Blog – Garden & Landscape Design
Blogs from Compass Garden and Landscape Design, who also offer planting & gardening advice in South West England.
Designing a Future-Proof Family Garden: Sustainable Solutions for Bristol Gardens
Are you a family homeowner in Bristol, Bath, or the surrounding Somerset area, dreaming of a beautiful garden but worried...
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Effortless Outdoor Living: Low-Maintenance Garden Designs for Busy Bristol Families
In today’s fast-paced world, many of us dream of a beautiful, tranquil garden to escape to. But for busy family...
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Small Garden Design Ideas for Bristol Homes
Living in Bristol, we cherish our beautiful homes, but often, the outdoor space can be a bit… compact. Whether you...
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The Ultimate Guide to Garden Design in Bristol: From Consultation to Creation
Dreaming of a beautiful outdoor space in Bristol? Whether you’re in Clifton, Southville, Redland, or anywhere across our vibrant city,...
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Designing Your Dream Garden in Somerset
Imagine stepping outside into your very own Somerset sanctuary. Perhaps it’s a contemporary space perfect for entertaining, a traditional cottage...
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Small Garden Design Ideas for Bristol Homes
Living in vibrant Bristol often means embracing charming, characterful homes – and sometimes, that includes a rather compact outdoor space....
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The Garden Design Process Explained
Thinking about transforming your outdoor space into the garden you’ve always dreamed of? It’s an exciting prospect! But perhaps the...
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Creating Outdoor Living Spaces in Bristol: Landscape Design Ideas
Bristol, with its vibrant culture and stunning natural beauty, is the perfect place to embrace outdoor living. Whether you have...
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Top 5 Landscape Design Trends Shaping Bath Gardens in 2025
The world of garden design is constantly evolving, and 2025 is set to bring a wave of fresh, exciting trends...
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Designing with Natural Stone: Elevating Bath Landscapes
Bath, with its honey-colored architecture and rolling hills, possesses a timeless elegance. When designing gardens in this historic city, it’s...
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Bath Life Magazine Feature
A Look at Compass Garden & Landscape Design We are excited to announce that we were recently featured in Bath...
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Cosy Autumn Patio: Embrace the Season with Style
As the summer sun sets and a crisp chill fills the air, it’s time to transform your patio into a...
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Autumn Garden Tidy-Up Tips for Bristol & Bath: Prepare Your Garden for a Cosy Winter
As the golden hues of autumn paint the Bristol and Bath landscapes, it’s time to roll up our sleeves...
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From Concept to Reality: The Compass Garden and Landscape Design Process
Have you ever imagined transforming your garden into a personal paradise? Perhaps you envision a peaceful haven for relaxation, a...
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The Sustainable Garden: Creating Beauty and Eco-Consciousness in Your Bristol Garden
For Bristol gardeners, creating a flourishing oasis is about more than just aesthetics; it’s also about cultivating a harmonious relationship...
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Conquer the challenges: Design solutions for new-build gardens.
Congratulations! You have moved into your dream new-build home in Bristol. But where is the dream garden? New-build gardens frequently...
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Spring into Action: Unleash Your Bristol Garden’s Hidden Potential
The frosty grip of winter is loosening, and a sense of renewal pervades the air. Birdsong fills the morning...
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Creating a Buzz: A Guide to a Bee-Friendly Bristol Garden
Bristol is thriving, and we can all contribute! Bees play an important role in pollinating our plants and providing us...
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Conquer Spring in Bristol: Top Tips for a Blooming Brilliant Garden
Ah, Spring! The days grow longer, the sun appears more frequently, and Bristol’s gardens emerge from their winter slumber. But...
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Compass Garden Design – Meeting the Challenges of New-Build Gardens
If you have just moved into your first home (or if you’ve moved from an existing home into a...
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Picking the Most Aromatic Plants for Your Landscape Garden Design
One of the ways of making your garden distinctive is to plant with aromas in mind. Compass Garden and Landscape...
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Designing Gardens to Cope with Extreme Weather
Gardeners – and landscape gardeners in particular – are having to cope with a number of climate challenges. Over the...
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The Benefits of a Bespoke Garden Design Service
At Compass Garden and Landscape Design, we are proud to offer a genuinely bespoke gardening service in the south of...
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Top 10 Plants for a Low-Maintenance Garden in Wiltshire, Designed by Your Local Experts
Wiltshire’s rolling hills and charming villages deserve an equally stunning garden. But who has the time for constant weeding and...
