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Eden Landscapes Asked to Build a Garden for the Hampton Court Show

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:12:10 +0000

The famous Hampton Court Flower Show is the biggest flower show in the world and since 1990, when the first show was held, us Brits have been in love with the beautiful garden showcases and stunning natural designs.

At Eden Landscapes we are exceptionally proud to say that we are sponsoring a garden and that we have been invited to construct a garden for the Hampton Court Flower Show!

The Polish Designer Arkadiusz Luc has created design titled ‘I Disappear’. The garden will be a part of the conceptual gardens collection at the show. It is a thoughtful commentary on the seemingly inexorable destruction of allotments and green growing spaces by concreting over and construction of the built environment.

Eden landscapes have been asked to construct the garden and bring our expertise to the project.

Remember: the show is open from the 9th to the 14th of July so be sure you come to see us! Tickets cost approximately £30 and it’s a great day out for all of the family. Find out more about the show here.

As the date draws nearer we’ll be sure to keep you updated with news of our talented designer and more information about the show so come back soon for more information.

We Can Transform Your Garden Too!

Our beautiful designs and innovative thinking can help you to transform your garden from the ordinary to the extraordinary!

If you would like more information about our services please feel free to browse our site or get in touch with us directly if you have any questions.

Eden Landscapes: Get Creative with Your Garden This Spring

admin — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:27:07 +0000

When you look out into your garden what do you see? Do you see a beautiful natural scene or is it a bit of a mess? If it’s the latter then don’t worry, you’re not alone. After an incredibly wet winter along with the February snow, our gardens have taken a battering and it’s understandable if they’re not quite looking their best!

Get the Professionals In

Here at Eden Landscapes we specialise in landscape gardening to transform your garden from a patch of grass and a few flowers to a beautiful, creative space that meets your practical needs as well as your personal tastes.

We have years of experience that allow us to provide a quality service from beginning to end to ensure that you’re left with a garden to be proud of. We set our own exceptionally high standards and take enormous pride in the creativity and originality of our work.

Creative yet Practical

At Eden Landscapes we use a range of design features such as water features, building and structures as well as the more classic flower beds and stonework. Our highly creative team work with you to creative an original, usable space that is practical as well as beautiful.

With You Every Step of the Way

Our dedicated team will be with you every step of the way in your garden design project; we’ll talk you through your options and work with you to create a garden that’s right for you. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t got a clue what you’re after, that’s where our experience comes in.

For more information about our garden design and landscaping services, please visit our website or get in touch with us today; a member of our experienced team will be help to help with any questions or queries you may have.

Don’t Leave It Too Late To Get Your Garden Ready for Spring

admin — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:26:51 +0000

After a long winter of extremely wet and cold weather, we’re all looking forward to seeing the sun shining again so we can spend a bit of time outdoors without taking the risk of developing frost bite! Have you stopped to consider though, what you will be faced with when we’ve finally got some warmer weather?

Unsurprisingly after a harsh winter the chances are that our gardens aren’t quite looking their best and they’re certainly in no state for us to enjoy spending time there. Here at Eden Landscape s we are experts when it comes to landscape gardening and we urge you to start thinking about the condition of your garden now!

Get In Early So You Can Sit Back and Relax

At Eden Landscapes we have years of experience in this industry and we know that as soon as spring rolls around, it’s nearly impossible to get the services of an expert landscape gardener. If you want to have your garden looking its best for spring then you need to book in and start work as soon as possible.

When you’re organising the first family BBQ of the year, you can sit back and relax knowing that your garden is looking its best and ready to take visitors!

Don’t Settle For Second Best

We all use our gardens differently; for some it is a tranquil, peaceful place to enjoy for you to relax while for others, it’s a child’s wonderland with a football pitch, tennis court and cricket ground all rolled into one!

No matter what you want to use your garden for, here at Eden Landscapes our job is to help you create the perfect garden to meet your individual needs and preferences. We’ll work with you every step of the way so you can rest assured that come the spring, you can look out onto your garden with a smile.

If you would like more information about the range of landscaping gardening and consultancy services available at Eden Landscapes, please do not hesitate to browse our site. Alternatively, if you have any questions or queries, feel free to get in touch to speak with a member of our friendly and knowledgeable team.

How to Choose the Right Garden Designer for Your Landscaping Project

admin — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:00:08 +0000

Your garden is a very important element to your home that’s why when you choose to invest in a garden re-design project it’s essential you choose the right company for the job. When you employ a professional landscape gardener to design and build your garden you get real peace of mind knowing you have chosen the right company to help develop your garden where it needs to. Here a few tips to help you find the right company for your project.

