January – tree planting time! We are in our second year planting and restoring hedgerows at a 200-year-old farm in Ceredigion. We use bare-root trees a for large-scale planting jobs, as they are lightweight and economical. We are planting a native mix including hawthorn, guelder rose, field maple, rowan, oak, spindle, hazel and hornbeam. TheseContinue reading “Tree planting”
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Vegetable garden upgrade
This is a quiet time of year for the vegetable garden and a great opportunity to perfect the design and layout. This vegetable garden was built last year for a family in lockdown, and is now being enhanced with levelling, extra beds and new paths. Here, an additional boundary wall is being built to encloseContinue reading “Vegetable garden upgrade”
Sand Garden 2
2020 was a difficult year, but I was very glad to have an opportunity to visit the Sand Garden in the summer. We completed work on this garden early in 2019. The Sand Garden (see previous blog entry) was one of the most challenging we ever designed and created, with more practical problems than anyContinue reading “Sand Garden 2”
Sand Garden
A garden made of sand? In this village near Cardigan, the land is almost entirely sand as a result of a huge glacier that once covered the area. Read on to see how Landworks is making a garden from sand…. This retaining wall is only two metres from the wall of the house. The entireContinue reading “Sand Garden”
Wildflower meadow
Daisies, corncockles and acid red poppies in a wildflower meadow seeded last autumn. We used local topsoil to sculpt the land into flowing shapes around our larch steps, and planted with native wildflowers. Our West Wales rain and then a stunning warm Spring have done the rest! The project began with steps to get from theContinue reading “Wildflower meadow”
