Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
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This Garden Design Show episode features the second quick-sketch challenge. In ten minutes or less, pro, international garden designer, Rachel Mathews, from Successful Garden Design, will come up with as many landscaping design ideas as she can for a viewer's tricky wide garden in the UK, near Cardiff.
You'll be able to see how to do a simple garden makeover on a budget. Rachel will show you how to plan a garden from scratch, giving landscaping ideas on how to best utilise the space in your garden. Rachel will show you how to make your garden look more visually interesting by using some cunning design tricks. She'll also show you how you can get a feel of the perspective, to help you visualise how your finished garden will look.
She will also discuss the costs of getting your garden built as well as how you can reduce costs to work to your budget. This episode also covers how to create a low-maintenance garden, that suits your home and tastes.
Rachel will also give you the answer to the question featured in the last episode and tell you what it was that made the garden modern and not traditional.
What Would You Like to See Covered in Future Shows?
I'd love to get your ideas for future shows so that this can be as beneficial to you as possible. Leave a comment me know what topics you'd like me to delve into in future episodes in the comment boxes below?
To join on of Rachel's FREE online fast track garden design classes, go to: successfulgardendesigner.com/free-classes
This Garden Design Show episode features the second quick-sketch challenge. In ten minutes or less, pro, international garden designer, Rachel Mathews, from Successful Garden Design, will come up with as many landscaping design ideas as she can for a viewer's tricky wide garden in the UK, near Cardiff.
You'll be able to see how to do a simple garden makeover on a budget. Rachel will show you how to plan a garden from scratch, giving landscaping ideas on how to best utilise the space in your garden. Rachel will show you how to make your garden look more visually interesting by using some cunning design tricks. She'll also show you how you can get a feel of the perspective, to help you visualise how your finished garden will look.
She will also discuss the costs of getting your garden built as well as how you can reduce costs to work to your budget. This episode also covers how to create a low-maintenance garden, that suits your home and tastes.
Rachel will also give you the answer to the question featured in the last episode and tell you what it was that made the garden modern and not traditional.
What Would You Like to See Covered in Future Shows?
I'd love to get your ideas for future shows so that this can be as beneficial to you as possible. Leave a comment me know what topics you'd like me to delve into in future episodes in the comment boxes below?
