tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43724212973106095122024-03-13T03:45:31.312-07:00Rae Wilkinson's garden design blogRecent work, show plant lists and musingsRae Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10337688003796706347noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372421297310609512.post-1908425068430240402019-06-03T14:12:00.001-07:002019-06-07T23:24:36.651-07:00Space Within - Mindfulness Garden RHS Chatsworth 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The ‘Space Within’ garden
is a biophilic meditation space in which to escape the hectic outside world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The first moon gate
represents a portal from the busy outside world, through which the visitor
passes to the ‘Space Within’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The central area provides
a symbolic place which both offers and mirrors the healing, tranquil inner
space of meditation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A mini forest references
Shinrin –yoku : the therapeutic benefits
of “forest bathing” or being among trees which enables wellbeing at many levels<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the garden provides a view to flowing water and lush foliage, calming the
senses and symbolising the energetic flow which follows a moment of serenity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Textural foliage provides
a lush green element that travels up the walls and brings the positive green element
associated with ‘biophilia’ - the human need to connect to nature, which is
much needed within modern urban living. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Links:</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.raewilkinson.com/">Design by Rae Wilkinson</a><br />
<a href="http://www.treebox.co.uk/">Living wall by TreeBox</a><br />
<a href="http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/">Moon gates by Harrod Horticultural</a><br />
<a href="http://www.barrellsculpture.co.uk/">Pebble seats by Barrell Sculpture</a><br />
<a href="http://www.londonstone.co.uk/">Decking by London Stone Paving</a><br />
<a href="http://www.gkwilsonlandscaping.co.uk/">Construction by GK Wilson Landscape Services</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Achillea ptarmica ‘The Pearl’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Within</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "calibri light"; font-style: italic;">
Mindfulness</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "calibri light"; font-style: italic;"> –
bringing the attention to the present moment<br />
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "calibri light"; font-style: italic;">Biophilia</span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "calibri light"; font-style: italic;"> – the human need to connect to nature<br />
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yoku </span></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "calibri light"; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;">–
the wellness benefits of spending time amongst trees</span></span></h3>
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Rae Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10337688003796706347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372421297310609512.post-18467896825263099812018-05-22T03:04:00.000-07:002018-05-29T03:54:57.804-07:00Space to Grow - Chelsea Flower Show 2018<h2>
Space to Grow </h2>
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Chelsea Flower Show 2018</h3>
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I was delighted to be asked to create a visitor zone garden for the RHS at this year's Chelsea Flower show. The garden showcased the new show garden category 'Space to Grow' and provides information and ideas for visitors to take home - no matter how small your outdoor space may be.<br />
Plant list and supplier / contributor information is all listed below.<br />
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The garden showed some simple planting combinations for sunny and shady conditions, both in the ground and in containers. I designed some bench seats for the space which are natural and simple and separate into 3 seats or 2 seats and a table for versatility. Contemporary terracotta bird feeders are hung in the trees to bring wildlife into the space and tone with the corten steel.<br />
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The garden provided a place to sit and relax during the show while soaking up ideas.<br />
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<b>Container gardening notes</b><br />
Container gardening is accessible and enjoyable but I think there are some important guidelines to apply both aesthetically and practically:<br />
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1. Go large - containers work best when they are a decent size, go for quality rather than quantity and give your plants or trees some room. The containers can then also provide a statement or punctuation piece in the garden.<br />
2. Water - ensure that your containers are irrigated or that you water them regularly in dry weather. Reduced soil mass dries out more quickly and plants in containers don't survive long if they dry out.<br />
3. Keep it simple - go for the same container style in repetition if possible in any given area, and plant just one or a few varieties en masse rather than a mixture.<br />
4. Give it presence - choose plants for texture, shape, colour or fragrance so that they create an interesting raised piece of planting. My own containers at home contain two combinations: Acer palmatum trees underplanted with ferns in the shade and in the sun herbs, salad and strawberries to pick or one variety of ornamental grass for texture.<br />
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The planting list for the Space to Grow visitor zone is as follows:</h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Allium purple rain Festuca amethystina </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Miscanthus grascillimus </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Salvia sylvestris mainacht </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Salvia nemorosa caradonna </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stipa tenuissima </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tenacetum vulgare </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thymus vulgaris </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Verbena lollipop</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Allium schoenoprasum </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lavandula munstead</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Mentha piperita </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Salvia officionlais </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Parsley, strawberries</span></i><br />
<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Water bowl (part shade)</span></i></b><br />
<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Anemanthele lessoniana </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Euphorbia purpurea </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pistea stratiotes (Aquatic)</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stratiotes aloides (aquatic) </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tenacetum vulgare</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Aquilegia vulgaris </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Astelia chathamica </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Blechnum spicant<b><br /> <o:p></o:p></b></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Deschampsia cespitosa -goldtau </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Galega officionalis </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hosta devon green </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Matteuccia struthiopteris </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Polystichum setiferum<b><br /> <o:p></o:p></b></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dryopteris erythrosora</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Amelancier lamarckii Hosta tardiana halcyon</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hosta blue angel </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hosta Sieboldiana elegans </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Matteuccia struthiopteris </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-large;"><i>Sensory gardens</i></span></h2>
