Garden Design Challenges

How to deal with your front garden

Common Garden Conundrums

Mar 21 • Jo Thompson

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

Small garden design course - structures, screens, storage and play

They may be dull, but they're important....

Sep 20, 2025 • Jo Thompson

Designing small gardens on a budget

Lots of easy ideas on how to create a small garden with a small budget, and a case study

Aug 16, 2025 • Jo Thompson

Garden design challenges: how to deal with sloping gardens

Sep 13, 2024 • Jo Thompson

Do you have an oddly-shaped garden? A triangular-ish space? An awkward front garden? No back garden? A small garden? Tiny budget?

This week's Garden Design Challenge: a case study

Aug 17, 2024 • Jo Thompson

Garden design challenges: easy ways to deal with a wide and shallow garden

Plus: container planting ideas, and a fabulous Must-Have plant to attract pollinators

Aug 3, 2024 • Jo Thompson

Garden design challenges: easy ways to deal with a shady garden, and great plants for horrid dry shade

how to design and plant shady gardens. Design tips and tricks, plant lists, and dry shade suggestions.

Jun 26, 2024 • Jo Thompson

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