Take Gershwin’s evocative jazz tune, Heyward’s lyrics, add the crooning voice of Ella Fitzgerald, and you have the ingredients for August… ‘Summertime and the living is easy…’
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Discover articles on garden design, seasonal planting tips for your garden and other news and views from Gillian Goodson Designs.
Indulge your senses in the July garden
It’s the height of summer so immerse yourself in laughter, surround yourself with friends and family, fire up the BBQ, dine alfresco and clink those glasses! Love life, be grateful for the good, laugh—release those endorphins and get active in the garden!
Read MoreLooking at the June garden
What song immediately takes you back to a previous summer? A song that makes you turn up the volume, throw open the windows and invite the summer in. If out driving, wind that window down, let fresh air blow on your face, mess up your hair and laugh out loud. That carefree moment to me embodies June and the start of summer!
Read MoreLooking at the May garden
There is romance in the air in May and not just of when boy meets girl. It is the English countryside: the beauty of our hedgerows, the soft light through young leaves, the frothiness of cow parsley, the gusto of birds, that wonderful smell of freshly mown lawn. It is a great time to explore our woods awash with bluebells. Dust your bike, go for that walk, shed your winter-self and enjoy the wonder and beauty around you.
Read MoreA look at spring gardening
Valentine’s Day has been and gone and Easter is yet upon us. The weather can be quite the tease in March. Some days when spring is definitely in the air and in our step, and others of continual low, dark skies luring us to catch that flight abroad.
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