SGD Student Garden at RHS Tatton Park Flower Show

I love getting emails like this… After completing your Successful Garden Design Course, I gained the confidence to enter a garden design competition. Thank you for your fab course, without which I would not be contemplating a career change into garden Design. The brief was to design a ‘planet-friendly garden’ that had to have a …

GT8 – How to design a small garden with changes in level

In this episode, Rachel designs her back garden with 3 different design concepts. The designs are family-friendly on a budget. She covers how to design a garden with changes in level. If you’d like to attend one of Rachel’s free online garden design classes, you can register here: https://www.successfulgardendesigner.com/free-classes     Comments comments

A Good Composition? Benjamin Britten Garden Tour

The Red House in Aldeburgh, Suffolk was home to composer Benjamin Britton. Regardless of whether you’re a music fan, is the garden worth a visit? Whilst I’m not a fan of random island borders in gardens, on the whole, I did like the layout of the Red House garden. There were plenty of inspiring takeaway …

SGD student garden – Ruth from Suffolk

Another Successful Garden Design student garden for you this week – I will pass you over to Ruth to tell you about her wonderful garden… “I completed your fast-track garden design course in 2020, just prior to moving to our new house in mid Suffolk in February 2021. Our new garden was a blank canvas …