THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Garden Design Trends
At the start of the year Gardens Illustrated gave over a few pages to garden designers to say what they …
Landscaper Essex
Landscaper Essex? Here are photos from a project Modern Mint have been working on over the last few years – do contact us if you want to chat about how we, as a garden designer or landscaper, can help you with your garden. Alternating cherries and apples along a serpentine wall of this long driveway helps to soften the landscaping… Low maintenance planting against the house to repalce a rose that had died. Ceanothus will grow taller to add a better sense of scale and interest to the wall. Check out the rosebay in flower over the wall – nightmare weeding the seeds that land …
Garden Design in Chelmsford
Garden Design in Chelmsford: What Do People Look For? 1) Low Maintenance At the start of the year we found most clients were asking for artificial lawn. This suggested to us people felt time poor and just didn’t want the hassle of looking after a garden. Our design suggestion: Make the lawn areas smaller, with a logical design so that the mower can reach each part of the grass easily and quickly. Job done, minimum of fuss. 2) ‘Wow’ Factor Clients wanted the garden to be used for entertaining, so it needed to look great. Our design suggestion: Use tough …
Finnish Gardens
From our trip to Western Finland last summer to check out some Finnish gardens, the Finnish landscape, and get some garden ideas… The landscape around you effects the way you behave. Notice how much colour the Finnish people use… symptomatic of the short growing season… Do we use enough colour in the UK? Or do we not appreciate just how bold we can go? Although a white garden is lovely, we can take lessons from people who like a more vibrant palette – try The Bold and Brilliant Garden if you need ideas. Everything gets recycled and reused, like this spade being used as …