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<i><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Gardens as therapeutic space for everyone</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Gardens are by their nature sensory spaces. The combination of the textures, colours, smells and sounds of nature usually provide this naturally.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">We often talk about gardens being healing spaces, and by this we don't mean they provide a cure, simply that they create a notable lift in well-being whilst being used. A key element of a garden intended to create this lift in well-being is to include plants and materials which stimulate the senses.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">While designing some gardens recently for the care environment and dementia care, my main considerations are:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">-<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Tailoring
outdoor space to provide <b>welcoming,
safe, engaging green space<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">-
Creating the opportunity to get a <b>breath
of fresh air</b> in natural, pleasing and useable surroundings</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
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Providing <b>distraction and intrigue</b>
through sensory planting, features and surfaces</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">- Creating a <b>journey</b> through an outside space with places to <b>rest and pause </b>along the way</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">It is my firm belief that we can all find moments of well being if we are provided with the opportunity to be in nature, even just for a moment.</span></span><br />
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Rae Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10337688003796706347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372421297310609512.post-38251742061556687302016-07-09T13:06:00.002-07:002016-07-09T13:06:46.094-07:00A Breath of Fresh Air - plant list<h2>
The Abbeyfield : A Breath of Fresh Air </h2>
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Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016</h3>
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A garden designed for people living with dementia. Thank you for visiting the show - it has been a great success for my sponsor and residents have visited and enjoyed the garden every day. We all feel honored to have been involved with such a worthy cause. The garden will live on with the relocation to a care home in Kew next week.</h4>
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Plant list:</h3>
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tenuissima<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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terracotta <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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peach blossom<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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black Knight<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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tangerine <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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piperita <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Rae Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10337688003796706347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372421297310609512.post-68494082943205816742016-04-20T06:13:00.003-07:002016-04-20T06:13:30.024-07:00A breath of fresh air<h2>
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There are few things more reviving than a breath of fresh air. Being outside in a green space can provide a sense of calm and well being, promote better health and even improve sleep patterns. When people are living with health problems, fresh air can be even more beneficial, especially if they have had to become fairly inactive or spend a lot of time inside.</h4>
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I am a firm believer in the healing power of nature and of beautiful places which provide space, a sense of escape, and some contact with nature.<br />When I design gardens I am always thinking of the emotional effect of the space on the people who enter it. How it will trigger the senses ...calm the mind .. Consciously or not people are usually affected by their surroundings and I see it as my job to stimulate some good feeling even just for a moment. The effect may be of decompression, a momentary lift, simply space or distraction. A garden is a living, breathing evolving space and this makes it a magical medium to work with.</h4>
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I have created a garden for this years RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show for The Abbeyfield Society to launch their Breath of Fresh Air scheme. Abbeyfield are an international organisation running care homes for the elderly, many of whom live with dementia. They are keen to encourage their residents and carers into the garden to enjoy the multiple benefits of being outside. Even in the late stages of dementia a person still experiences emotional response, so a garden can be a valuable resource.</h4>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016: July 5th - 10th<br />Links:</span></h3>
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Living Landscapes Healing Urban Garden showed how a green space in an urban setting can be wonderfully soothing and restorative.<br />
Pooling our design and build talents, the HUG team successfully created a soothing, sculptural, urban garden space. The crowds loved the colour and feel of the space and the focal bench brought the intended wow factor.<br />
Planting was low maintenance, evergreen and predominantly herbs, providing a scented and naturalistic vibe to the space with hues of silver and blue.<br />
The HUG bench was lovingly created using sectional high grade oak which was carved and bleached, and set on custom cast white concrete feet. Its a piece of sculpture, a wonderful seat and a statement piece for any garden space.*<br />
Urbis supplied a Lily water bowl and three of their new style Olive Pots for display in the garden, which added to the urban feel.<br />
The cool and low maintenance Kota blue limestone plank paving was supplied to us bespoke from London Stone Paving.<br />
A light Meadowgrass Marble gravel from CED connected the paving to the planting beautifully.<br />
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Team HUG: Rae Wilkinson, Alun Heslop and Tecwyn Evans on the HUG Bench at the show</div>
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Rae Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10337688003796706347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372421297310609512.post-141849311205130692015-02-27T04:24:00.001-08:002015-06-02T13:58:34.459-07:00RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015 - Living Landscapes H U G by Rae Wilkinson<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b>RHS Hampton Court
Palace Flower Show 2015:<br /> </b><b>My Healing Urban
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I am delighted to be creating a show garden at RHS Hampton
Court Palace Flower Show this year, for their 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary year.
