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Out in our garden in Chislehurst this week

Topiary Structure and Ornamental grasses creating a wonderful contrast Screening created with Corten panels Garden in Chislehurst this week. Ornamental grasses - Hakonechloa and Miscanthus Garden designed, planted and cared for by Greencube Design

three completed greencube gardens visited last week all looking great...

1st Garden In Leigh, Kent I visited our clients in Leigh, Kent last week and their garden is looking really good. This was completed last year and has been maturing nicely. We love hydrangeas and use them for mid to late summer flower, here the Hydrangea paniculata 'Vanille Fraise' are looking amazing, they remind me of a mr whippy ice-cream. Mixed with Heuchera and Pennisetum.  Now some of our clients think that Hydrangeas are an old fashion plant that they saw in their gran's garden, but here planted in bold swathes interplanted with grass makes for a modern border. Here we designed vertical green oak timbers interplanted with Miscanthus and Persicaria. But I feel the most eye catching plant in this garden in July is the Helenium planted in bold swathes down through a bank with oak platforms. 2nd Garden In Tunbridge Wells, Kent Photos taken by Ben at Creative Landscapes who is now working on the front garden which we h...

See us in tuinieren - dutch magazine this month

greencube features in Dutch magazine    Our little new build garden in Folkestone has been given a four page spread in dutch magazine 'tuinieren' google translate helped me out with the heading: 'how to get the most out of a limited area? The owners of this 70 m2  garden  created by designer Mandy buckland the total package: a lawn, three seating areas,  plenty of storage space and flowering plants' You might like the mix of orange and yellow created by Helennium, Coreopsis with pink flowering Diascia   garden designed and planted by greencube, hard landscaping - creative landscapes   see link to media page  http://greencubed.co.uk/media/media.html