Designing a garden can be a challenge - and it's often difficult to know where to start. That's why we have enlisted the skills of garden designer Mary Newstead to give you a helping hand.
In her first series, Mary looks at creating a garden from scratch or re-designing an existing plot.
Her new series looks more closely at plants and planting schemes.
A simple guide to garden planning
- Part 1: Introduction
- Part 2: Choosing a style
- Part 3: Doing the design
- Part 4: Materials
- Part 5: The little extras
- Part 6: Plant combinations
Plants and planting schemes
- Part 1: Introduction
- Part 2: Colour
- Part 3: Planting principles
- Part 4: Bark, stems and leaves
- Part 5: Flowers, fruits & leaves again
- Part 6: Grand designs
Mary Newstead
Mary is a garden designer from SW London and her courtyard garden ‘Green is a Colour’ was awarded a Silver Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show 2003.