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...
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 | Oct 2, 2014 | arts and crafts, arts and crafts garden design, arts and crafts house terrace, Arts and Crafts style house, Deja Vu moment, Edinburgh, focal points in the garden, garden views, Lutyens seat, Lutyens wooden bench, Plants, Polley Garden Design, rear garden patio, rear garden terrace, seats in the garden
I am sure we have all had one or two deja vu moments in our lives, but I was not expecting a design one. I had been asked to redesign the rear garden terrace of an Arts and Crafts House with a wide set of steps up to the terrace from the lawn. I felt very strongly...
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 19, 2014 | a woodland garden and driveway, drainage, driveway, Ecogrid, evergreen plants, Foliage Planting Design, garden transformation, Hedges, landscaping works, Lawns, linear drain, machinery, Plants, Polley Garden Design, resin bound stone, sandstone paving, shrubs, sloped driveway, soft landscaping, SUDS, SUDS compliant, trees
The final phase of landscaping is the installation of a paved circle for a sitting area, lawn and plant bed preparation. Soil preparation is the key to good strong plant growth. The plant bed area is cleared of unwanted vegetation and bricks, concrete, stones etc...
