Garden paving Choosing paving that lasts: slabs, setts, colours and textures explained by designers and installers. Paving is one of the longest-lasting decisions you can make in a garden. Get the materials, construction and detail right and a patio will sit comfortably in place for two or three decades. Get any of them wrong and…
Ornamental grasses for Surrey gardens Movement, structure and winter interest, on London Clay. Ornamental grasses do things no other group of plants can do quite as well. They move. They catch light in ways that change through the day and through the season. They carry structure into the months when everything else has retreated. And…
Evergreen structure How to give your garden shape and structure all year round. Evergreen structure is the quiet architecture of a garden. It is the backbone that stays standing through winter storms, summer heat and all the in-between months. When perennials retreat and grasses collapse, it is the evergreens that hold everything together and stop…
Outdoor cooking Turn your garden into a space for cooking, eating and entertaining. Outdoor kitchens have moved from holiday-home indulgence to genuine garden architecture, a properly designed cooking and entertaining space that lasts thirty winters, not three summers. At Flourish Landscaping we design and build outdoor kitchens for clients across Kingston, Surbiton, Esher and Coombe,…
Patio design How to design a patio that works for your home and garden. A patio is the most-used space in most British gardens, the surface that gets walked over a thousand times a year and judged every time. Get it right and it lifts the entire garden. Get it wrong, wrong material, wrong sub-base,…
Growing annual climbers from seed A grower’s guide to the most rewarding tender climbers for UK gardens, graded by difficulty. Annual climbers are the extroverts of the garden. Loud, fast, occasionally unruly, and utterly joyful. They take a bare fence or pergola and turn it into something theatrical within weeks. No long-term commitment, no digging…
Garden fencing Styles, costs, planning rules and the construction details that decide how long a fence really lasts. A garden fence does three jobs at once: defining the boundary, giving you privacy, and framing the garden visually. Get the style right and the fence becomes part of the design. Get it wrong and a good…
Low-maintenance gardens Beautiful, lasting gardens that ask for less. Designed and planted to work with your soil, your aspect and the time you actually have. A low-maintenance garden is not a no-maintenance garden. It is a garden designed and planted so that the right things happen on their own, and the work that remains is…
Designing your garden The key principles behind a garden that really works. Designing a garden should feel exciting, not overwhelming. Done well, the process turns a difficult plot into a garden that solves real domestic problems and lasts decades. Done badly, it produces an expensive patio surrounded by a tired lawn. This guide sets out…
Garden colour trends 2026 The colours and combinations that will define gardens this year and beyond. Colour is the design language gardeners argue about most and understand least. Beyond ‘what looks nice’, colour decides mood, depth, structure and how a garden reads from inside the house. The 2026 picture continues a clear, several-year shift away…
Boost kerb appeal Simple changes that make your home look better from the street. The front garden is the first thing visitors, neighbours and prospective buyers see, and it sets the tone for the whole house. A well-designed front in a Kingston, Surbiton or Esher street raises the perceived value of a property significantly. This…
Victorian front gardens How to modernise a Victorian front garden without losing its character. Victorian and Edwardian front gardens in Kingston, Surbiton and Hampton were never meant to be decorative extras. They were carefully composed entrance spaces that set the tone for the house before you reached the door. Their defining feature was the path:…
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