Author Archives: Landscape Design News

London’s Ideal home show inspires young student garden designers

Last week I read how this year’s London’s ideal home show has inspired young garden designers from around the country to get in the garden and get their hands dirty! Home shows Ambassadors, Diarmuid Gavin and David Domoney, have launched a ‘Young Gardeners of the Year’ competition, in association with the Prince’s Foundation. At the [...]

Battersea Park’s Winter Garden Design

Volunteers raised an overwhelming £150,000 to complete and transform a neglected area of Battersea Park in to a Winter Garden. Award winning landscape designer Dan Pearson has successfully restored its beauty. This beautiful garden is now open to visitors. The garden is a memorial and tribute to Elaine Hodges, she sadly passed away. Elaine was [...]

Chelsea Flower Show will display a rain garden design

The long awaited 2011 Chelsea flower show has confirmed one of the main attractions will be a sustainable rain garden. The garden design captures every rain and water drop. This project has been developed by Ed Payne and Newcastle University graduates. This rain garden will be the first of its kind at the Chelsea flower [...]

Titchmarsh is getting back in the garden

For years we all knew Alan Titchmarsh as the green fingered guru who gave us easy to follow, helpful and practical advice on the fantastic BBC show Gardener’s World and also as the presenter of the smash hit Ground Force. However, in recent years Titchmarsh has been known more for his chat show credentials than [...]

The Queen’s Going Green!

It appears that the Queen is becoming an eco-warrior with the news that the royal household is advertising for a new eco-gardener. Maintaining an overwhelming 42 acres of garden means green waste management is highly important in the royal gardens! This new project will help to preserve the royal gardens breathtaking landscape design and hopefully [...]