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Sarah Price – International Garden Designer
Sarah Price has not only rapidly established herself as one of the most prominent garden designers in Britain, she has swiftly become one of our favourites here at the office [...]
Deepdene Garden Design and Construction Project – Featured on The Design Files
Thanks to The Design Files for their article on our incredibly unique project in Deepdene. “I used to pass this property everyday on the school bus, so it was one [...]
Canterbury Project – Garden Design and Construction
Client trust is a vital element that goes hand in hand with designing and constructing gardens. Our Canterbury clients took this level of trust to a whole new level when [...]
Garden Lighting
Choosing the right lighting for your garden design is just as important as the design itself. At Ian Barker Gardens our lighting philosophy is to ‘light up by candlelight, rather [...]
Autumn Colour
Autumn is arguably the most spectacular season of all where colour in the garden is concerned. It’s the time of the year where the landscape really steals the show and [...]
We dig these garden tools!
With time at home still the ideal and beautiful Autumn days like these, now is the perfect time to get out in the garden. Not only good for our bodies, [...]
Buxus sempervirens
Everyone’s favourite hedging plant, Buxus sempervirens (English Box or Common Box), is the perfect way to formalise any landscape design - and that’s exactly why it was high up on [...]
Noel Kingsbury – Naturalistic Perennial Planting
Back in 2015, Ian presented on ‘Naturalistic Perennial Planting in Australia’ at the Horticultural Gardening Festival. As part of this presentation, he highlighted his Top 10 list of landscape designers [...]
We’re in our ‘Element’ with this fire pit
Sitting by a cosy fire is the perfect way to maximise time outdoors. So the team at Ian Barker Gardens was both delighted and excited when they recently stumbled across [...]
Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha)
Whilst most other summer plants have long given up hope of doing anything productive, the Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha) is continuing to showcase its vibrant colour and striking poise [...]