Tips from the Associate professionals
Welcome to the Garden Design Question and Answer Forum, in which the English Garden Design Associates have very kindly agreed to provide Questions and Answers for The Gardening website and are happy to give you some tips and ideas gained from years of experience
If you would like a quick answer to a short question, just drop Hugh O’Connell an email by clicking here [email protected] and he will to his level best to get back to you promptly. Please tell him where you live and your local weather and soil conditions. It would be very good if you could send also him before and after photos where appropriate.
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Hugh O’CONNELL, Managing Director, English Garden Design Associates Ltd., The Annexe, Ponchydown Farm, Blackborough,
CULLOMPTON, Devon, EX15 2HQ, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 1884 266188
Fax: +44 (0) 1884 266188
Email: [email protected]
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Load bearing garden fence? David Brown, UK
Dear Hugh I hope you can help me ? I wish to…
Wisteria drying out. Sima Lee, Canada
Dear Sir, I am in Canada. I planted a wisteria in the…
Plants for a small front garden – and discouraging cats. Jackie, UK
hello, I have a little garden in the front. I would like…
Accessing the back of a border. Mrs J Beers, UK
Dear Hugh, We have recently moved house and my husband has dug…
Adding a swimming pool. Sandy, UK
Good afternoon, I am most impressed by your web site – evidently…
Brown patches in Leylandi. Colin Board, UK
Dear Hugh I have a leylandi hedge around my house & since…
Can you help me design a Japanese garden for a school project? Simeon Miller, UK
Dear Mr.O’Connell, I am doing a coursework project on garden design. I…
Can you suggest a climbing plant that I can put in a deep tub that I have on a north facing wall? Kevin of North Wales, UK
Dear Hugh, I wonder if you can suggest a climbing plant that…
Choosing a garden design course. Satomi Narui, Japan
Dear Mr.Hugh, I am writing to ask for your advice. I am…
Designing a garden in France. Hugh and Mimi Kilgour, France
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Do you do diplomas? Norman, Sri Lanka
Dear Hugh I hope you can help. I wish my son to…
Do you know of any source of Japanese stone urns? Gentleman from Stroud, UK
I cannot find a source of Japanese stone urns. Do you know…
Do you know the source of any large containers? Suzanne Overton, UK
I have a solid chalk garden and therefore need to have almost…
For my GCSE project I have decided to design a garden. Can you recommend books on the subject of garden design? Louise from Standish, UK
I am a student at Standish Community High School and for my…
Hedge advice required – alternative to Leylandi. Allan Hadley, Scotland
I have a detached house on a corner plot bordered at the…
How do I get into the landscape design profession? Cami Zaugg, Utah, USA
I am a stay at home mom in Utah and would like…
How do I totally kill off all the existing grass in a field, so that I can re-level and eventually reseed it all? Martin Mackay of Ireland
Dear Hugh, I visited your uk garden designer web site, very interesting.…
I am hoping that you can suggest references on history, locations, and methods of layout of landscaped large ellipses? From Clark Kimberling, Professor of Mathematics, University of Evansville
I am hoping that you can suggest references on history, locations, and…