Create a calm minimalist garden with structure, repetition, purposeful planting, wildlife value and year-round interest. There’s something wonderfully calming and restful about a modern minimalist garden. Clean lines, simple shapes, breathing space and a carefully chosen planting scheme can make the whole design look effortlessly stylish. Some people might think minimalist means a dull, [...]

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Updated 16/06/2025 It’s quite common to read garden design articles where the designer writes about planting in drifts. But what is drift planting? Quite simply drift planting is placing groups of the same type of plant together and then repeating those same plant groups. This is often done in curving, informal patterns, [...]

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If you have a modern home, or it has modern additions, you might want to carry that into the garden. You can incorporate a contemporary planting scheme to link the garden with the house. This is one of my favourite garden styles, an easy and adaptable design to do at home. What [...]

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