Global Stone Blog
Hedging our bets
An important element of the Global Stone Bee Friendly Plants Garden is the tightly clipped hexagonal hedges which enclose the perennial plants. Almost architectural in form, the correct choice of species for the hedge was vital. In my initial brief submitted to the RHS back in September, I had specified box, knowing that its tight [...]
The plants are the stars – hopefully
After spending what seemed like forever narrowing down our wish list of suitable plants, myself and Holly Cheese of Bee Friendly Plants Ltd met with Howard Plants on a bitterly cold January afternoon. In the capable hands of the two Christines – Howard and Lancaster - our precious ‘babies’ would be carefully grown on to [...]
The pieces of the jigsaw puzzle …..
Designing and building a garden at Chelsea is all about the planning.I currently have a Plan A, B, C and maybe even a Plan D. As Alan Titchmarsh wrote in this weeks gardening section in The Daily Telegraph, you have to plan for the worst case scenario, ‘ The risk factor is a big part [...]
First look at the site!
Wednesday 10th March and Mick Gentry, our contractor, and myself traveled up to London to assess the site of the Global Stone Bee Friendly Plants Garden. We were most concerned as to whether the ground would be level, so we went armed with a staff and laser . An uneven site would cause untold problems, [...]