Garden Design

Garden office ideas are easy to save; the harder bit is working out what the room should do, where it can sit, what it will really cost in the UK,…

Small garden design works best when you stop trying to fit a big garden into a small plot. A compact UK garden needs fewer ideas, better edited: one clear purpose,…

Choosing a garden path is mostly a trade-off between cost, drainage, grip and how much maintenance you can live with. This garden path materials guide keeps it practical: gravel is…

In a leafy Manchester cul-de-sac, the Smith family step into their garden early on a May weekend. Their three- and seven-year-old children charge out the patio doors, bee-lining for the…

Your fence blew down in the last storm and the panel is lying across your flowerbed like a timber coffin lid. The neighbour can see straight into your garden. You…

Your neighbours built a second-floor extension last year and now have a direct view into your garden from their new bedroom window. Every time you step outside for…

You walk outside, look at your garden, and see one undifferentiated rectangle of grass with a patio at one end and a shed at the other. It works, technically —…

You’re standing in your garden at dusk, squinting at the dark pathway between the shed and house, knowing you’ll trip on that loose paving stone again. The kids are calling…

You love the idea of a beautiful garden. You hate the idea of spending every weekend maintaining it. Join the club — half the gardens in Britain start the year…

You laid the patio three summers ago, stood back admiring the neat lines, and thought the job was done forever. Fast-forward to now, and those perfect joints have turned into…