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Bare-Root Hedging: How to Create Privacy for Less This Winter
A practical UK guide to choosing, spacing, planting and caring for bare-root hedging—without mistaking a row of cheap whips for instant privacy.
Urban Plot
6 min read


How Wide Should a Garden Border Be? 7 Rules for Better Planting
A practical UK guide to choosing garden-border depth, planning planting layers, spacing mature plants and avoiding narrow beds that never quite work.
Urban Plot
6 min read


7 Trees for Small Gardens That Earn Their Space (and How to Choose)
Seven well-scaled trees for compact UK gardens, plus a practical method for checking mature size, roots, shade, soil and planting position.
Urban Plot
7 min read


North-Facing Garden? 3 Planting Palettes That Make Shade Feel Intentional
A north-facing garden is not a planting write-off. Use these three designer-led palettes for moist shade, dry shade and strong evergreen structure.
Urban Plot
6 min read
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