greencube garden and landscape design, UK

Let's have a chat...... Our garden design process begins with you contacting us by email or a phone call, a chat........ You may not have worked with a designer before and may like to understand h ow the design process works, get an idea of the timescales, and budgets. If you like what you hear we'll arrange a visit. I like to spend an hour or so with you, in your home and garden space. We will talk about your likes and dislikes, I'll listen to your thoughts and ideas, take some notes, take some photos and understand what you want from your outside space. I use my time with you to: Get to know you as an individual,  collect your ideas, desires and requirements for your garden Get a feel for your house, your home, your style and gain some context for my design ideas Do an analysis of the site, for example: light, shade, aspect, privacy, access, circulation, etc. Explain and discuss the process and how I can help you achieve your ambitions My objective is to develop...

We were out working in our front garden in Sevenoaks this week. It's time for the big chop, cutting all the perennial grasses down ready for spring, top dressing the borders with organic compost. Here's image taken on Wednesday and how it looked last summer 2019. Featuring: Cotinus with pink plumes, Hydrangea with a pink tinge and Hakonechloa grass summer view winter view

The Society of Garden Designers annual awards ceremony at Landmark Hotel in London. Friday 31st January 2020 I entered this years new award  Beth Chatto Award 'For a project where the design focus is on the garden's environmental impact by the creative, ecological use of materials and planting to maximise sustainability, minimise maintenance and attract pollinators and wildlife.' very proud and honoured to be a shortlisted finalist here's a link to the finalists and winners SGD Awards arriving at the awards with Sue Willmott Our Chair Sarah Morgan delivering the intro speech. Runner up but very proud to be up there in the final for our Modern Meadow, 'nature's doing its best in this garden, a bee and butterfly nectar pot with native wildflower meadow mix, bold clipped yew buttresses, native hedging, birch standards and pops of additional seasonal colour. This garden is a showcase on our website to encourage new ...

See my contribution on Garden Design Trends 2020 in National magazine Gardens Illustrated this month:

See our Kings Hill Garden featured in national magazine 'Modern Gardens' an article talking about LED strip lighting, here we designed the lighting to sit in a hidden channel within the bench and cast light on the front of bench and terrace. This extends the use of the garden into the evening and creates ambience. Our clients love their garden. 

Here's a quick view of some our popular bulbs we planted last autumn to enjoy this spring 2020, we will be out tending the gardens from February onwards and hopefully capturing lots of images. Happy New Year to all our blog gardening friends...... We are very excited about lots of our newly completed gardens for 2019/2020, we have 3 gardens currently under construction in Sevenoaks, Chipstead and Tunbridge Wells, all in Kent. We just need the borders to dry out a bit before we can complete the planting.

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