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Benedict Green, contemporary garden and landscape designer. I am a garden designer based in Lanlivery, Cornwall near Lostwithiel and the Fowey River Valley.

20/08/2026

Finally got some proper rain today and it's soaking into the soil nicely after few days of mizzle. Some plants managed through the heat waves without any watering though. The Bugloss has been constantly heaving with bees and hoverflies for weeks now while the Verbena bonariensis is popular with butterflies too. Both have naturally seeded around the garden, but this Bugloss seems more like Echium parviflorum rather than the taller spires of native E. vulgare which came and went quite quickly. Both may have been in the wild flower seed mix I spread last year, but the Mediterranean small leaved Bugloss has perform very well through the drought.
The Pendragon apples, although small this year, are beginning to ripen very well and are very tasty!

16/08/2026

Pancratium maritimum or Sea daffodil, a long way from home on Par beach. Normally a Mediterranean plant, I've seen these growing on beaches in Greece where they have been valued for their beauty since ancient times.
Apparently a local admitted to seeing these on holiday and collected seeds thinking they'd look nice in their garden and on the beach. Very bad idea and not too be recommended, but still enjoyed seeing them looking at home amongst the sea spurge and grasses on the dunes.

07/08/2026

Good to see the choughs again on this bit of the north coast. Will be vague as to exactly where as there's still some strange people about. Also saw a kestrel hunting on the rocks and a group of corn buntings.

27/05/2026

Lots of painted lady butterflies in the garden at the moment. They particularly like the oxeye daisys (Leucanthemum vulgare) that we seeded last year as part of a wildflower mix and which are dominating the borders this spring. These butterflies migrate from Africa and head north in spring and summer, breeding on the way, taking multiple generations to reach the far north before returning south again at higher altitudes. Lovely to see so many this year, enjoying the sun, as they pass through Cornwall. Also great to see the wildlife friendly planting rewarding us with so much activity!

12/05/2026

Textures of Polridmouth Cove...
1. Water worn slate
2. Skeleton of the wreck that inspired Daphne du Maurice for Rebecca
3.Armeria maritime
4. Field of Crimson Clover grown as a cover crop

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07/05/2026

Thank you, ! That's fantastic
Benedict Green Garden Design is now on Grillos Trade Pro listing https://grilloliving.com/tradepro-finder/ and I have the certificate to prove it 😄. And the gauntlets🧤

21/01/2026

Concept visuals for a large garden project. The finished garden photos can be seen on the website under pools gardens. Visuals like this really help clients, early in the design process, to really imagine how their garden will look once the construction and planting is complete.

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