By George Smith 1 Minute Read
As I look out of my window I see Spring is on its way
Spring is coming in the quickening trees Birdsong insistence is loading the breeze Buds are aching on tensile stems All arching skywards,…
The GreenArt blog
Practical advice and ideas on garden design, planting, seasonal care, wildlife-friendly gardening and long-term resilience.
By George Smith 4 Minute Read
Giving nature a home in your garden
If your idea of heaven is a garden full of buzzing bees, birds singing in the trees and hedgehogs snuffling in piles…
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
Creating Instant Impact With Minimum Effort
We transformed a blank canvas into a garden filled with interest, form and character. When David and Catherine moved to Oxfordshire from…
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
The Great Wall Of Wallingford
In November 2015, we started a project with some unusual challenges. Our client’s recently refurbished energy-efficient Superhome was set back from and…
By George Smith 3 Minute Read
A garden flowing from The Downs
We trickled a pebbly stream into a formal slate-faced, stepped water feature to connect our client’s garden to the local environment and…
By George Smith 3 Minute Read
Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane?
Following on from my earlier blogs on wildlife gardens and ponds you’ll have guessed by now that, allied to my professional interest…
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
You’ve got a friend in a leaf
Last month we were waxing lyrical about Autumn leaves. But for most of us leaves are great while they are still on…
By George Smith 3 Minute Read
Go on – take the plunge. Create your very own wildlife haven.
“What would you like to get out of your garden?” This is the first question we ask our customers and over the…
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
The Autumn leaves have got me thinking….
Autumn leaves can be very evocative and one of the most dramatic signs of the changing season. But by the time they…
By George Smith 4 Minute Read
Aren’t trees brilliant!
A visit to the beautiful grounds of Howbery Park last week to interview candidates for our new team (more on this later)…
By George Smith 1 Minute Read
Competition Time – Time to take a break
Rather than bombard you with lots of jobs to do in the garden during August, we’d much rather you sit back and…
By George Smith 2 Minute Read
Garden Care and Development
To give your garden a seasonal boost and help identity areas for on-going development, why not sign up for our annual Garden…