Experience

Every garden is different so it’s vital you chose a landscaper who has the confidence and experience required to deal with whatever they might find in your garden. Your landscaping team need to be able to take your ideas from paper and transform them into reality.

Communication

For your project to work effectively, like anything, communication is the key. Make sure you are involved with the team and communicating with them right from the off. Let them know your feeling and desires.

Services

Some landscape gardeners cover a variety of different services including, fencing, decking, patio and turf laying. However others only specialise in certain areas, so make sure you have the full information.

Past Projects

Ask to see examples of the companies work. Landscape gardeners are proud of their work and should be more than happy to show you photos of this. You can check the quality of the work and look for inspiration from their previous projects.

Testimonials

Have a look on their website for testimonials from their previous customers to see what the general consensus is. If previous customers are happy with the work then the chances are you will be too.

Taking the time and effort to choose the right garden landscaper is almost as important as deciding how you want your new garden to look. This will ensure your project runs smoothly, is on schedule and the end result will end up with you having the garden you’ve always dreamed of.

Here at Eden Landscapes we have a wealth of experience and offer a comprehensive range of garden landscaping. Our garden designers cover Milton Keynes, Northants, Leicestershire, Buckinghamshire and the surrounding areas, and are fully trained and will provide you with nothing but the best service. For more information about our services call us today on: 01933 770075 or contact us here.

Everything You Need To Know About Bare Root Planting

admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:24:31 +0000

With the autumn months in full swing, it’s now the time to start thinking about how to get the perfect winter garden. The answer is bare root planting.

Bare root planting is always carried out between late autumn depending on the year’s weather; the best time to start is when all growth has stopped and leaves have dropped in deciduous trees and shrubs. Planting bare roots in the autumn means the roots benefit from the soil still being warm, which stimulates a healthy root system ensuring a good growth in the spring.

Bare root can be a good and cheap way to plant many types of fruit trees and bushes as well as roses. Here at Eden Landscapes we’re the experts so we’ve put together these top tips to keep your bare root plants healthy this winter.

• As soon as you get your bare root plants make sure they are kept damp at the roots, and if you don’t know immediately where you are going to plant them,’ heel’ them into some soil or damp compost until you are ready to plant.

• Native mixed hedging is nearly always planted out from bare root plants in the winter. Evergreens tend to be root balled, when planting an evergreen hedge such as box or yew this is much cheaper way of doing it.

• Root balling of evergreens means they are sold with netting around the root area, which will help to retain the soil, this stops the breaking of the small fibrous roots that are so important to the plant in absorbing water and nutrients.

• Evergreens are very susceptible to moisture loss through their leaves so it is very important not to break up the root ball that it had when it was lifted from the field where it was grown or you will end up with a plant that looks like a Christmas tree, it will go brown and there will not be much left that’s green and healthy.

• All evergreens especially root balled shrubs need protection from the wind when they are first planted or they can get ‘burnt’ by the strong winds.

• Remember root balled plants can still be planted out in late march, whenever you are planting a root ball adding a handful of bone meal in the planting hole will encourage root growth as will the use of a mycorrhizal root grow supplement.

• In these winter months it is essential that you don’t let frost or snow get in the planting hole as this can damage them and make sure you water everything liberally. Also make sure you keep any weeds at bay and it is essential you maintain their moisture.

For more information and tips about bare root planting or for information about garden designs in Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas, why not give us a call on: 01933 652 786 or fill out one of our simple online contact forms here.

