greencube garden and landscape design, UK

We carried out the planting before the stone was laid on this job, caused by a delay from the stone suppliers and our client desperate for some soft landscaping in the spring. So here's what it was looking like last week when I visited, now that the stone has arrived and the garden is almost finished. Its been tough for our clients watering in such a dry spring and warm summer, plants need a huge amount of water in their first year especially large shrubs and trees. We cannot emphasise enough how much to water in year 1 during spring and summer, keep up the good work.... the bullnose granite steps The herb planter having its capping installed Raised planters wraps around level changes with Yucca's, ornamental grasses and Echinacea We have used gabions filled with ragstone to retain a level change to boundary. Eryngium looking lovely This is my favourite photo, we have designed this wall that surrounds a terrace,with ...

greencube and the planting season   We have been very busy in the last few weeks. Planting in Chelsfield, Sevenoaks, Hadlow, Borough Green and Loughton in Essex.  Here's Harriet testing out the new cantilevered granite steps in our garden in Loughton on our last planting day.We planted this garden this week in the warm sunshine. Its almost complete a few tweeks, a few extra plants and bit of landscaping to finish off. We will return in the summer to take some photos once its all knitting together. Hard Landscaping Oakleigh Manor  This week I've also visited our garden under construction in Matfield in Kent with feature hop poles, this garden is like no other we have been involved in. Rustic, organic and a return of the hop poles linking to the history of the house that use to be a hop pickers hut. We have just completed the planting plans that include meadows, shrubbery and prairie planting in sculpted bands around the lawn with sculptural hop poles standing ta...