Tureen Landscapes

23/03/2026

23/03/2026

Limestone paving with rendered raised planting beds.

03/02/2023

“We seldom think of what we have, but always of what we lack.” Schopenhauer

13/05/2022

Just a few of the perennials we offer, here softly sitting together drinking in the sun.

08/05/2022

A few of the plantings from last summer. Call or message if interested in any of the plants.

07/07/2020

lawn removed and replaced by predominantly perennial plants. Ideal for those suburban front (or back) gardens that have room for some wildlife friendly plants. The maintenance once established can be less than mowing the lawn! If you like pollinators and have space you want to share with them, this could be the way to go. Tureen Landscapes offers an organic (pesticide free)set up and instructions on longer term management. Cost can vary, depending on garden size, soil type, initial ‘weeds’ and micro climate being the main considerations.

27/06/2020

A herbaceous perennial border with at least 90% pollinator friendly plants. As an Organic gardener (I.e I don’t use poison or is it pesticides!) I plant borders for people that take less time to maintain than the average lawn. Akin to the lyrics “I don’t care about spots on my apples, leave me the birds and the bees” , I don’t care about aphids on my soft shoots, leave me the ladybird larvae. Ok so it’s unlikely that my lyric would catch on but the point is ornamental gardens don’t need pesticides. It is only since I started Tureen Landscapes that I have come to realize that pesticides in many gardeners eyes are seen as a conventional tool to, for example remove black spot from a rose. The days of manicured lawns and pristine beds are nearing an end, it is time for a ‘controlled’ nature to be aloud back into peoples gardens with its simple complexities.

10/03/2020

“Spring, of all seasons most gratuitous,
Is fold of untaught flower, is race of water
Is earth’s most multiple, excited daughter;“ Philip Larkin.
I won’t try to unfold the thoughts of Philip Larkin, I will however show a few plants bursting into new growth. See if you can recognize any of them. Spring is always a reminder (to me at least) of hope, of the healing power of nature and how lucky we are that plants are so forgiving.

06/03/2020

When choosing ground cover plants, the plants ability to spread can determine how much management will be involved on the gardeners part. In the picture I have added, Ajuga reptans is snuggled around the feet of Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’. The Ajuga is great if you want quick ground cover, however it has the ability to work its way through the Miscanthus and snuggle up there too! For someone who likes less ‘maintenance’ maybe Pachysandra would be better suited as it spreads slower and has nice lush foliage throughout the year. In the bottom left an old achillea stem still stands above the emerging growth of Persicaria affinity ‘Darjeeling Red’; the new lance-shaped leaves are just popping through. Persicaria is a good ground cover and like Ajuga it is great at competing with ‘weeds’; both plants are a good choice for shrub borders or to cover banks. When choosing ground cover plants ask yourself why you want to use them, is it to stop weeds, less maintenance or to simply fill a void? If the latter I would be thinking, ‘imagine the number of perennials I could squeeze in there!’

03/01/2020

Many people talk of 'putting the garden to bed' in the winter months. To do so is to deprive yourself of some of the plants most beautiful features. For herbaceous perennials in particular, their decayed skeleton stripped of obvious signs of life, no cellulose to keep the cell walls intact; yet an individual form can be emphasised on a crisp winters day. The low winter light can bring out the shades of dark coffee brown to golden wheat amongst the masses.
In the pictures here the plants include,
Phlomis, Miscanthus sinensis, Agastache, Veronicastum and Thistle. If you allow yourself to see the plants winter beauty, you have extended the garden season by simply 'putting the garden to bed'!
And of course helping the wildlife.