Peter Clare Garden Design

12/06/2026

Tom’s cat alerting you to the fact that six of us will be showing our gardens on Sunday here in Didsbury for the National Garden Scheme. Please come and join us

29/04/2026

Quick…ish phone vid of near-complete project where the v long front garden functions as the primary garden. Afraid the paving needs a wash and excuse my finger, but couldn’t resist as the light was so good.

13/04/2026

On Grandma’s 100th Birthday how could I not do a bit of planting and moving for her, even though I was in theory dressed for a walk in the lovely Northumbrian morning sunshine.

07/02/2026

Lovely little rear garden to a terrace a very short walk from my home, as the team completed it Zak commented that it looked like it was always meant to be this way, which felt like the finest of honours.

24/08/2025

As the team do their work my sculpting skills are sometimes called into play, in this case making and fitting this water feature just after they’d finished up in a small courtyard garden

17/08/2025

It was a fabulous surprise to see this new small garden that we put it in last autumn in full bloom for the first time. It was a retirement gift to themselves for it’s Marple owners, with this richly planted classic English half, and a beautiful Japanese influenced half which I’ll share soon.

08/07/2025

One of the first things a client often says after their first few days with a new garden is how much they love and are amazed by the number of butterflies, bees and birds that have suddenly and almost magically appeared. This photo featuring old rose ‘Tuscany Superb’, looking more pink than its actual deeper velvet crimson in the bright sunlight, is from our most recent client in the first weekend.

29/06/2025

Opened with a group of other local gardens today in support of , here’s a shot from some friends and neighbours of ours, showing that a full shade garden can still look full and lush once spring is long gone

03/05/2025