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Bristol in Bloom: Unleash Your Garden’s Full Potential, Season After Season with a Garden Designer in Bristol
Ah, Bristol! There’s something truly magical about this vibrant city, from its iconic bridges and bustling markets to its secret...
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Blooming Brilliance: Winter Bulb Planting Tips for a Vibrant Spring Garden
As winter settles in, casting a blanket of stillness over our gardens, it might seem like the time for outdoor...
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Can Landscaping be done in the Winter?
Winter is often seen as a time of dormancy in the garden, but it can also be a great time...
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How to prepare your garden for winter in Bristol
Bristol has a relatively mild climate, but that doesn’t mean that your garden doesn’t need some preparation for the winter...
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Leatherjackets Destroying Your Lawn?
Whether you are trying to create a natural, wildlife-friendly lawn or a lush patch of grass, turfed areas can be...
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How to Create a Sensory Garden That Will Soothe Your Senses
A sensory garden is a type of garden that is designed to appeal to the five senses: sight, smell, touch,...
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How to Work with a Landscape Designer: A Guide for Clients of Compass Garden Design
Your landscape is an important part of your home. It can add beauty, value, and functionality to your property. If...
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Creating a Sustainable Garden with Compass Garden Design
At Compass Garden Design, we believe that sustainability is important for both the environment and our clients. That’s why we...
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023 – A Gold Medal Experience
It was a real pleasure to assist Joe and Laura Carey of Carey Garden Design Studio (https://careygardendesign.co.uk/) with the planting...
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Fire Pit Reviews: The Solo Stove
Buy Stove Fire Pit from Amazon The Solo Stove represents a new generation of fire pit which has been designed...
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Creating an Eco-Friendly Garden Design with a Garden Designer
Numerous households are looking for solutions to lessen their carbon footprint and lead more sustainable lifestyles as our society grows...
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Child-Friendly Garden: A How-To Guide
Children can have a great time exploring and playing in gardens. They provide a chance to interact with environment, foster...
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Meeting the Challenges of Estate Management
Managing a large estate is very different to looking after one’s own back garden. Here Compass Garden and Landscape Design,...
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Top Tips for Planting Vegetables in a Landscape Garden
Growing your own fruit and vegetables is a sustainable and cost-effective way of reducing your food bills, but how do...
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Key Benefits of Hiring a Professional Landscape Gardener
With many household budgets being squeezed at the moment, it may be tempting to opt for the DIY approach...
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Five Top Gardening Themes for 2023
The pandemic has revolutionised how people in the UK see their gardens – not just as a chore to look...
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What Makes a Garden Contemporary?
Sometimes the terms ‘modern’ and ‘contemporary’ can be confused, at least where landscape gardening is concerned. The former refers to...
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Five Plants to Keep a Landscape Garden Looking Colourful in Winter
Just because it’s no longer the peak growing season doesn’t mean your garden shouldn’t be have plenty of colour...
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The Importance of a Lawn to a Landscape Garden
Landscape gardens aren’t just about perfect plants, desirable decking and wonderful water features – you need a good lawn as...
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Five Plants Which Cope Well with Hot Weather
The weather of the last few weeks has forced many gardeners to rethink what types of plants will flourish...
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Key Advantages of a Hillside Terraced Garden
Terraces are one of the real growth areas of landscaped gardens – in more senses than one. They allow gardeners...
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Popular Man-Made Features of a Landscape Garden
Landscape gardens aren’t just about natural features; some of the most striking contain man-made touches that give them that little...
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Four Key Gardening Trends for 2022
The past 12 months has seen an ongoing revolution in gardening and garden design, with millions of people spending more...
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Why Winter’s Ideal for Improving Your Garden Landscaping
Landscape gardeners can work all year round – they don’t just stop because the main growing season is over. While...
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Five of the Best Low-Maintenance Plants for Your Garden
Many of us enjoy our gardens, but aren’t so keen on the gardening. This is because we don’t always have...
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Four Key Takeaways from the 2021 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show was one like no other – fears over COVID restrictions meant that it took...
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Key Features of a Japanese-Style Zen Garden
Zen gardens are a great way of creating a space to relieve stress and of improving your mental health and...
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How Lighting Can Enhance Your Landscape Garden
One of the key hard landscaping features of any modern garden is the lighting – and we don’t just mean...
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Five Key Advantages of Using a Landscape Gardening Consultant
Garden landscaping consultants can help any homeowner elevate their outdoor space from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Here Compass Garden...
