Joe Musselwhite Garden Design

04/03/2026

The new Japanese inspired border in my clients garden near Totnes is finally finished. Now I’m just waiting for the acers to unfurl some beautiful foliage…More pics to come. Stones from near Bodmin Moor, are a waste product from a bygone era. I selected many with moss and lichens. Lovely granite chippings sourced from quarry too.

25/02/2026

Had a wonderful visit to last summer during the rose festival days. I really enjoyed the variety of expressions throughout the garden.

22/02/2026

I’m enjoying seeing the hidden woodland garden take shape over time at my clients garden near Totnes. I designed and made a Planting Plan for this and built it with colleagues in autumn 2024.

10/02/2026

Sweet memories: there was a fine day in June 2021 when I visited garden. A songthrush sang above my wife and I as we had the place to ourselves at the end of the day for a moment. I was no doubt buying plants in the nursery. This place gives such endless inspiration. Volume up to hear the bird.

11/10/2025

Such a pleasure to finally see a project come to completion. This one has just finished for a Dartmouth based couple in a new build estate. We enjoyed a gentle level change using rendered walling to match the boundary wall, accessed through lovely dual direction bullnosed steps. Again here I’ve struck a balance between evergreens and herbaceous, soft and floriferous up top (yin) and more expressive larger foliage and flowers in the main lower seating area (Yang). Balance is always an exciting challenge. New furniture next year and I look forward to more pics of plant maturity. My contractor, Liberty Landscapes, did all of the hard landscaping and soil prep, while I tend to always source plants and do my own planting.

13/06/2024

22/02/2024

In the final stages of planting and mulching a naturalistic seaside garden near Dartmouth. Design completed in the autumn.

03/04/2023

Some photos of a garden I designed and the team built for Geoff and Caroline on Ledsham Ave. Hard landscaping included a new raised sandstone patio with brick walling and brick border edging using stepped long curving lines to edge the lawn. Big borders with lots of perennials, grasses, some shrubs.

11/08/2022

My latest design to be built has been completed in Battle. New build bungalow with a large empty rear garden now has a contemporary transformation. Rendered walling, porcelain tiles, composite decking. Palms, grasses, perennials and composite decking installed by my wonderful team. Main contractor, Frogheath Landscapes, installed hard landscaping and lawn. Now we just need a little time for all the flowers and grasses to mature. Another wonderful project and happy client.

15/07/2022

BEFORE and AFTER. Harriet’s Cottage Garden in Hastings. She now has two seating areas among the flowers to enjoy the sunshine ☀️

24/06/2022

I’m pleased with my little garden at home, some of the present moment stars include, fastuosum, palmatum, purpurea (common toadflax that readily seeds around), valeriana officinalis , poppies, agastache