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Open Garden Cheshire 2017 - Tulips and Silver Pear in Dappled Sunlight - Caroline Benedict Smith Garden Design Cheshire

Open Garden Cheshire 2017

May 11, 2017September 18, 2017 Caroline Benedict Smith

Open Garden Cheshire 2017 , 24th & 25th June, 2-5pm

Looking forward to opening our garden again this year. The tulips have been fabulous and have come out so much earlier…… promise of things to come when we open next month ! Open Garden Cheshire 2017. Continue reading

Afternoon tea, Charity Work, Garden Design Cheshire, Giving Back

Hammamelis x intermedia Barmstead Gold - Dunnham Massey Winter Walk - Caroline Benedict Smith Garden Design Cheshire

Winter Garden Dunham Massey

February 25, 2017February 26, 2017 Caroline Benedict Smith

Throw on your winter coat and scarf and spend a morning at the Winter Garden Dunham Massey. It’s full of late winter treasures that are worth seeking out. Continue reading

Winter garden

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Top 8 Winter Trees and Shrubs

January 2, 2017 Caroline Benedict Smith

Beautiful bark colours and vibrant winter flowers can cheer up the gloomiest winter day. This Giant Sequoia in Savill Gardens, Windsor Great Park provides the most wonderful winter structure, colour and texture. Of course this winter tree is too big for most gardens. But here are a few that might just inspire you……. Continue reading

Winter garden

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Coastal Flowers Or New Perennials

September 14, 2016October 10, 2016 Caroline Benedict Smith

The coastal flowers at Slapton Sands in Devon and the new perennials at Dove Cottage Nursery in Yorkshire are two of my favourite places for plants. They are completely different, yet their wild beauty give me the same kind of feeling… Continue reading

Coastal Flowers, Coastal Walks, New Perennials, Wild Flowers

Open Garden July 2016 - Before 1 - Caroline Benedict Smith Garden Design Cheshire

Open Garden Cheshire 2016

July 1, 2016October 10, 2016 Caroline Benedict Smith

Open Garden Cheshire 2016. We’ve  sown, propagated, potted up, watered, pruned, clipped, mown, mulched and planted over the past few months and now we’re ready to open! July 2nd and 3rd, 2pm-5pm. All we need now is the weather…… Continue reading

Afternoon tea, Charity Work, Garden Design Cheshire, Giving Back, Open Garden, Open Garden Cheshire

Rose Border - Caroline Benedict Smith Garden Design Manchester

Garden Design Manchester,10 years in the Life of a Garden

May 2, 2016October 10, 2016 Caroline Benedict Smith

Take a look at some before and after photographs of this contemporary cottage garden. Starting out with a waterlogged clay soil, overhanging trees, and a couple of tatty fences, this garden design Manchester transformed itself over 10 years into a mini oasis….. Continue reading

Before and After, Garden Design Cheshire, Rose Garden

Suki Garden Cat 1- Caroline Benedict Smith Garden Design Cheshire

Cats Crazy About The Garden

March 6, 2016March 14, 2016 Caroline Benedict Smith

There’s something pretty special about sharing the garden with your favourite cat. If you Google ‘Cats’ and ‘Garden’  you will be met with a barrage of how to keep cats OUT of your garden. So let’s instead look at ways in which we can attract our furry friends to ‘Garden With Us’ ……..

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Cedrus atlantica Glauca Pendula- Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar - Caroline Benedict Smith Garden Design Cheshire

Winter Structure – Make The Most Of Your Evergreens!

January 6, 2016January 2, 2017 Caroline Benedict Smith

When the deciduous leaves have fallen and frost has swept away the remaining flowers, winter structure in our gardens takes on an important role…. Continue reading

Winter garden

Verbascum bombyciferum - 11- Caroline Benedict Smith Garden Design Cheshire

The Madness Of Verbascum Bombyciferum

November 25, 2015 Caroline Benedict Smith

Now here is a plant you’ll either love or hate…a passer by once asked, whilst admiring it’s juvenile leaves, ‘is it a cabbage?’  Take a look at a year (and a bit) in the life of Verbascum bombycerferum and see for yourself…..

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Caroline Benedict Smith Cheshire Garden Design- tackling a wet clay soil garden

How To Garden With Clay Soil

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 Caroline Benedict Smith

Don’t despair if the clay soil in your garden waterlogs in winter and dries to concrete in summer.

There are plenty of ways to work with a clay soil and not all of them as strenuous as my photo might suggest !

Help is at hand…..

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