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Make it a green way

How to ensure planting and permeable surfaces lead the way in front gardens People often lament the loss of traditional front gardens that once distinguished suburban streets; walk around most...

Trees for cities in a changing climate

Urban tree cover is critical for the good health of humans and other species, but to ensure we have such a benefit in the future, the type of trees selected for cities needs to change. Hannah Gardner...


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Beyond horticultural borders

Traditional practices of regenerative land management have been regaining traction in agriculture but what lessons do they hold for garden and landscape designers? Zoe Claymore went along to find out...

Sublime surburbia

Created in the 1970s, the Ruth Bancroft Garden in California was ahead of its time in demonstrating the aesthetic possibilities of low-water planting As designers in Britain contemplate the extent...

Sharing the vision

Communicating every detail about your garden design with the gardener who is going to care for it after it is built is vital, as is the way in which you share that information, says John Wyer...


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Ways of thinking and seeing

John Wyer FSGLD explores how the different ways that neurodiverse people experience the world can be both a strength and, at times, a challenge when working in garden and landscape design A few...

Making spaces for playtime

Whether they are whole gardens or smaller spaces within them, the great outdoors should be a place where children can let their imaginations run wild When, as part of the research for the RHS...

‘Not just another carbon calculator’

In the first of a new series looking at projects using elemental26, pre-registered SGLD member Dave Green explains how using the new sustainable landscape tool helped him to design and build a show...