Back in the spring of 2011 we were commissioned to design this farmhouse garden for the client to build themselves. One year on and the construction and planting are completed. The brief was to completely update the existing large plot, and to provide a focal seating and entertaining area surrounded by planting. The design needed to be sympathetic to the existing mature shrubs and trees on site. Here are a couple of shots of the site as it...

This June we have the unusual double whammy of a multitude of Queen’s Jubilee garden parties and a fortnight of lawn tennis at Wimbledon. As well as creating an unprecedented demand for umbrellas, we’ll be certain to see a clamour for strawberries. And as this is a gardening column, we’ll forego the opportunity to dash off 400 words on brollies and instead address the topic of the humble strawberry. In the world of UK agriculture,...