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Top Tips on Planning the Perfect Garden Pond
More and more households are recognising the benefits of making a pond an integral feature of their garden. Not only...
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Five Great Decking Ideas to Liven Up Your Garden
Decking can form the cornerstone of any garden, and is often used as the main hub of seating and relaxation....
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A Major Garden Restoration Project in Bradford on Avon
Compass Garden and Landscape Design are delighted to be leading a garden design project at the historic Hall Estate in...
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Compass – Supporting Biodiversity in Domestic and Commercial Gardens
Biodiversity – or biological diversity – is one of the hottest topics currently facing mankind. It is defined either as...
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Key Advantages of a Garden Rockery
One of the key elements of many landscape garden projects is the rockery – a versatile addition to any space,...
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Achieving an Integrated Approach to Soft and Hard Landscaping
Two of the key elements of gardening are hard and soft landscaping. The former will give you a basic structure,...
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Top Gardening Trends to Look Out for in 2021
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s how important our gardens are – many of us have been spending a...
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What are the Best Trees to Plant in Your Garden?
Now is the time of year to think about planting trees, if you want to give your garden a new...
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Five Key Design Functions of a Garden Path
The path is often overlooked as a key design feature of any garden. It shouldn’t be thought of as just...
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Top Tips on Designing a Garden for All Seasons
Creating a garden which can be enjoyed all year round is a challenge for any keen horticulturist. Every garden has...
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Which Water Feature is Best for Your Garden?
TV programmes like ‘Ground Force’ and ‘Love Your Garden’, and more recent examples such as ‘Garden Rescue’ and ‘Big Dreams,...
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Making Trellises and Fences an Integral Part of Your Garden Design
Gardeners shouldn’t just think of fences and trellises as a bland, utilitarian way of separating your neighbour’s property from your...
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Five Top Tips for a Sustainable Garden Design
Growing awareness of the problems of global warming and climate change means that people are increasingly aware of the need...
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Five Key Features of a Mediterranean-style Garden
If there is one thing that’s predictable about the British weather, is that it is unpredictable. No sooner have we...
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Designing Gardens to Beat Heavy Rain and Floods
Many residents – and their gardens – have only just recovered from the flooding that followed the three Atlantic storms...
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Five Top Tips on Creating a Wildlife-Friendly Garden
It’s a startling fact that 95% of the UK’s wildflower meadows have been lost since the Second World War, leaving...
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Top Design Ideas for Your Winter Garden
Winter may be thought of as a quieter time of year for most gardeners, but it can be the perfect...
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How to Inject Style and Personality into Your Garden Design
A well thought out garden design and landscape can be transformative, not just for your home, but also in terms...
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Outdoor Rooms – Designing Beautiful Garden Living Spaces
The trend to turn garden space into outdoor rooms is really catching on across the UK, with people wanting to...
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Inspiration for Stunning Smaller Garden Designs
Even if your outdoor space is limited, by using imagination a garden designer can transform it into a beautiful area...
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Which Colours Should You Choose for Your Garden’s Planting Design?
Colour plays a key role in garden design – but how should you decide on the colour theme for your...
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Designing and Planting a Drought-Resistant Garden
Drought-resistant gardens have become increasingly in demand amid concern over climate change. This can be seen not so much...
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6 reasons to include a pond or water feature in your landscape garden design
Ponds and water features have become increasingly recognised as a key element of garden design. They not only add style...
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How to Choose Stylish Garden Boundaries for Your Landscape Design
Beautiful boundaries are an essential part of a garden and contribute to its overall style and character. Hedges, walls...
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Reasons to Call in Garden Maintenance Experts
Do you spend so much time looking after your garden that you never get a chance to sit back and...
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Ideas for a Beautiful Low-maintenance Garden
Low-maintenance gardens can be high on beauty and excitement. The whole idea is to save precious time, allowing you the...
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Creating the Perfect Planting Design for Your Garden
There are many reasons why you might need a new planting design for your garden. You might want some exciting,...
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4 key garden design trends for 2019
Garden design is something that evolves over time, taking account of current tastes and styles, as well as factors...
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Five Design Features to Give Your Garden Extra Appeal
If you’ve recently been inspired by a TV programme or something you’ve seen or read to rejuvenate your garden, now...
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Ponds
This week we were asked to help convert a courtyard pond at a hospital in Bath into a safer focal...
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Why Hire a Garden Designer?
Are you considering a completely new look for your garden, but are unsure where to start? If so, calling in...
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