Karen Burton Garden Design

Karen Burton Garden Design Garden design and planting services ranging from replanting a border that you don't know what to do with, through to a full scale garden design.

Your garden is your room without a roof! Sometimes people just don't know what to do with their garden, how to arrange it and get the best out of it. Plants make a garden and you want to make sure you have the right plants to suit you as well as the type of garden you have, including the soil, aspect and level of care you can give it. I can help you to design your garden and select plants that wil

l give you all year round enjoyment: whether you want a full design for the whole plot or just want help with a border, awkward corner, or maybe improve your drive and front garden. There's nothing better than pottering about in your garden, seeing what new surprises are coming through or just sitting outside on a warm summers evening enjoying the relaxing surroundings of beautiful plants and flowers.

Recycling a vase and using a light cork this time. Fittonia, moss and scavenged slate and snail shells. I did make some ...
29/12/2024

Recycling a vase and using a light cork this time. Fittonia, moss and scavenged slate and snail shells. I did make some mini pots for Christmas gifts and stupidly forgot to take photos 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

Beautiful Gertrude Jekyll giving her last hoorah as Autumn sets in. Smells amazing 🌹
03/10/2024

Beautiful Gertrude Jekyll giving her last hoorah as Autumn sets in. Smells amazing 🌹

Big old planting session today. Will need to move some from other beds that have got a bit full of themselves and hoggin...
23/08/2024

Big old planting session today. Will need to move some from other beds that have got a bit full of themselves and hogging the limelight.

I seem to have some imposters… was looking forward to Geum ‘totally tangerine’ coming into flower but this one… erm who ...
14/04/2024

I seem to have some imposters… was looking forward to Geum ‘totally tangerine’ coming into flower but this one… erm who are you?!? (What it’s supposed to look like in second pic 🫤) Oh well. It’ll be re-homed and I’ll buy another one 🌱

Last terrarium (for now!). Boston fern, moss, bark from my cordyline and a bit of slate from the front garden. The top i...
12/04/2024

Last terrarium (for now!). Boston fern, moss, bark from my cordyline and a bit of slate from the front garden. The top is an upcycled glass dome from an old ceiling light. Let’s see if it works 🤷🏻‍♀️

Latest terrariums using the last of the fittonia and an asparagus fern with some foraged decorations. I’ve got one more ...
03/04/2024

Latest terrariums using the last of the fittonia and an asparagus fern with some foraged decorations. I’ve got one more in the pipeline using a recycled ceiling lamp, then back to some front gardens that are nearly ready for planting 🌱

Pocket terrarium 🌱
29/03/2024

Pocket terrarium 🌱

Latest ‘bottle garden’ with a gorgeous baby ficus ginseng bonsai and fittonia mosaic. I’m hooked!
27/03/2024

Latest ‘bottle garden’ with a gorgeous baby ficus ginseng bonsai and fittonia mosaic. I’m hooked!

Slightly smaller scale gardens than my usual projects. Loved making these and have more ideas in the pipeline.
10/03/2024

Slightly smaller scale gardens than my usual projects. Loved making these and have more ideas in the pipeline.

Making the most of the sunshine with my helper and having a bit of a tidy up: cuttings from the broken salvia are doing ...
22/10/2023

Making the most of the sunshine with my helper and having a bit of a tidy up: cuttings from the broken salvia are doing well and newly planted bed settling in beautifully 🐕‍🦺🌞🪴

Potted up some baby succulents today. I’m addicted! New batch growing already 🐣🌱 (gardening assistant checking I’ve done...
04/10/2023

Potted up some baby succulents today. I’m addicted! New batch growing already 🐣🌱 (gardening assistant checking I’ve done it properly)

This is a garden that I designed last year. It was a tricky project designing around a swimming pool in the centre of th...
02/10/2023

This is a garden that I designed last year. It was a tricky project designing around a swimming pool in the centre of the garden which needed to stay in situ. We needed to find a solution to replace the lawn as it wasn’t growing and was impossible to cut around the pool, and suitable paths were needed to reach the summer house at the rear of the garden. A replacement wall and fencing to a raised bed, as it’s located on a hill, with the next door garden being higher. We went for a gravel garden for easy maintenance with lots of bright helenium, geum and wafty grasses, punctuated with salvia caradonna and trusty geranium rozanne, plus nandina for year round foliage and to complement some existing bamboos to create a tranquil environment to relax in.
The building work including new patio and steps was completed this summer. The lovely plants arrived from Provender Nurseries a couple of weeks ago, I had the fun of placing them and my clients kindly sent me these photos of them all planted up. I can’t wait to see it next summer when everything is settled and in full bloom. 🌼

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