Planting design Archives • Melissa Morton Garden Design

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Yorkshire Spring Show Garden in Harrogate showing the golden section geometry

From a blank canvas space to Premier Gold & Best in Show

27th May 2025

Garden Design Show Garden for the Association of Professional Landscapers at Harrogate Spring Show

Harrogate Spring Show Garden Design using Golden Section Geometry

3rd April 2025

Garden designs in winter showing a large oak timber pergola for entertaining and relaxing, enclosed with gabion walls with natural stone.

Sustainable garden design: reusing stone with gabion walls

15th March 2025

Preparing to Plant: A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Your Planting Design

17th December 2024

A sunken garden in a country house with a planting design published in Country Homes and Interior magazine

Featured in Country Homes and Interiors

30th April 2023

Why focusing on your planting scheme in November will see your garden blooming in spring and beyond

1st November 2020

Colour in the Garden, Sandra and Nori Pope

Nori Pope – planting designer, obituary

7th August 2019

The value of colours in gardens and how they’re used in planting design

3rd December 2018

Colour science in garden design & how hue can influence mood | November 2018

22nd November 2018

The past can colour the future in surprising ways | September 2018

21st September 2018