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Category Archives: garden design

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Why Your Garden Matters

by Ciaran Biggins / on 10th December 2025 / in Blog, environment, garden design, Gardens, Wildlife

If you’re reading this, it’s safe to assume that your garden matters to you. Whether it represents a lifetime of hard work and dedication, a weekend retreat or a space to enjoy with the family, it makes a positive difference to you. But have you ever thought of your garden as being part of something bigger? Something with more power, more potential and more ecological value than you might think.

Your garden is an important part of a wider, living network that supports wildlife, improves resilience, stores carbon and contributes to the health of the environment around us. Even small decisions made in a single garden can have a real impact.

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5 Frequently Asked Questions

by Jo Smith / on 18th March 2024 / in Blog, garden design

There are many questions that you will be asking yourself as you consider your garden design and landscaping project. Where do I start?

Here are 5 frequently asked questions to help you understand what you need to consider with a new garden design. What does it cost? What’s the process? How can I prepare?

How much does garden design and landscaping cost?

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Summer Inspiration for a Garden Re-design

Embracing Summer’s Beauty to Help Create a Garden of your Dreams

by George Smith / on 27th July 2023 / in Blog, environment, garden design, Gardens

A balmy Summers evening, with its hazy undertones and perhaps nostalgic childhood memories maybe the perfect time to find inspiration for your garden’s re-design.

As the sun bathes our outdoor spaces, we are invited to step outside, indulge in the sensory delights and uncover what truly brings us joy in our gardens.

Our gardens should be just as integral to our home as much as our indoor space is. The link between indoors and outdoors should feel effortless. As much a place to rest, relax and socialise as our bed, sofa or dining table is!

A garden can awaken our senses with sights, sounds, smells, and textures. When contemplating a garden re-design, let the splendour of Summer guide your plans and decisions.

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How can a new garden help the environment?

by Jo Smith / on 15th December 2022 / in Blog, climate, environment, garden design, Gardens, planting, Ponds, Wildlife

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You can be forgiven for thinking that digging up an established or even brand new garden to plant new plants in another layout is an indulgence.  However, when a garden is not designed with the environment in mind, a change is what is needed to allow your garden to make a positive impact on the world around it.

One of our core values at GreenArt is all about taking care of our environment.  It is easy to see a shiny new garden in our images, but a great deal goes into our designs to ensure they do their bit for the environment.

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Low Maintenance doesn’t mean No Maintenance!

by George Smith / on 10th November 2022 / in Blog, garden design, Gardens, planting, plants, pots, Tips

It may not come as much surprise to hear that we are often asked for a ‘low maintenance’ garden when it comes to designing green spaces.

This may be due to many reasons; being new to gardening, having a young family, older age, restricted mobility or simply not having enough time.

For a keen gardener, tending to borders and lawns is a much-enjoyed pastime, but for a lot of people managing a garden can often feel overwhelming and all too often a chore, rather than a pleasure.

Here we discuss some low-maintenance garden design considerations without having to turn your garden into a concrete jungle!

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Hedges and Garden Design

by Gavin Stanton / on 7th July 2022 / in Blog, borders, garden design, Gardens, large gardens, plants, trees, Wildlife

Whether it is formal or informal, the right type of hedging plants have the power to completely transform your garden.

Hedges are a great habitat for wildlife, provide privacy and security as well as protection from wind for tender or less hardy plants. They can also be a central feature of a garden design and an opportunity to be creative with shape, form and structure that will last for years to come. Whatever purpose your hedge will serve, there is a large choice of hedging plants for your garden, so choose wisely.

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Babylon Nursery Garden Ideas

Blooming Marvelous Planting Scheme Ideas

by George Smith / on 25th May 2022 / in borders, garden design, Gardens, planting, plants

As a Trainee Designer at GreenArt, part of my job is to work with our Garden Design team to create planting schemes for our clients. These can be schemes to refresh an existing area of a garden or as part of a completely new Garden Design.

I recently visited our local wholesale nursery Babylon Nursery  to source herbs for a customer’s vegetable garden. Whilst there I took the opportunity to have a look around and see if anything in bloom caught my eye. Here’s what I found that sparked some fresh ideas for planting schemes.

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A Garden design to improve quality of life while adding value to a home

by Jo Smith / on 10th April 2022 / in Blog, garden design

A Case Study: Why a new garden design was needed.

Steve and Jane came to GreenArt in search of a new garden design in the Autumn of 2021 after seeing the work of the Care & Development garden maintenance Team at another property in Benson.

They had lived in their 1930s’ home for over 10 years, during which time they extended and fully re-furbished the interior, to create a family home that would see them into retirement. An outdoor office built in 2018 allows Steve to work from home, but the view into the garden from both home and office was uninspiring.

The 50m long garden was substantial and well-established but provided little visual stimulation when working from home, nor was it practical for entertaining or to have a place to relax in after work.

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The art of maintaining large gardens and estates

by George Smith / on 19th February 2021 / in Blog, borders, climate, climbers, environment, estates, garden design, Gardens, large gardens, lawncare, meadows, orchards, Parterres, planting, plants, Ponds, pots, rose, spring, Tips, tree, trees, Watering, Wildlife, winter

‘My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece’ – Claude Monet.

Like sitting down to an easel, walking into a large garden, tools in hand, you may wonder where and how to start your masterpiece. Our approach to garden care takes into account the needs of large gardens and estates, as well as those of smaller domestic properties. Our Landscape Supervisor, Sasha Fraser, explains our approach.

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Sasha, our Landscape Gardening Supervisor, on the ride on mower.

2020 – a year like no other

by Michelle Reynolds / on 17th December 2020 / in Blog, climate, environment, garden design, Gardens, planting, plants, Tips, tree, Wildlife

‘There is no education like adversity’ Benjamin Disraeli

Without a doubt 2020 has been one of the most challenging years for us all. Yet, despite all the obstacles that came our way, and with a bit of creativity, GreenArt will end the year on a high with some notable achievements. Our clients have needed their gardens more than ever this year and our employees have wanted to keep working, so we feel we’ve done our bit to keep spirits up and the local economy going.

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