Artist Scota Rakison has one of the most enviable views in London. From the roof terrace of her Barnes house she can see a great, wide lazy bend of the Thames, and on the other side, a fringe of acid-green willows, boathouses and the well-kept grass of the Civil Service playing fields.
It is the more [...]
What you expect from a lawn and what you get from a lawn can be very different. Before launching into a full-scale low- or lower-maintenance lawn, consider what you want.
Probably most important is keeping the soil in place, particularly on steep slopes and with high wind exposure. A lawn that is uniform, relatively free of [...]
Gardening is more popular than ever, with many of us spending our free time planting, weeding and mowing. Ahead of this weekend’s Spring House and Garden Show at Belfast’s King’s Hall, Chrissie Russell and Grainne McCarry asked some very keen green-fingered folk just how their gardens grow
Jill Russell (68) is married to George and lives [...]
What are gardens for? Those in “East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art” at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery invite us into worlds better than our own.
In “East of Eden” no one works. No one prunes the branches, grumbles at the weeds, tills the beds or mows the lawn.
There are no living plants, or songbirds, [...]
A narrow bed isn’t wide enough to show off layers of plants. A flower bed would be wonderful, but with a pond in the center it will be even better. The best way to plant a flower garden is normally on a sloping or level ground, this will help with water runoff, if you plant [...]
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