, Design, designing your own garden, Edinburgh, evergreen plants, fire pits, fire places, front garden, fruit trees, garden inspiration, garden trends 2017, gold, health, herbaceous perennials, indoor plants, insect habitat, insect hotels, insects, Keukenhof Park, low maintenance plants, Mixed bulb planting, naturalistic planting, outdoor furniture, outdoor kitchens, outdoor sitting areas, pears, pizza ovens, plums, Polley Garden Design, Potager, Potager gardens, Raised wooden beds, rear garden patio, rear garden terrace, safe haven, seats in the garden, shrubs, soft fruit, Top Garden Trends for 2017, wellbeing
The desire for a healthy lifestyle continues with nearly 39% of us spending more time in our garden and 45% of us seeing our gardens as an extension of our homes. Growing our own fruit, vegetables and herbs in our gardens, allotments or with others in community...
by GillianPolley | Sep 16, 2016 | 2016, apples, back gardens, bare root fruit trees, bees and insects, cooking apples, Design, designing your own garden, fruit trees, pears, plums, Polley Garden Design, Potager, Potager gardens, Raised beds dimensions, september, soft fruit, soft landscaping, Stepover fruit trees, Vegetable growing
Potager gardens originated in 16th Century France arising from kitchen gardens of monasteries, growing vegetables, fruit, flowers and herbs together in symmetrical geometrical garden beds planted in groups rather then rows. Plants are chosen for both their good looks...
