Kate Gould

Recycling has really become such an important part of our lives here in the UK and hopefully we are finally catching up with some of our pioneering European counterparts.

Local garden designer Kate Gould advises on how to achieve the sweetest smells in your garden during the summer months.

It may be worth forsaking some winter beauty to get the best possible garden, with healthy, blooming plants and wildlife come spring.

Evergreens will form a backbone to the winter garden that ensures you have something of interest to look all through the year, says award-winning gardener Kate Gould

When I think of a winter garden I think of evergreen structure and seed heads dusted with frost backed by a clear crystal blue sky with the sharp early morning light glinting through.

The world of hard landscaping materials can be a minefield; a boggling array of new or reclaimed, natural or manmade paving, softwood, hardwood or manmade decking, decorative aggregates and feature stones in a myriad of colours, shapes and sizes – and that’s even before we touch on the subject of grouts and pointing.

Can a garden truly be a garden and still be low maintenance? Depends upon your notion of what gardening is says award-winning gardener Kate Gould.

In need of a new way of brightening up a boring wall? Look no further than vertical planting.

Spring is in the air, kicking off the busiest time of the year for a gardener. Happily the hard work of preparing your garden for the productive months ahead is softened by the beautiful displays of bulbs that will start popping up about now, says award-winning gardener Kate Gould

Whether you want rushing rapids or placid pools, a garden is better off with H20...