Conifers in the garden

admin — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:26:43 +0000

The first week in october was National conifer week and has just been celebrated in garden centres and nurseries across the country.
Conifers had fallen out of fashion in the last few years and many people have come to dislike the ubiquitous ‘leylandii’ hedge, mostly because they have been neglected and become too large. But there are more to conifers than this.
Nicholas Warliker the well respected gardening columnist and show judge has been looking over the conifer range at Podington garden centre ,near Wellingborough, and thinks we should look at conifers with fresh eyes.
“Conifers rightly have a place in a balanced garden,” says Nicholas,”offering many shapes and sizes combined with a wide range of leaf colours ranging from golden yellows, greys, deep and light green as well as the many shades of glaucous blues. Frequently the leaf colours change with the seasons too, such as Thuja occidentalis ‘Rheingold’, in spring new green shoots are followed into summer by old gold eventually being superseded by an autumnal coppery hue.”
Pointing out the wide variation in shape and size of leaf he also thinks we should engage our senses more from the difference of feel of a feathery Cryptomeria to the long needle like leaves of the pines which can exude a familiar fresh scent.
And there is a conifer for all sizes of garden as Nicholas explains.
“Conifers make ideal specimen plants given the room. A Cedar such as Cedrus deodora is a majestic tree with its drooping branches. By contrast many of the Junipers such as Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Carpet’, make fantastic ground cover plants. From large to little, lots of the small conifers make good container plants and are also useful grown in tubs and troughs, although it seems extreme, many even help to make up a good plant mix in a winter hanging basket and work well offering a slightly different dimension to the display.”
Many conifers require little maintenance especially in the early years, but when planting give a lot of thought to the position of that plant fresh from the garden centre, check the label for the growers information on it’s ultimate size. Or talk to a member of staff at the garden centre to give you some guidance as to the best place to plant.
And a couple of final thoughts from Nicholas…..”
Although not often known since most conifers are considered evergreen, there are four species which are deciduous. These are Larix, (the Larches), Taxodium, (swamp Cypress), Metasequoia, (the Dawn Redwood) and Ginkgo (the Maidenhair Tree). All give wonderful autumn colour before their leaves eventually fall.
Finally an extra plus with conifers, as their name implies, is that many bear regular crops of cones. Try the Korean Fir, (Abies koreana), whose cones are violet-purple in colour and appear from an early age. It’s not a monster either, as its height is likely to be only 1.8m (6ft) in 10 years.
Good local Garden Centres such as Podington carry a wide range of Conifers, in fact there you are spoilt for choice.

Podington garden centre can be found in the village of Podington on the northamptonshire/ bedfordshire border near Wellingborough. Call the information desk on 01933 353656.

Colourful Winter displays

admin — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:26:15 +0000

Now that the obvious charms of the summer container displays are losing their vibrancy it’s time to give the long months of winter some thought.With some careful consideration there’s no reason why you can’t have colour and interest in pots and hanging baskets even on the coldest days.
Hanging baskets used to be packed away until the spring but these days they have much to offer all year round. There isn’t that much room so what you pick will need to come from a smaller pot and punch above it’s weight in what it can give you.

The garden centres are full of choice examples. At Podington garden centre near Wellingborough Nicholas Warliker reckons popular choices of plants are Pansies, Violas, Primroses, Cineraria @Silver Leaf’, trailing Ivy and Lysimachia ‘Goldilocks’.

“In sheltered areas, try Miracle Cyclamen, which come in a wide colour range and are hardy down to -2 degrees C,” he says,”to give a little height in the centre, place a dwarf conifer such as Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘White Spot’ or a dwarf shrub such as Euonymus or Skimmia.”Finally add in some dwarf bulbs to give you a spring surprise.
In pots and troughs winter flowering pansies will give instant colour from the minute they go in, but you need to consider that it is a long haul until spring and it’s nice to see some change over the months. Bulbs are the first place to start, snowdrops will not let you down, available in pots early in the new year from garden centres they can be added into your existing winter display and are more reliable than bulbs in packets for the short time the container is planted up.
Also consider Narcissus. Thalia is a subtle white colour multi headed flower and scented that lifts gloomy areas, consider it in combination with a specimen hellebore in the container, ‘eric smithii’ and it’s related varieties have wonderful colour and form with the grey green leaves staying healthy through out the season.
Two new forms of hellebores that are just appearing in the garden centres this winter are ‘Penny’s pink’ and winter ’sunshine’. At Podington garden centre horticultural director Philip Read is keen for people to see these as they come in. ” Both are particularly good forms, with Winter Sunshine you do get the added bonus that the flowers are held more upright than some other Hellebores. This means it’s easier to see the full effect of the flower when it’s lower down in a containers”. He points out. “We will be stocking both varieties as good size healthy stock at £11.99 each and trays of 20 winter pansies at around £5.99.”

Here at Eden Landscape projects I favour a combination of hellebore winter ‘moonbeam’or straight Eric Smithii with dark red winter pansies and bulbs such as tulip ‘Tres Chic” or ‘White Emperor’ and if there is room , a few narcissus ‘Thalia’.

Podington garden centre can be contacted on 01933 353656

How to Get Your Garden Looking Great In Winter

admin — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:00:13 +0000

As the winter months are fast approaching so many of us will be looking out onto our gardens in despair; how has it gone from a beautiful summer paradise filled with colour to a baron waste land devoid of life in a matter of weeks? Here at Eden Landscapes we’re expert garden designers in Milton Keynes and we know the secrets of keeping your garden looking great all year round.

It’s all in the Planning

When we’ve decided that it’s high time we gave our garden a makeover, a lot of us will race off to the nearest garden centre and buy a whole host of beautiful flowering plants; our gardens will be an explosion of colour in no time! Unfortunately, your garden will likely only stay that way for a matter of weeks.

