The Lush Garden Design Blog
Latest news, opinion, projects and garden-related writing from the Lush Garden Design team.
Garden Rooms – Making the Most of Your Space
People are turning to their gardens to create extra space for working, living and entertaining. We’ve chosen some garden rooms to suit all budgets.
Time-Lapse Garden Transformation
This time-lapse video shows the construction of the garden in Loughborough featured in our gallery pages. The design and build took place during the spring and early summer of 2019.
Lush Garden Design Moves to the Old Cottage Hospital, Ashby
In June 2019, we moved from our home office into the Old Cottage Hospital, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire.
Small Garden for Entertaining in Ashby
We designed this small garden for entertaining and family dining, with an outdoor kitchen and a built-in pizza oven.
Circular-Themed Garden in Branston
In this small, modern garden in Branston, Staffordshire, our client had a firm idea of what they wanted – curves and circles. We managed to convince our client that too many curves and circles might be a bit too much, so we designed our scheme with some structural...
Low Maintenance is not No Maintenance
When you first set up in business, the temptation is to take any work you can get. One of our first gardens was a 'design and build' project, and it went very smoothly. We left behind a happy customer, and that made us happy. We discussed visiting again in the spring...
Prairie-Style Planting at Trentham Gardens
Last week we paid a visit to a client in Staffordshire. While we were in the area, decided to pay a visit to Trentham Gardens, near Stoke on Trent, where we were on the lookout for some prairie-style planting. First, a potted history: the Trentham Estate has seen more...
Iconic Gardens: Sissinghurst and Great Dixter
My hubby is good to me. He recently took me on Bridget Jones style ‘Full blown mini-break holiday weekend!’ Fortunately, I arrived looking less wind-blown than poor Bridget did. This holiday was a surprise, and I didn’t know our destination until late in the day. We...
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