The Gardener Magazine

GARDEN DESIGN CHANGES THAT HAVE BIG IMPACT

Change is as good as a holiday, as that well-used old chestnut would have it, and fewer places witness change as much as our gardens. It is also said that change is really the only constant and that this is, indeed, inevitable.

We witness the constant changing of seasons in the garden and, despite the inevitability of seasonal cycles, no two seasons are quite the same. From a design point of view, we strive to create gardens that look good all year round, so it becomes imperative to choose features that can stand their own aesthetic ground regardless of changing floral background and, perhaps more tellingly, to choose and include plants that ring in the changing seasons.

Our gardens change with the passage of time as trees and plants grow, mature and develop as the days, months and years move on by.

In truth, it is not just the garden that is changing, literally right before our eyes, but it is also we

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