Maori sculpture at Te Kainga Marire
After a day of glorious sunshine exploring gardens full of vigorous perennials, brightly coloured roses and blossoming wisteria we arrived first thing the next Continue reading
A World Away at Te Kainga Marire
Get the Gardening Bug
The view from the plane on the approach into Wellington Airport
With huge excitement, I boarded a plane on Thursday to meet up with a fellow garden designer from New Zealand to attend the Taranaki Garden Festival this week. Taranaki is Continue reading
Why Beauty Matters
Sissinghurst Castle
It is hard to pinpoint the benefits of a beautiful garden. In the course of studying for my Master’s of Horticulture, I have read many reports giving Continue reading
Magical and Majestic
Stunning mature tree at Retford Park
In the past I have always got bored. One year of a job, one year of study, one year of most things and I am itching to do something new. Gardening, however Continue reading
Top 10 Spring Flowers for Sydney
Balmoral Beach, Mosman
One of the surest ways of determining which plants are best suited to an area is to see which ones thrive over and over again. On my morning walk to Balmoral, I am always Continue reading
The Best Place to Garden in Australia?
Spectacular spring tree colour in Mount Wilson
Mount Wilson is described on the Visit NSW website as a ‘heritage garden village’. Situated in the quieter, northerly section of the Blue Mountains, it is the largest of Continue reading
Greening Up the City of London
Serene Autumnal Piet Oudolf Plantings at Potters Field Park, London
When I arrived at Heathrow there was no time to waste and I got a train into London that morning to meet up with Lisa Cox, a very talented garden designer. We are both Continue reading
The Wilderness of Hidcote
Hidcote in Autumn
It takes a certain kind of person to see beauty in a bedraggled, wet, mostly dead garden on a cold and damp October afternoon. I had already been rained off once and with only a week Continue reading
The Magic of Sissinghurst
Sissinghurst Castle library garden
It may be that you have noticed; I’m quite keen on plants. So it was quite a surprise for me that plants weren’t actually the highlight of my recent trip to Sissinghurst. Continue reading
Master of Horticulture at Wisley Gardens
Autumn Colours at Wisley
This morning I arrived at a very, cold, misty, autumnal Wisley for the launch of my Master of Horticulture. It is at moments like this that you feel extremely grateful Continue reading
Janna Schreier Garden Design 