Gardening design

Design a new garden with our user-friendly 'Virtual Garden' tool, or browse our planting styles and plans created by top garden designers.

Planting plans - unique planting plans devised by top garden designers

Click on a link below to download a PDF of the designer's layout and advice.

Community border - by Penny Denoon and John Carmichael
Cool-coloured border - by Linda Bush
Demelza - by Jo Thompson
Early-summer border - by Andrew Marson
Easy windowbox - by Angus Thompson
Edible border - by Roger Smith
Entente Cordiale - by Patricia Thirion and Janet Honour
Exotic border - by Antonia Salt
Foreign and Colonial Investments Garden - by Tom Hoblyn
Freshly Prepped - by Patricia Fox
High-impact border - by Paul Hensey and Neil Lucas
Mixed Border - by Cleve West
Perennial border - by Andy Sturgeon
Seaside windowbox - by Adam Woolcott, Jonathan Smith and Cormac Conway
Shaded border - by Growing Ambition
Stunning textural garden - by Andy Sturgeon
Summer windowbox - by Kate Frey
Sumptuous windowbox - by Sarah Price
Textured border - by Tom Stuart-Smith
The Cancer Research UK Garden - by Robert Myers
The HESCO Garden - by Martin Walker and the Leeds City Council Team
The Modern Rock Garden - by Tomoko Osonoe
The Perfume Garden - by Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins
The PSI Nursery Garden - by Jamie Dunstan
The QVC Garden - by Adam Frost
Trend and tradition meet in a border - by Trevor Tooth
Vertical border - by Mark Gregory
Water garden in a trough - by Philippa Probert
Water vole friendly garden - by Angela Potter, Ann Robinson, Sylvia Ong-Mörtl and Jean Thomas
Year-round border - by Mark Browning

Virtual garden - design a new garden with our user-friendly tool

Now is the time to swing your garden design ideas into action. Give your garden an online facelift with our user-friendly tool.

The Virtual garden console uses Shockwave. Find out more at BBC Webwise .

Planting styles - inspirational new planting ideas for your garden

Attract wildlife

All the tips you need to create a garden buzzing with insects

Vertical planting

Take your gardening to another level by greening your walls

Woodland planting - A perfect solution for those shady corners in the garden
Cottage garden planting - Epitomised by romantic and lush planting
Jungle garden - Create a lush jungle packed with tropical plants and exotic foliage
Lime-tolerant plants - Create an inspirational garden using lime-tolerant plants

Designer interviews and advice - interviews and advice from the professionals

Andy Sturgeon - Well known for his striking planting combinations
Chris Beardshaw - internationally known designer and landscape architect
Cleve West - Award winning garden designer, RHS judge and writer
Diarmuid Gavin - One of the best-known faces in garden design
John Brookes - Internationally renowned designer, writer and teacher
Mary Reynolds - Gold medallist at Chelsea for her first show garden
Robert Myers - Award winning modern designer
Sarah Eberle - Chelsea gold medal winner
Tom Stuart-Smith - Best in Show accolade at the Chelsea flower show 2008
Careers advice: horticulture - All you need to know to get started
Careers advice: garden design - How to get started as a garden designer

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