by Shadow Hall | Dec 28, 2012 | design, garden, Garden Design, Landscaping, Norfolk, North Walsham, Norwich
The next chapter of my own garden project is to decide how I want it to look and work. Before I can do that though I have to plot out the garden as it is now. A survey will usually be done by your garden designer but if you have a large or complicated garden then a...
by Shadow Hall | Nov 25, 2012 | design, flower, garden, Garden Design, Norfolk, North Walsham, Norwich, Trends
On a cold, wet and windy Sunday what better way to while away the dimming hours than a spot of garden research, dreaming of what may come next summer. When I write this I am not suggesting you follow every little trend and change your garden every year, unless you...
by Shadow Hall | Oct 25, 2012 | flower, garden, Norfolk, North Walsham, Norwich
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by Shadow Hall | Oct 21, 2012 | flower, garden, Garden Design, Norfolk
Some of my favourite plants both in the garden and the wild, are climbers, with clematis and wisteria counting in my top ten for any garden. There is always something to suit everyone and any taste. There are delicate pretties, refined lady’s and brooding...
by Shadow Hall | Oct 15, 2012 | design, garden, Garden Design, Norfolk
After many years of helping other people with their gardens I finally have the opportunity to design my own space. As this is my first tweet in some time I thought a series of tweets about the start to finish of my own garden will give you a good idea of how the...
by Shadow Hall | Oct 12, 2012 | design, flower, garden, Garden Design, Norfolk, Sandringham
As usual at this time of year I have been neglecting my blogging duties and so here I am with a new post on ‘Shadows Gardens’ Silver medal winning ‘Elements’ garden. Sandringham flower show 2011 was the busiest show so far attracting over 22000...
by Shadow Hall | Oct 11, 2012 | Garden Design, Norfolk
Walking the dog, no matter what the season, is great for clearing the head and its where I ponder things. Most days its gardens (of course) and sometimes frivolous things but today it was fungus. I say every year that ‘I must do a fungi hunting excursion’...
by Shadow Hall | Oct 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
Hello I am sorry its been awhile but after lots of hiccups some rethinking and a little relaxation Im back. It happens to us all we are forced at times to do a little re-evaluation of ones business and personal life. Well I have come out of the other side of one of...
by Shadow Hall | Aug 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
After writing my last post on colour in planting schemes it seemed a natural progression to write advice on how to design for someone who is colour blind. If you are colour blind yourself then you will already know from experience what looks good and what...
by Shadow Hall | Aug 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Colour is an important aspect of any planting scheme, when planning your garden plant foliage and flower colour will often be determined by the style of your garden. Styles like the cottage garden will imply a multi-coloured scheme but what may seem like haphazard...
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