City Gardens

A city garden design Before and After - from lawn to garden

How a simple design became a paradise of plants. Plus: Magnolia Watch, spring tulips and a new magazine column.

Mar 14 • Jo Thompson

What do you do when you have impossible garden neighbours? And a planting recipe

Where the Wild Things Are: creating a garden design in the most unromantic of gardens

Feb 15, 2025 • Jo Thompson

Small garden design - Week 7 : How to bring magic, mystery and romance into your garden

Demystifying the design principles, making your garden really 'work'. And garden notebooks.

Jan 18, 2025 • Jo Thompson

How on earth do you start with a border planting design?

Getting the effect you want in gardens of any size - and one of my secret garden design tricks for planted borders that look good

Jan 11, 2025 • Jo Thompson

How to make a resilient gravel garden, easily

How to make a gravel garden which is drought-tolerant, rain-tolerant, heat-tolerant and cold-tolerant. Plus: will I be brave enough to plant this week's…

Aug 10, 2024 • Jo Thompson

A riverside garden in the heart of the city

A Small Garden Design how-to

Jul 22, 2023 • Jo Thompson

How to design a roof terrace

I share my garden design secrets with you

Nov 6, 2022 • Jo Thompson

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