Go for it in the Garden Featured
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 13:05
Gardening Goddess, Pat Fox, plots a New Year plan for enhancing life outdoors. Should I be planning projects or simply buying products to enhance my garden? Jan Tuck, 64, Harlow What should I concentrate on doing in the garden to add value to my home? Laura Dolby, 49, Dane End The most important question to answer when investing time and money in your garden is ‘How long are we going to live here?’ We ask our clients the very same one before commencing any design work. If, for example, you hope to move on in two years, you should focus…
Cool and Contemporary Featured
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 12:46
Mwaah's garden goddess Pat Fox shows how a modern house in Old Harlow works well with highly stylised garden that has dramatically ditched the lawn in favour of a stunning water feature. This garden is in Old Harlow and adjoins a house that is about ten years old. We’ve been rather radical and got rid of the lawn completely, worth considering if you are short on space. People often keep their lawn when their garden might work so much better without it. I am not advocating all lawns should go, but do you really wish to keep it – after…
Here comes the Summer
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 12:21
In each Issue of Mwaah magazine, our expert garden designer, Pat Fox, will scour the region to bring you a bit of outdoor magic. For starters, Pat shows you how to turn spring dreams into a summer reality by reinventing your garden space: It may be early spring now, but it won’t be long before the sun bursts through the clouds and we’ll be blitzing our patios clean and firing up our BBQ’s for a (hopefully) sizzling summer. So it’s a good time to start thinking about how you would like the garden to look in the summer months, whether…
Increase your Kerb Appeal
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 12:08
Presenting your garden to its potential can increase your property’s value by up to a staggering 17%* Mwaah’s Garden Goddess, Pat Fox, shows you how it can be done! There is no doubt that the kerb appeal of your home can be dramatically improved by some TLC to the exterior of your property. Take yourselfaway from your house and then walk/drive up to it with a fresh and objective eye, what do you really see? Scrutinise everything you can view really carefully and then answer these questions; 1. Is everything clean and tidy and in place? Could you do with…
Bright and Beautiful Featured
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:53
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the sausages are sizzling – well with any luck they’re not yet burnt and you look around your garden and feel totally uninspired. It may be too late to make a start on a total garden make over for this summer, but it’s definitely not too late to give your garden a summer lift says Pat Fox, garden guru. This issue we want to show you what can be done with a modest size garden, just to prove you don’t need acres of space to create a summer stunner. Dorica and Chris…