The garden will be built and sponsored by Living Landscapes, an award winning
landscaping company based in Horsham, West Sussex.<br /> <br />For me, having designed and cared for gardens for many years, creating a show garden brings the opportunity to be creative in a more imaginative way.</h4>
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The garden is entitled ‘H U G’ - an acronym for ‘Healing
Urban Garden’. The design is based on the
idea that green space in an urban environment can be powerfully
restorative. My intention is to create a place of escape and retreat, a sensory
hug within a small and simple green space.</h4>
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The colour scheme has been selected for calming qualities,
whilst the planting palette is a largely herbal, evergreen and low maintenance
combination of scented and textural foliage. Planting is my passion and will be key to the final effect.</h4>
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Bold sculptural elements take the form of a curved sectional wall
providing a sense of enclosure, and a large scale curved bleached oak bench.<br />The H U G bench is an important focal point and destination within the garden, designed in collaboration with award winning sculptor Alun Heslop of Chaircreative who will be making it. We have come up with this bench design specifically for the
garden, to provide an organic and welcoming resting place,
big enough to share with a companion - or to recline, and providing a sense of being held.</h4>
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A curved path journeys into the space, flanked by sensory planters
to create distraction and provide a decompression opportunity. Next to the bench is a large water
bowl to bring a reflective water element, bringing the sky and the birds to the visitors side.</h4>
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Our garden appears in the Summer Gardens category which is
very popular and always well worth a visit for intriguing ideas.</h4>
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<br />Follow these links to find out more about the show, as well
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RHS show gardens 2015:</h3>
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<a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/2015/gardens-at-hampton-court-2015">https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/2015/gardens-at-hampton-court-2015</a></h3>
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Rae Wilkinson Design:</h3>
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<a href="http://raewilkinson.com/">http://raewilkinson.com/</a></h3>
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Living Landscapes:<br /><a href="http://livinglandscapesuk.com/">http://livinglandscapesuk.com/</a></h3>
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Alun Heslop:<br /><a href="http://www.chaircreative.net/">http://www.chaircreative.net/</a></h3>
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Rae Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10337688003796706347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372421297310609512.post-70633062073370609132014-11-30T13:38:00.002-08:002014-11-30T13:41:37.342-08:00Climatic plantingThere are many conflicting and controversial theories as to why our seasons are so unpredictable these days. I am sure that human triggered climate change has as much to do with it as the basic evolution of the planet does. I have certainly noticed a marked change over the 15 years I have been working outside.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiME2UCfJWQMIuu6HVGl82O0NnZAEFD1oGwz81NzXW6SCQzVwBi1F9QCh-tZVchhqNTUEN8MoPUTmbfGUUOtvuZQyexXL5QSn9yP5kSAZ3MC9gypeL2ADIG8RebobQN2uyTgj9hnTdEaLc/s1600/20140714_125200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiME2UCfJWQMIuu6HVGl82O0NnZAEFD1oGwz81NzXW6SCQzVwBi1F9QCh-tZVchhqNTUEN8MoPUTmbfGUUOtvuZQyexXL5QSn9yP5kSAZ3MC9gypeL2ADIG8RebobQN2uyTgj9hnTdEaLc/s1600/20140714_125200.jpg" height="320" width="179" /></a>When I became a working gardener around the turn of the century we were experiencing long periods of drought. Consequently the planting palettes we worked with at the time were very Mediterranean and as the seasons also remained fairly mild, some more exotic plants were commonly used too. Over the years I have watched the winter cold spells both shrink and grow and shrink again, and I have watched drought turn to flood. Every year we watch groups of plants suffer and have had to try new plants and be more and more careful about what we use.<br />
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So where have we got to? Well its exciting in part, as we are thinking more laterally about our choices. Palettes have broadened sideways and we are looking at more indigenous plants as well as plants which tolerate both drought and flood. I'm not desperately sad to see less exotics (maybe its purely a fashion thing..) and Meditteranean plants have to be located carefully and replaced more frequently. New Zealand plants often do well, and there is a lot more varieties of plants coming over from Europe where new-wave perennials and natural swimming pools have been deeply researched for optimum success.<br />
A lot more of us are thinking more like Noel Kingsbury in terms of combining and inter-planting particular species according to how well they establish or diminish over time, and looking to nature to find what works.<br />
Call me a naturalist but I quite like to see indigenous plants growing in gardens as much as possible.<br />
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What excites me most is in fact the return to nature in our thinking. We have had to look at how things thrive in nature, and how conditions change and how some species can tolerate this.<br />
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What is not exciting of course is the endless long, mild ..and often grey.. weather we have now. It demands further thinking on colours when selecting plants and hard surfaces, as the light plays very differently on everything on this damp little Isle compared to how it does anywhere with more present sunshine.<br />
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Most of us who work outside always end up wishing we lived much nearer the equator...<br />
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Mediterranean plants on higher ground combine well here with naturalistic planting more suited to our current climate. Hambledon garden by Rae Wilkinson<br />
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