Almost every garden has an area which is shaded. Unfortunately, these parts of the garden that are darker are often regarded as problematic.

A garden that is in shade shouldn’t be regarded as difficult anymore.

There is a great variety of garden plants for the shade that are easily available.

Ground covering plants are very important, if not the most important feature, in any planting design. At Hastate Design we make sure to incorporate these types of plants in every planting that we create for our clients.

With the days becoming longer and the soil gently warming up, plants in our gardens are starting to put on their annual display of colour. Here we pointed out some of the best flowering plants in spring.

Planting design is an art form, which focuses on combining plants to achieve the best visual and atmospheric effect for a garden.

Aberdour Golf Club planting design update.

Right plant, right place - principles of Beth Chatto’s garden design.

What does perennial mean and why is it important for us to select perennials for our gardens.

I am lucky enough to have a small communal garden where I can see the type of flowers that grow and feel inspired. Here is what I see this month.

A lot of people do not realise that plants are not just for the summer. Although different in nature, winter colour in the garden can be just as unique and beautiful.

When creating a bespoke planting design for a garden it is crucial to think about seasonality and how time will influence its look and feel, especially during autumn and winter months.

planting design in urban environments, sustainability, plants in cities

The impressionist garden was a pleasant place, a place, which envisioned a better world: peaceful, bursting with colours and filtered by the sunshine, where the shadows patched the richly painted petals of geraniums, oleanders and roses, often showing how the sun travelled during the day, how the colours changed.

Hellebore is one of the most beautiful of all winter flowers.

Over the years Hellebore niger has been given many names: Christmas Rose, Lanten Rose, Holy Night Rose, The Little Flower of Winter or the Christmas Bloom. Many of these names refer to the time when the plant is in bloom.

Plants have the immense ability to convey the emotions associated with home and familiarity.

In a garden, ornamental grasses can play a key role in dividing the space, creating semi-permanent screens, they add height to the planting, repetition, and punctuations, as well as a hazy, see-through effect.

When designing a planting for a garden, we often select plants that are able to survive prolonged periods of drought- these are called drought tolerant plants. By using this approach, we work with drought, not against it.

Dandelion is a British native plant, usually found on the side of the roads, in verges and between paving slabs. In garden situations it is usually found growing in lawns. Dandelion plants are worth keeping in gardens because they are beneficial for insects, especially in the early spring months, when there are not that many other flowering plants on which insects could feed.