Small Gardens Archives - Garden Design Sussex

Raised Beds In Your Garden Landscaping

Using raised beds when landscaping a garden is an ideal way to create a space to grow vegetables and herbs. Regardless of the size of a garden, raised beds allow for easy maintenance and can look visually attractive wherever they are located. As well as making gardening easier they also give you more say over what you can grow since you are less dependent on the natural soil type found in your garden. Choosing the Right Raised Bed Raised beds can vary in height, dimension and material. Before landscaping their design you should first consider the type and quantity of [...]

By Andrew Staib|2021-06-03T11:02:02+01:00August 4th, 2020|Articles, Blog, Garden Art, Plant Combinations, Pots, Small Gardens|Comments Off

Hillside Landscaping: Concerns & Solutions

A home looking over a sloping garden can offer stunning views and be a prime reason why you bought the house. However, landscaping a sloping garden requires different considerations compared to an area of flat land. Water run-off, soil erosion and soil integrity can be some of the problems which need to be addressed for successful gardening on sloping grounds. Remember the View If one of the primary reasons you bought a house was for the view then you want to make sure you maintain that view in your landscaping plans. Take the time to carefully position all new planting [...]

By Andrew Staib|2021-06-03T11:35:13+01:00April 8th, 2020|Blog, Small Gardens|Comments Off

Creating a Contemporary Garden Design

If your home has the clean and minimalist design of the modern home, you’ll be looking for a garden that reflects that style. After all, the garden is an outdoor space connecting us to nature, but also providing an extension of the home in which to relax and entertain. It should be personal yet connect with the surrounding landscape -- while offering a level of gardening maintenance that suits your lifestyle. With thoughtful use in planting and garden fixtures, you can include colour and warmth to a contemporary garden design. Planting to Add Warmth Modern design often employs stone [...]

By Andrew Staib|2021-06-03T11:35:58+01:00March 18th, 2020|Blog, Garden Art, Places, Small Gardens|Comments Off

The Japanese Garden

This classic garden provides a calm refuge with natural elements that encourage contemplation and symbolize renewal, wonder, and beauty. Stones are symbols of longevity and the ever-present forces of nature, providing the garden with an anchor. With stones, we can create a landscape for cascading water, with small hills, a stream, and a pond. Image by Drobek226 from Pixabay Water symbolizes continuity with the hereafter. Cascading water, streams and ponds with koi or carp fish providing a flash of gold colour. The cascades also have a practical purpose, as clear, circulating water helps keep the air fresh during summer months. [...]

By Andrew Staib|2021-06-03T11:34:48+01:00March 10th, 2020|Blog, Garden Art, Places, Small Gardens|Comments Off

Designing Your Dream Cottage Garden

For many of us, the image of the cottage garden with its warm colours, its links to a time gone by, and its self-sufficiency is idyllic. Yet this style of garden is in reach of us all, however small or large the plot. While the romantic image of the cottage garden may have certain defining features, the beauty within the design is there are no rules. With a little planning and minimal upkeep you can create the garden of your dreams. Features of a Cottage Garden This traditional style of garden was born out of practicality and most people will [...]

By Andrew Staib|2021-06-03T11:35:39+01:00February 20th, 2020|Blog, Garden Art, Places, Small Gardens|Comments Off

Transformation- Before and After the Garden Design in Brighton

June is a productive month to revisit gardens that we have designed and built, especially when the work was done in Winter or early Spring. During that time plants arrivde and once planted the perennials could only be noticed by a few small sticks. It takes all my efforts to assure clients that there is more to come! In this garden the overriding design theme was tranquility. We choose woodland plants to suit the large Cedar in the back garden. At the back the clients wanted a more open prairie feel so we used Sesleria autumnal and because the soil was [...]

By Andrew Staib|2020-06-30T13:30:47+01:00June 15th, 2018|Blog, Dry Shade Loving Perennials, Flowers, Plant Combinations, Small Gardens, Statues, Transformations|Comments Off

Garden Design- Japanese style woodland in Hove

We balanced the bright white paths with large limestone rocks, and lush woodland planting like Blechnum spicant, Hellebores, Epimedium and some Armeria maritima. The two green wrapped columns are Australian tree ferns which we are ready to disrobe as soon as the weather improves. In the far back of the garden we have planted Sesleria and Dog daisies to soften the picture and provide a backdrop of movement when the breeze picks up. Japanese acres are dotted about and will blaze with their spring and Autumn colour and give some height under the canopy of this magnificent Cedar tree. [...]

By Andrew Staib|2020-06-30T13:01:56+01:00February 6th, 2018|Blog, Flowers, Plant Combinations, Small Gardens, Transformations|Comments Off

Designing a small garden

Designing small gardens has its own challenges!This garden is 8 by 4 meters and my client wanted her space to be abundant with planting and well as a place she could relax, feel private, dry her washing, hide her bins and grow her vegetables.The first thing I try to be is bold when approaching such a space. The more powerful the design elements the more small space won't be noticed and the elements that you have chosen can reference larger landscapes. For example I chose a number of small trees which on fist thought one might be cautious given that it [...]

By Andrew Staib|2019-03-28T18:34:55+00:00September 4th, 2017|Blog, Small Gardens|Comments Off