“We could make it ourselves.” Five words uttered by a Yorkshireman. Those of you that know (& you know who you are), will know what that means. Five little words resulting in conservatively well over 300 hours of work, fingerprints ruined, cuticles ripped, fingers bleeding and that was well before...
This week’s ode to the Chelsea Flower Show comes in shape of Kate thinking back on her 2014 garden with Alan Titchmarsh. Kate chats about the build, every Chelsea garden build is as memorable as the finished article, they each seem to have their own personality largely depending on the weather...
In honour of Chelsea tradition and all that makes the show a wonderful time, Kate sat down with her team (via a well-known online meeting platform that rhymes with ‘room’) to reminisce about past gardens and the lessons they have taught them. Every Chelsea garden finds a place in your...
The spring of 2018 was horribly cold and wet. Not exactly the idea conditions for building any garden, let alone a show garden where even the tiniest scrap of dirt will manage to adhere itself to every available surface that you absolutely do not want it to touch. ...
Covid-19 has coincided with a thankful lull (well, looking on the bright side there has to be some good news to be pleased for at the moment) in the 5th wettest winter in the UK since records began but more importantly, it has coincided with the start of the growing...
With the recent government mandate that all non essential workers are to stay at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve taken the tough call to ground our on site work for the moment....
Ways to make your garden more enticing in the evening. Making the most of our gardens has never been as essential for us than right now. Our gardens are going to be the sanctuary we all need, the haven in which we can escape and reduce our anxiety and truly switch...
We are thrilled to report that the Urban Garden Design has received rave reviews from well-respected gardening experts and enthusiasts alike, both internationally and home grown here in the UK. ...
Kate & Keith have said it is the hardest challenge they have ever undertaken including building three story gardens at RHS Chelsea. Africa has left a very big imprint on their hearts and they both feel very honoured to have completed this challenge on behalf of Perennial....
Another Chelsea has drawn to its inevitable close and we are delighted to share the pictures of our Greenfingers Charity garden with you all. The build was an exhausting one but we were proud of the final result. The team all did an amazing job and if we collapsed in...
Packing up the vans, grabbing all the coffee and Yorkshire Tea supplies needed (1000 teabags should do it) along with copious amounts of biscuits to get us through build-up is a time-honoured tradition and every garden for Chelsea starts the same way. Every year as we enter the show ground...
2019 will see Kate and the team design and build their 10th show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and they couldn’t be more pleased that it is for a wonderful charity doing such amazing work in the UK. We are also excited to be creating this show garden on Main Avenue...
Kate Gould and the KGG team along with Keith Chapman MBE and Colin Evans who helped build the garden in Singapore are thrilled with their second gold medal of the year as well as ‘Best Outdoor Lighting’ award in their category. They traveled to Singapore on the 8th July 2018 to...
This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show was a world-class celebration of spring, with the horticultural delights and surprises encompassing everything from cacti to concrete. But without question, the highlight for Kate Gould Gardens in 2018 was winning a fifth gold medal, for our New West End Garden in the Space...
2018 seems to be the year for show gardens for Kate and the team. Kate was honoured to be invited to design a garden in the ‘Landscape Garden’ category for the Bi-annual Singapore Garden Festival which takes place within the Gardens of the Bay in Singapore. The garden Kate has...
Water features in large gardens and stately homes have always been designed to impress but small garden water features are definitely worth their place. And although most suburban gardens can’t hope to emulate the scope and scale of these show-stopping installations, it’s eminently possible to recreate the same sense...
Winter is often seen as a dull season when there is not much to look at. Conversely though, it is also a time when you can see those plants that choose to shine at this time of year in much greater detail without the buzz of the summer garden...
Kate often gets asked to write opinion pieces for fabulous magazines. GI asked Kate this time to talk about her favourite nurseries and specialist plant growers. Kate could have listed twelve off the top of her head but for the purposes of the article could only choose six...
We are thrilled to announce we will be building a show garden for The Ascot Spring Garden Show in April 2018. The show will be open from the 13th to 15th of April. The will be held at the prestigious Ascot Racecourse. Six show garden designs will be on display...
Kate and the team are excited to announce that they will be building a garden at RHS Chelsea in 2018. The garden will be called ‘West End Secret Garden’ and sponsored by the Sir Simon Milton Foundation who are being supported by the New West End Company. The countdown begins to another...
The inspirational garden created by Kate and her team for the 2017 Chelsea Flower Show is still capturing the imaginations of many and ‘City Living’ has featured in the latest issue of the Ibstock Design Magazine....
Kate and the team are proud to now be an accredited BALI designer member. They can now display the letters MBALI after the company name....
Kate Gould Gardens is absolutely delighted to announce that its 2017 Fresh Garden ‘City Living’ won not only a gold medal but also best in category at the RHS Chelsea Flower show this week....