Garden Layout
A Garden Path Changes More Than the Route
Plan a garden path around daily journeys, useful stopping places and access to beds, so its position and surface make…
The reading beds
All pieces
Browse garden features by subject: from reading a patch of ground to choosing plants and shaping the work of a season.
Plants
Upright, Clumping or Spreading: Read a Plant’s Shape
Learn to read a plant’s mature growth shape and choose upright, clumping or spreading forms that fit the space and…
Soil
How Kitchen Scraps Became Garden Compost
Kitchen scraps to garden compost connects household food waste with garden soil; learn how the practice changed and…
Garden Care
The Bare Patch Is Not Always a Problem
Bare patch in the garden? Learn how to choose between planting, covering the soil or leaving it open, with practical…
Garden Seasons
A First Garden Walk After the Leaves Fall
A first garden walk after the leaves fall reveals paths, borders and lasting structure, helping you read the garden’s…