Blog Beth Chatto's gravel garden, 30 years on

Beth Chatto's gravel garden, 30 years on

By Michael

Oct 3, 2024

I revisit a moment – thirty years ago – that totally reframed my thinking, and continues to influence virtually every design decision I make.

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A chat with Dan Pearson

By Michael

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Dan Pearson talks about Covid-19, inner peace, and his recent book – Tokachi Millennium Forest. ...

Recalibrating my planting design thinking

By Michael

May 23, 2019

My thinking on planting design has been substantially recalibrated in the last 12 months or so by increased contact with the ground-breaking work of James Hitchmough and Nigel Dunnett, largely through ...

Experiencing horti-psychological whiplash

By Michael

Apr 29, 2019

Watch as the German Landscape Architect Bettina Jaugstetter reframes my thinking about successional planting. I go on about what Christopher Lloyd taught me, then Bettina, having listened attentively, ...