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How to create your own English garden.

An English Garden Shady planting plan star
Follow this plan to create an English Garden bed in the shade.

Arbors, Archways and Pergolas star
Arbors, Archways and Pergolas are essential elements of an English garden.

Arches in an English Garden star
Learn how to use and plant around arches in the English garden.

Blue Flowering Plants for your English Garden star
Learn how to use blue flowers in an English garden.

Creating a Walled Garden star
Tips for creating a traditional English walled garden

Design your English Garden Path star
Learn how paths in your garden can help create that English garden style

Designing an English Front Entry star
Did you ever arrive at somebody’s home and have trouble finding the front door? Follow these easy tips to make your front entry more inviting - and more English!

Encourage wildlife into an English Garden star
Ten Tips on how to encourage wildlife into your English Garden

English Garden Plants to use in the shade star
If you have alot of shade in your garden you can still grow some English Garden favourites.

Focal Points for your English Garden star
Learn how to create the perfect focal point for your English garden.

Hedges, Fences and Walls in an English Garden star
How do you decide whether to use a hedge, fence or wall in your English garden? Here are some tips.

How to Design an English Garden star
This e-book teaches you how to create your own English Garden.

Inviting Seating Areas star
How to create inviting seating areas with English garden style

Pastel coloured flowers star
Using flowers in pastel shades for a traditional English Garden.

Planning an English Garden Border star
Five top tips on how to get started creating a classic English garden border.

Plant List for English Garden Potpourri star
List of plants that can be used to make English Garden Potpourri.

Plants for chalky soil star
English Garden plants that grow and flower well on chalky soil.

Plants to use as ground cover in an English Garden star
Plants that have lovely flowers and will provide you with excellent ground cover in an English Garden.

Pleached trees in your English Garden star
Pleached trees are perfect for a formal English garden

Purple Flowering Plants for your English Garden star
English Garden herbaceous perennials that all have purple blooms, to use in your borders and beds.

Starting an English Garden star
How to start planning an English Garden

Top Ten English Garden Plants. star
The top ten plants you must have to create an English garden

Using Pots for English Style star
How to choose, place, and plant pots for English style

Using Scented plants in an English Garden. star
Aromatherapists have long known that scent is relaxing. Add fragrance to your English garden for the same effect. Here's a list of scented plants, plus ways to use them in your garden.

What is an English Garden? star
Learn how to create an English Garden with this list of typical elements found in an English Garden.

White perennials for your English Garden star
My selection of White flowering perennial plants for your English Garden borders.

Yellow Perennials for an English Garden star
A selection of yellow flowering perennials to help you create an English Garden.

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