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Award winning landscape architecture and garden design studio. Surrey and London based Garden Designer.

Services include: Garden design, Consultancy, Site surveys, Planting plans, Plant sourcing, Garden lighting, Furniture & Sculpture sourcing and Irrigation.

29/08/2026

Come and pick some flowers with me 🧡
The dahlias and zinnias are still going strong, just keep picking and you'll will have flowers until the frosts.

It doesn't hurt to give them a feed if they are slowing down too. And can you spot my supermarket basil which is almost as tall as the dahlias - it's enormous!

Cashmere Tee: ME+EM
Jeans: WNU
Necklace: Missoma Jewellery
Boundless enthusiasm for Dahlias: Model's own

25/08/2026

A magical trip to the Amalfi Coast with my beautiful boys - we hiked hundreds of steps, ate (drank?) copious amounts granita and fell in love with Pompeii.
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The gladiators entrance in Pompeii
Top: MINT VELVET
Shorts: ME+EM

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700 steps down.....but worth it. A spectacular hike down to Crapolla Fjord (yes that's its name).

I told you!

Shorts: ARKET
Swimmers: Hunza G
Gremlins: model's own

The secret cove - we had it almost all to ourselves, and only mild tantrums on the brutal walk back up. ŌURA got a major workout.

Positano (so so busy) but a super lunch was had at Lo Guarracino.

Dress: RIXO
Bag: Anya Hindmarch

Lemons sorbet giving me 1980s childhood nostalgia

Is it even a holiday if there isn't a pink flamingo 🦩

Bikini: Youswim

Arches - 2000 years old and still popular.

Beware the dog! Tiling at the entrance to a Pompei home. Would have loved to show you what else is carved everywhere in Pompeii but thought I'd be banned.... 🍆

We learned to make pasta, mozzarella and tiramisu with a lovely man named Fernando. Colin can make pasta in his sleep but now the boys can too 🤌🏼

Top: RIXO

Ta da! Homemade and delicious, with 🍅 from the farm. We always try and do a fun experience like this when away, often cooking related.

Possibly my favourite desert of all time, which my little men can now make themselves.

I am 97% pizza now

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Shirt: Octobre Éditions (The men's Sézane )

Thought the larger ones would be sweeter. Can confirm they are not 🍋

Top: Nobody's Child

15/08/2026

With weeks without rain it's no wonder we're turning to more drought tolerant plants and autumn will be a great time to plant them. Phlomis, Salvias, Rosemary, Salvias; Grasses such as Pennisetum and Ballota all handle drought well once established.

If you'd like to know even more plants that can handle the drought as well as a guide on what makes a plant drought tolerant - comment PLANTS and I'll send you a link to my latest substack: 25 drought tolerant plants, and the ones I have in my garden 🌱

08/08/2026

If you've got bearded Iris, here's a trick: Dividing every 3-5 years will ensure they keep flowering at their best. Best done around 6 weeks after flowering (or around now) just divide congested clumps and replant. 🌱

02/08/2026

If you want late summer colour and interest you can't go wrong with this pollinator friendly combination.
The geranium and salvia (pick any you like) will flower for months from May to the frosts
Agastache and Echinacea are beautiful in late summer but also provide brilliant autumn and winter interest from their seed heads.
Pennisetum (or any ornamental grasses) can be used in abundance for interest now all the way through to the spring.
And Roses of course, will keep flowering as long as you deadhead them, all the way through to the frosts.

01/08/2026

A gorgeous combination of some of my favourites for late summer.
Agastache is such a good plant for right now and the seedheads are brilliant for winter.
Pennisetum will bring interest all through the autumn and winter too.
The geranium and salvias get started in May and can keep flowering for months - if they tire you can just cut them down and they will come back for more!
And as for the roses - just be sure to deadhead them and they'll repay you until the frosts.

30/07/2026

If your garden feels like it’s run out of steam by now, chances are you went a bit heavy on the early summer stars and you’re missing some late summer favourites - but there are weeks of colour yet to come, so here are some options you can add to have colour all the way to the first frosts:

Agastache
Achillea
Asters (aka Symphyotrichum)
Anemone × hybrida (Japanese anemones)
Dahlias
Echinacea
Gaura (Oenothera lindheimeri)
Helenium
Heliopsis
Hydrangeas
Kniphofia
Monarda
Persicaria
Phlox paniculata
Roses
Rudbeckia
Salvia (late flowering ones)
Sedum (aka Hylotelephium)
Verbena bonariensis
Caryopteris
Grasses, particularly:
Miscanthus
Molinia
Panicum
Pennisetum
Calamagrostis

Save this for your autumn plant shopping list and pop your questions in the comments!

29/07/2026

If your lavender has finished flowering then there is one thing you need to be doing NOW to prevent it turning into a woody mess, and inspired by the Night Collection, which celebrates English Lavender, we are going to make sure that doesn’t happen.

As soon as your Lavender finishes flowering, cut it right down, take off all the flower heads and a majority of the fresh green growth from this year, so you are left with a neat green dome. Just don’t cut into the old wood!

As for harvesting, it’s too late once it has finished flowering, but you can recreate the relaxing scent of lavender in your home year round with the Night Collection. Inspired by British ingredients and designed to help you unwind at the end of the day, each scent in the Night Collection was tested in a neurosensorial study to understand exactly how the body and mind respond to certain fragrances, making them the perfect companions for a calming evening ritual.

I’ve written a full low down on all things Lavender, including what to do if it gets woody, how and where to grow it for it to be happiest, more pruning tips and how to harvest on my Substack.

Comment LAVENDER and I’ll DM you a link. 💜

26/07/2026

When is the worst time to plant a garden? Well, here in the UK and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, it’s right about now.

Summer is the most challenging time of year to plant because your plants are in active growth. They’re producing new leaves and flowers whilst also losing lots of water through their foliage which means they need A LOT of water to keep them happy, which isn't ideal with hosepipe bans and droughts. You are far more likely to see plant failure planting now.

Planting between October - April is so much easier, with far less watering and stress on the plants, as they aren't putting all their energy into growth but rather their roots.

Can you plant in summer? Yes. But you'll just need to water consistently until everything is established, and that’s becoming trickier with hosepipe restrictions in parts of the UK. If you’re gardening in the Southern Hemisphere though, then happy planting!

What do you think? Will you wait to plant in autumn? Pop those questions below!

25/07/2026

What trees can you grow in a pot? Here's your list:
🌱 Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
🌱 Magnolia stellata
🌱 Amelanchier lamarckii
🌱Cornus kousa
🌱 Flowering cherry (Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-mai’)
🌱 Dwarf rootstock apple (Malus domestica)
🌱 Fig (Ficus carica)
🌱 Olive (Olea europaea)
🌱 Bay (Laurus nobilis)
🌱 Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)

It's important to understand that no tree is going to be happy in a pot forever, but to keep them happy for as long as possible be sure to:
🌱 Start with the biggest pot you can
🌱 Use a good quality compost
🌱 Make sure it has good drainage drainage
🌱 Water deeply and consistently in dry weather
🌱 Feed through the growing season
🌱 Refresh the compost every year or two and repot into a larger container, or root prune, every few years if you can

So tell me, which would you choose????

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