Choose plants that will add colour to garden in the winter while everything else lies dormant. Why not try:

- Viola Tricolor: the colourful plant will flower in the autumn and even in the winter.

- Lily of China: a beautiful plant that forms dark green leaves and bright red berries in the winter months to give your garden a splash of ‘Christmassy’ colour.

- Snowflake: as the name suggests this is a frost-hardy plant with white blossoms during the winter months and pink blossoms in the summer.

Variety Is the Spice of Life

Don’t rely on flowers to make your garden beautiful or when winter rolls around you’ll be left with a dull, uninteresting garden. Create a water feature, make a rockery or put in a seating area; there are a whole host of options when it comes to your garden so don’t rely on flowers!

Let the Experts Help

Here at Eden Landscapes we understand plants and how to combine textures, colours and cycles to create a changing but always beautiful garden. We use a variety of techniques from planting to water features to create an original garden with character that will look just as good in winter as it does in the summer.

If you’re sick of your garden looking lifeless in the winter then here at Eden Landscapes we can help. Why not contact us or visit our website for more information?

Full Landscape Design for All Small and Large Gardens

admin — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:45:25 +0000

However big your garden is, for many people it is there pride and joy. We spend hours in our garden weeding it and pruning the bushes, deciding what flowers to plant and where. Trying to keep our garden looking its best can seem like an endless mission. That’s where the landscape designers at Eden Landscapes can come in very useful. We can create the perfect garden for you, all set out exactly how you want it so you can easily keep it looking great all year round. So if your garden is in desperate need of landscape design in Bedford then look no further than the professionals at Eden Landscapes.

A Bespoke Service

Here at Eden Landscapes we are dedicated to creating a close working relationship between our landscape designers and our customers to ensure you receive an excellent service and a garden you can be proud of. Our landscaper designers will come and visit you at home so they can carry out a thorough consultation. They will inspect your garden and its features and then consider potential layouts and work out what is the best options for your new garden. This is a free no obligation service that we provide to all our customers.

Making Your Dream Garden a Reality

You tell us what you want from your garden, what you imagine it to look like and we will design and create your dream garden for you. If you aren’t entirely sure what you want in your new garden then don’t worry our expert landscape designers are there to advise you in any way we can to help you make the most of your garden regardless of its size. Our team are highly qualified and their wealth of experience enables them to create a garden that utilises the space you have in the best way possible no matter how small or big your garden may be.

Here at Eden Landscapes we pride ourselves in the high standards of work we carry out on each and every project so you can be sure you will be left with a garden you can enjoy for years to come. So if your garden could do with a complete re design get in touch with is today by clicking here.

How to Add Peace and Tranquillity to Your Garden

admin — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:00:16 +0000

Garden design is a vastly popular hobby for many people throughout the UK. With so many nuances, and with every garden an individual, blank slate, many are finishing off their interior ideas and taking their creative exuberance to the outdoors, carving a beautiful painting in the blank canvas that is your back garden. Here at Eden Landscapes, we’re the landscaping experts, dedicated to helping you bring your ideas to life, coming up with new ones together. Our range of services will give your garden everything you need, and to help you along the way, here’s a quick guide to making your garden peaceful, with our water features in Milton Keynes.

Many people would love their garden to be a peaceful place to come to; somewhere you can sit, relax, ponder and enjoy an incomparably serene calmness. For a perfect garden sanctuary, here are some helpful things to think about!

Flowers

Flowers are a great way to heighten your senses in your spiritually sublime garden, bringing scent, and colour in a wonderful decoration of the area. And you need not limit yourself to flowers, as fragrant herbs and plants will also help to create a unique atmosphere.

Seating

You’re going to want to spend some time here, so find comfortable outdoor seating that’s versatile and allows you to sit in numerous ways, however you feel like sitting from day to day. Perhaps decking could raise your seating area, or a rocking chair onto fresh turf could be equally relaxing.

Water

Using water is an essential part of any tranquil garden area, with the trickling sound of flowing water proven to be refreshing, rejuvenating and revitalising, helping you to relax and focus. Here at Eden, we have a huge range of elegant water features that will add the ideal atmospheric sentiment to your garden sanctuary. With pumps, fountains and all the necessary extras needed to make your water feature as extravagant or minimalist as you would like, our specialists are fully experienced in putting together bespoke water features, and will work with you to create something unique, beautiful and relaxing for your garden.

So call us here at Eden Landscapes today, for a garden you’ll never want to leave.