Hello! Mind the paint on your way in because, as you might have noticed, we’ve had the decorators in. Gone is the Battleship Grey decor of the previous site, replaced with the classy tones of Antique Ivoire Blanc (or white, to you and me). In other words, we have a new website. I should draw your attention to the smiling features of Your’s Truly on the homepage, which my husband has dubbed ‘the unacceptable face of garden...

Sorry, but we’re having a great big rearrange of the website. Normal service will be restored ASAP, so please check back soon. If you need us urgently, please call 01283 217941, or email info@lushgardendesign.co.uk

My eagle-eyed reader will tell you that I occasionally contribute a breezy couple of paragraph to a local village magazine. My initial idea of appearing under the billing “Anna Barker, North-West Leicestershire’s Premier Garden Designer” was met with something less than enthusiasm from the Editor, but I persevered and now my cheery gardening wisdom graces the doormats, coffee tables and dentists’ waiting rooms of Ashby,...