On Garden Design

Lighting in Garden Design

Garden lighting finesses a good design; adding safety, security and ambience. But it’s so often poorly done. In this episode we share tips from the experts to enhance yo

End State or Journey?

Gardens are dynamic; we can plan and anticipate but we can't predict how they will evolve. So what do you expect from a garden designer? Are you buying a product with an

Who are Fleur and Sachi?

Have you ever wondered who are the real people behind these voices? If you’ve enjoyed listening to us over the last 16 months, this episode will take you ‘behind the scen

Designing a Productive Garden

Designing your garden around food production is great for your physical and mental health. This episode discusses how good design can improve your gardening experience, p

Memory Gardens

An outdoor space dedicated to reflection, relationship and connection can be deeply restorative. Perhaps you would like to create a memory garden to honour a loss or a ce

Design Layouts for Different Garden Shapes

Back yards come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and each brings its own set of design challenges. In this episode, we chat about manipulating space to make a garden more

Difficult Gardens

Not all gardens are created equal. In fact, most have challenges that can feel overwhelming. This episode will tackle some of those tricky spaces, such as slope, balconi

Designing a Mediterranean Garden

Do you need a forgiving and low maintenance garden? We give you plenty of reasons to consider why a Mediterranean garden may suit you. To help create this tough, water h

Sense of Place

Sense of Place is about taking cues from your broader landscape to create a garden that belongs to that place. Honouring your surrounding landforms or soils, endemic plan

Designing a Formal Garden

Do you crave order and control? Are neat hedges and edges your thing? If so, the discipline and calm of a formal garden may be perfect for you. In this episode we chat ab

Sensory Garden

How about designing a garden based on a central idea? If you crave interactive experience, stimulation and response from your garden, try framing your design thinking aro

Designing a Contemporary Garden

In this episode we chat about the design elements of a contemporary garden. To create this stylish, crisp and asymmetric garden style, we give you plenty of ideas and ins

Night Garden

Do you mostly use your outdoor spaces at night? An entertainer, moth watcher, star gazer or sun avoider? Then why not design a space that is entirely centred on the idea

Designing Your Own Garden

This informative chat steps you through the process for designing your own garden. If you’re up for the challenge, we give you plenty of tips and ideas for assessing, arr

The Principle of Proportion

If you feel like a giant in your garden or your outdoor areas feel overwhelming or insignificant, you’re probably experiencing a problem with proportion. In this episode

Designing to your Values

Personal values shape the choices we make and the lifestyle we live. So why shouldn’t values play a key role in creating a garden that reflects your principles, prioritie

The Principle of Balance

Is there something overpowering or dominating in your garden? It’s probably upsetting your garden’s balance and compromising its harmony, comfort and stability. In this e

Therapy and Wellbeing Garden Design

We intuitively know that gardens have a positive impact on mental health. When this is backed by science, it becomes even more compelling. Join us in this gentle chat wit

The Principle of Unity

Why is it that some gardens just feel right? And others feel chaotic, disjointed and jarring? It’s probably all about unity. In this episode we chat about practical ways

Rewilding: Designing for Organised Chaos

Would you like to rewild your garden AND design it to look good? Join us chatting with Charlie Harpur about bringing back natural process to the landscape. As Head Garden