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DESIGN INSIGHTS

We share all the industry news, practice advice and latest thinking here on our garden design blog.

Designing with plants: selecting plants for a large exposed rural garden

25th September 2026

Garden design inspiration for a garden party: creating outdoor spaces for entertaining

27th August 2026

A consultation to kick start your own garden transformation: design inspiration for a small garden

15th August 2026

views from the house towards the bespoke pergola

Why doesn’t a newly planted garden look like the design vision? Part 2

24th July 2026

Aerial views of the garden and planting design 18 months after implementation

Why doesn’t a newly planted garden look like the design vision? Part 1

29th June 2026

garden design water feature with stone bird sculptures

Planting for a wellbeing outdoor retreat

18th May 2026

Yorkshire Evening Post Melissa Morton Garden Design celebrates Best in Show

Award Winning Spa Garden Design with Sauna

30th April 2026

Stone garden sculptures ideas – the spirit of birds in wellbeing gardens

31st March 2026

Luxury outdoor spa garden design with Wildhut OHK sauna, Harrogate.

Garden Saunas in Garden Design: Creating a Wellness Retreat at Home

13th March 2026

Wellbeing Garden Design including garden sauna Harrogate Show Garden

Harrogate Spring Show Garden 2026 – The Breathing Space

19th February 2026

The ultimate guide to creating the perfect pergola – featured in Gardens Illustrated magazine

14th January 2026

Becoming an accredited designer. Registered Member of the Society of Garden & Landscape Designers

28th December 2025

In the media – using the golden section as a design tool for designing a spring show garden in Yorkshire

14th November 2025

A garden talk at RHS Wentworth about Creating privacy in the garden by Melissa Morton and introduced by Emma Real-Davies.

How to Create Privacy in a Small Garden: Expert Garden Design Tips from My RHS Talk

19th July 2025

A triangular pergola designed to fit in a small garden with garden lounge furniture, trees for screening, raised beds and a waterfeature

Design Focus: A Bespoke Pergola for Small Gardens

4th July 2025

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

Designer accreditation – Member of the Association of Professional Landscapers (MAPL)

20th February 2024

Image of a garden designer working with a client to produce a garden design for their garden in Yorkshire

How much does a garden design cost?

2nd February 2024

Increase the value of a house extension and impact on garden design

Elevate the value of your home extension: top tips when it impacts your garden

12th May 2023

Garden design - site analysis of family home in Yorkshire

How to design a garden 4: site analysis

4th May 2023

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

Garden design in Steeton, Yorkshire. Dry stone wall cote provides shelter for seating

Is it worth hiring a garden designer?

5th March 2023

Wildlife in a small back garden

Chelsea Flower Show 2023 well being & biodiversity

21st January 2023

Garden designs add value to your home renovation how big should your extension be

Adding value to your house extension: how big is it going to be?

12th October 2022

How to design a garden 3: what is genius loci and site assessment?

24th February 2022

Purple Apricot colourful planting combinations

Garden Design Trends for 2022

29th January 2022

Garden Design Essentials 2: The Survey

2nd July 2021

Melissa Morton Garden Designer. Garden art and sculpture to enhance wellbeing

The impact of gardens on our wellbeing

13th January 2021

Garden Design Essentials 1: The Brief

30th November 2020

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

1st November 2020

Birds wildlife in the garden

Covid 19 and lockdown: how to adapt a garden advice service to support those at home

7th May 2020

Colour in the Garden, Sandra and Nori Pope

Nori Pope – planting designer, obituary

7th August 2019

The day in the life of a garden designer: pruning roses with David Austin

2nd February 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

Celebrating another HOUZZ award

12th September 2018