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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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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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A Problem With Clay Soil ?

September 26, 2015November 18, 2015 Caroline Benedict Smith

This might seem a strange image to post next to a blog about clay soil. Find out why….. Continue reading

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Clipping box topiary. Caroline Benedict Smith Garden Design Cheshire

Buxus sempervirens – Clipping your box topiary

July 7, 2015October 27, 2015 CBS_webmaster

I love the crisp sharp lines of box topiary contrasted with the slightly uncontrolled flowing shapes of soft summer flowers ! The effect is often stunning and worth getting right.

So here are a few tips…….

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Peonies - Garden Design Cheshire -Caroline Benedict Smith

The Peony – Queen of June flowers

June 30, 2015October 27, 2015 CBS_webmaster

Few herbaceous flowers can rival the dramatic showy blooms of this summer flowering herbaceous perennial. In all shades of pink to carmine red and white, the peony puts on its display for about three to four weeks, depending on variety and weather. Continue reading

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Caroline Benedict Smith • BA Hons Arch. Dip Arch.
Cheadle Hulme • Stockport • Cheshire • SK8 7DH
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