the days are getting longer
the colours are starting to pop in the garden
ENJOY!
ENJOY SPRING!
Author: designlike
Wishing you a
Front garden transformation
a front lawn turned into a journey through a plant aficionado’s garden
Testimonial: I loved working with Konia to transform my labour intensive front garden to a beautiful low maintenance wonderland! Konia has exceptional botanical knowledge and was always on hand to advise and develop ideas. It was a super fun project. I highly recommend Konia and I’m looking forward to seeing the garden develop and the ‘wave’ hedge planted for the final flourish. Thank you Konia xx – Charlotte McI.
Hard landscaping by Alan Coe & co
spring – albeit a chilly one!
Isn’t it great to see spring (in between the snow showers) returning! The colour does your soul good and the beasties love it too!
Garden make over
Lovely project in Culloden. The first picture shows the garden before the makeover, the second one last autumn. And it will get better and better! I really enjoyed this project with very hands-on clients. I can’t wait to go back and see how it progresses.
Garden Design and build
We can highly recommend working with Konia, who has helped us transform our garden from a largely empty and soulless gravel and paved area with a couple of crushed and overcrowded beds, into an infinitely more attractive space. Throughout the project, she has listened carefully to what we liked, needed or wanted for the garden, and responded accordingly. We initially contacted her because although we had a large garden in our previous home, the location/climate/soil were completely different in our new home, and we were at a loss on how to work with the sandy soil and relatively dry and hot climate of Nairn. We also needed major infrastructural work done in the garden (fencing, removal of overgrown large shrubs, building raised beds & compost bins, slabbing and pathwork) and Konia recommended a fantastic colleague for this part of the job. During the whole project, Konia has been clear in her communication and very reliable. She is also very open to working with people to different degrees, supporting you as little or much as you need (e.g. we’d said we were happy to do the physical labour of planting ourselves, but needed guidance about what species were suitable, who to buy them from, and where to place them). In our initial brief, we’d said we would like to extend the colour and life in the garden for a longer part of the year; attract wildlife such as bees, butterflies and birds; work with the soil and climate rather than struggle to nurture plants not suited to it; have space to grow some edibles and for compost bins; add a fruit tree or two; retain a grass area for our dog; and keep the garden sufficiently low maintenance that we were not overwhelmed by its upkeep. Konia has delivered this in spades (haha). Even though we only planted it up at the end of June, the garden has flourished. We still have some colour and interest now at the end of November. We’re very much looking forward to see how it develops over the next couple of years, and we know we can ask Konia back as needed to guide us through any future stages where we could use professional help. C & S McC, Nairn
Garden transformation
We can highly recommend working with Konia, who has helped us transform our garden from a largely empty and soulless gravel and paved area with a couple of crushed and overcrowded beds, into an infinitely more attractive space. Throughout the project, she has listened carefully to what we liked, needed or wanted for the garden, and responded accordingly. We initially contacted her because although we had a large garden in our previous home, the location/climate/soil were completely different in our new home, and we were at a loss on how to work with the sandy soil and relatively dry and hot climate of Nairn. We also needed major infrastructural work done in the garden (fencing, removal of overgrown large shrubs, building raised beds & compost bins, slabbing and pathwork) and Konia recommended a fantastic colleague for this part of the job. During the whole project, Konia has been clear in her communication and very reliable. She is also very open to working with people to different degrees, supporting you as little or much as you need (e.g. we’d said we were happy to do the physical labour of planting ourselves, but needed guidance about what species were suitable, who to buy them from, and where to place them). In our initial brief, we’d said we would like to extend the colour and life in the garden for a longer part of the year; attract wildlife such as bees, butterflies and birds; work with the soil and climate rather than struggle to nurture plants not suited to it; have space to grow some edibles and for compost bins; add a fruit tree or two; retain a grass area for our dog; and keep the garden sufficiently low maintenance that we were not overwhelmed by its upkeep. Konia has delivered this in spades (haha). Even though we only planted it up at the end of June, the garden has flourished. We still have some colour and interest now at the end of November. We’re very much looking forward to see how it develops over the next couple of years, and we know we can ask Konia back as needed to guide us through any future stages where we could use professional help. C & S McC, Nairn
Thank you!
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the plant sale in aid of the Ukraine Red Cross Appeal. We raised £140.50. Thanks also to the frog that kept the plants free of slugs.
Sculpture in the garden
Sculptures and plants can have a lovely relationship with each other. These sculptures are by Alf Becker with planting by Susanne Tack. http://www.alfbecker.de
