Jane Harries Garden Designs

05/02/2024

https://www.janeharriesgardens.co.uk/9582/the-rise-of-artificial-grass/

The rise of artificial grass and the results... and some alternatives.

Apparently around 10% of gardens contain plastic grass now. Strange that we have happily got rid of plastic bags in shops, only to cover our lawns with them! Unfortunately, it’s an ecological…

21/09/2022

This is what the garden in the post below looks like now - before planting:

21/09/2022

Here's a recent garden design - now for the planting!

I had the pleasure of designing a garden for a close friend in Milton Keynes.  It’s an example of how the same space can have a completely different feel to it once redesigned, even befo…

13/05/2022

A windswept iris and white-flowered libertia grandiflora in my garden. Libertia is a useful evergreen when you want strappy foliage in shade, I recommend it, especially when it's in flower.

27/10/2021

Here is a post about Oriental gardens and a modern take I've just been working on.

I have been asked to design gardens with an Oriental influence recently, particularly from the Chinese and Japanese traditions. I haven’t seen these gardens in their home countries, but there…

20/07/2021

Photos of a completed garden from last year - it looks lovely and also useful. A family garden with everything in a small space!

This garden had an unused drive that the owners wanted to take away to make more space for living in.  There was a BnB annexe, which needed a small drive, adjoining a garden room and studio, f…

16/07/2021

Video halfway through creating the Northamptonshire Hedgerow border at Belvoir castle flower and garden show, on this weekend. Thank you very much Cheryl and Carol who did all the hard work!

12/07/2021

Here's the 'before' picture for my Northamptonshire Hedgerow border for the Belvoir Flower and Garden Show next weekend... waiting for some sun so the flowers come out, now!

06/06/2021

This is my favourite fern, Dryopteris wallichianum. It's semi-evergreen here, in a shady corner with shallow soil where the oil tank used to be and within a couple of metres of the boiler flue. Somehow it has survived well! I love the upright new fronds and the brown veins on the back.

11/03/2021

Thanks to my clients for the photos in this post. The Design Brief My clients had a long, narrow, flat garden laid mostly to lawn, in Beckenham. They wanted more privacy - both visually and from the noise of the adjacent road. They had just added a modern extension with bifold doors onto a patio, and wanted to improve the view from it....

Thanks to my clients for the photos in this post. The Design Brief My clients had a long, narrow, flat garden laid mostly to lawn, in Beckenham.  They wanted more privacy – both visually…

01/03/2021

Hi - I've just been awarded Best in Design 2021 by Houzz! They are a website for ideas on interior and garden design. It was a very busy year, everyone is more aware of their gardens due to lockdowns. Here's my Houzz page -

Jane Harries Garden Designs. "Jane Harries GD designs gardens with a face-to-face service in South Northamptonshire and a postal service world-wide. My approach is to work with...

13/11/2020

Birds in your garden: 3 steps to attract and keep them, including steps for autumn

This time of year many of us start to feed the birds. But what else should we do to encourage them to flourish in the garden? We know they need help – even sparrows’ numbers are decreas…