Helen Johnson Garden Design

Helen Johnson Garden Design Gardens from drawing board to finished garden brimming with plant life wild life and especially bees.

I have been in gardening all my life, with a passion for all of the natural world. This page will showcase the gardens I have made and are making as well as the beauteous plants and wildlife about me. My business is based in Somerset but I will happily travel for interesting projects.

21/07/2022

So pleased with this planting nearly a year old and despite the heat wave looking great .

6 months is all it took !A super border in lime green and purple pink and blue. To ground the house without taking over ...
14/07/2022

6 months is all it took !
A super border in lime green and purple pink and blue. To ground the house without taking over !

I am thrilled with my latest meadow .A mash up of differing techniques, mixing native seed sown grasses wild flowers wit...
10/07/2022

I am thrilled with my latest meadow .
A mash up of differing techniques, mixing native seed sown grasses wild flowers with planted garden perennials and February to July bulbs all in 4”of sand .
I love it when a plan comes together !

03/07/2022

Please find me on instagram
Over a 1000 post’s of flowers and my gardens 🪲🪲🪲

01/08/2021

so I did one thing for the bees today but 3 times . I made these bee posts for the bees who would use rotting trees sandy banks mason etc to lay eggs into . Leaf cutter bees particularly love these .
They also look great and the start of a meadow at OakanAsh

What a busy but rewarding week . This garden is the setting for a wedding . The flowers and dogs are all on best behavio...
28/05/2021

What a busy but rewarding week . This garden is the setting for a wedding . The flowers and dogs are all on best behaviour

This week has been a wet but rewarding one. After a year of team planning the gardens at Railway Retreats are finished. ...
16/05/2021

This week has been a wet but rewarding one. After a year of team planning the gardens at Railway Retreats are finished. Each carriage has its own colour themed planter .Ben and Sophie and their team of tradesman have recreated the carriages to high modern standards a place to live in or holiday with all the mod cons.
The site was part of the railway yard so no chance of growing anything directly in the ground so the bespoke RR planter was born .
Along with the golden foliage are yellow and orange flowers all summer long . The Tin fence has been aged and the colours work wonderfully with the carriage itself .
Tomorrow we will be going green and pink for the next carriage .

12/04/2021

What an exciting week, started in cliff top Devon with a new meadow sowing and ended in Northiam at Railway Retreats.
Where ever I park my van that’s my home !

Spring 2019 the lawn went down and in two years the flowers have taken claim to the walls. A before and after and still ...
07/04/2021

Spring 2019 the lawn went down and in two years the flowers have taken claim to the walls.
A before and after and still to come !

Great to stumble upon one of my gardens in print ! A contemporary garden I planted over 3 years . The blue folly was bui...
15/03/2021

Great to stumble upon one of my gardens in print ! A contemporary garden I planted over 3 years . The blue folly was built by my partner with cedar roof shingles reclaimed doors and windows and even a wood burning stove.

I took this garden under my wing June 2019 and there were many problems to surmount. Majority of plants have moved beds ...
13/03/2021

I took this garden under my wing June 2019 and there were many problems to surmount. Majority of plants have moved beds and some to the compost heap . Lots of new trees and screening plantings.
Today I got to the end of the original list and the garden is all ready for its second summer .
Plans are afoot for new plantings and features. But for know I am enjoying the big ✔️ ✔️ against the the jobs to do list

My client loves all things pink so the view from the craft studio this spring is through a haze of fluffy pink catkins....
23/02/2021

My client loves all things pink so the view from the craft studio this spring is through a haze of fluffy pink catkins.
A patio big enough for her favourite chair and stepping stones back to the house giving a perfect stay at home retreat .

Making plans for a flower filled summer ?
15/02/2021

Making plans for a flower filled summer ?

Thank goodness for garden lights . Planting in the dark is the only way when the drive is blocked by scaffold lorry in t...
03/12/2020

Thank goodness for garden lights . Planting in the dark is the only way when the drive is blocked by scaffold lorry in the daylight! A small town garden under way in Wells .

A return to Cotswolds job this month . The stone is a challenging colour to work with . This cream red and lime green is...
26/09/2020

A return to Cotswolds job this month . The stone is a challenging colour to work with . This cream red and lime green is starting to look really good. The colour of the rose buds echo that stone colour. This is rose Chanelle.
The vertical yew at last have rooted down and will grow away to become part of the history of this garden.

With a view as good as this , the planting needs a lot of wow to compete. Way down below I have been planting a meadow b...
11/09/2020

With a view as good as this , the planting needs a lot of wow to compete. Way down below I have been planting a meadow beneath charming dwarf crab apples . As each flower came out of my van the bees and butterflies were all over them . Grateful for the flowers to cover the scar in the valley.
What a friendly bunch of people walk up and down the hill lots of encouragement as the 100’s of plants find their new home

Naturalistic planting is a mainstream term now and much in favour . It is also low maintenance with all year round inter...
11/08/2020

Naturalistic planting is a mainstream term now and much in favour . It is also low maintenance with all year round interest. These are my plantings from the last 12 months .

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So pleased with this planting nearly a year old and despite the heat wave looking great .

#BigBeeChallenge so I did one thing for the bees today but 3 times . I made these bee posts for the bees who would use rotting trees sandy banks mason etc to lay eggs into . Leaf cutter bees particularly love these . They also look great and the start of a meadow at OakanAsh

What an exciting week, started in cliff top Devon with a new meadow sowing and ended in Northiam at Railway Retreats. Where ever I park my van that’s my home !

Are you looking forward to summer. Your garden will be a wondrous space filled with flowers and wildlife. Escapism. Relaxation. Joyful. Peaceful It shouldn’t just be lots of work . Enjoy the flowers

Popped back to this red garden to plant up the planters with 6 different types of tulip from March to May.

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