Emily Hillier Garden Designer

Emily Hillier Garden Designer Hello, I'm a fully qualified Garden Designer trained at The English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden. The top school for design and planting.

Pretty photos taken by John Adrian - As the garden was found…. Plants left to do their own thing. Planting combinations ...
05/10/2026

Pretty photos taken by John Adrian - As the garden was found…. Plants left to do their own thing.

Planting combinations which will work in all sunny garden

Verbena bonariensis, Calamagrostis ‘Overdam’ Foeniculum vulgare ‘Purpureum’ All have similar height - All have a lovely airy feel - All have nice gentle movement - 🌿🌿🌿 full sun and drought tolerant 💚💚💚

02/10/2026

Stepping out of my D.M’s into the real world with the wonderful Emily Hillier, fellow garden designer. This catch up has been on the cards and it was so exciting to have a morning together like plant obsessed teenagers we excitedly perused the gardens at the Horniman. I look forward to sharing more from the drought tolerant schemes. Think planting in rock and sand, gravel and building rubble. Follow along for our highlights. Days out with fellow garden designers in the best. No one else gets as excited by a self seeder.

we love a tour soon 🌱

and next time sorry to have missed you today

01/10/2026

Love a country garden!!! The light is so perfect! The star grass is Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau’ - looks great for a very long time.

I’m heading into town for a quick drink so if anyone has any questions I’ll reply later on!! Happy hottest autumn ever!!!



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11/06/2026

I think this may be the first time I’ve shared the before for this garden. It takes forever to find the first photos and videos 😅

This sloped garden wasn’t being used and is now a lovely sanctuary with plenty of space for lounging and dining, hidden trampoline and shed. It only took two steps to level out these slopes! Building up is always my preferred option rather than taking away good soil and creating unnecessary waste.

Successful gardens always have good proportions. Most of the time it’s the planting beds that get left out in smaller gardens but by bringing the planting into the garden, playing about with planting levels, your garden will be so much more interesting, lovely to be in as well as a nicer view from the house.



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What a beautiful little corner of this country garden. Spring was so hot that all the bulbs came and went in the blink o...
05/06/2026

What a beautiful little corner of this country garden. Spring was so hot that all the bulbs came and went in the blink of an eye.

I hope to have time to share some new gardens with you soon. I have so many gardens to visit as soon as I have some time.

Enjoy your weekend! I definitely need to get some rest but so much to do in my own garden and allotment! 😅🌿Although the rain may mean I’m clearing out some cupboard at home.

Anyone gardening this weekend?

Too many bulbs? The truth is that the bulbs are really taking over this area and I will need to dig some out but the lov...
08/05/2026

Too many bulbs? The truth is that the bulbs are really taking over this area and I will need to dig some out but the lovely thing is that I can give them away to friends or do a bit of guerrilla gardening perhaps!! 😅

These combinations are so easy to add to your borders in autumn if they’re looking a little bare now. You will never regret planting bulbs and if money is tight look to plant bulbs which can naturalise.

Hi to any new followers!!! I’m here to inspire people to make the most of their gardens!!! All seasons 🌿💚🌿

If anyone has any questions or needs advice I will always try to help where possible.

A nice picture captured at the end of a long day planting. Thanks to the planting team who worked tirelessly in the heat...
05/05/2026

A nice picture captured at the end of a long day planting. Thanks to the planting team who worked tirelessly in the heat. .garden.maintenance All the different vibrant shades of green are so important for the spring garden. They work with any colour scheme and provide the perfect backdrop for alliums and tulips. These dark tulips and purple alliums are really stunning in this garden! They also make a striking contrast with the light paving.

The plants come and go and the planting changes constantly. The garden is filled with buds ready to burst. Some big, tall alliums which the bees love. The garden has changed so much in the last week! Today there are Iris everywhere and they are doing really well on the hot steep slopes.

The new sections of this country garden are starting to fill out and we’ve been adding some extra fillers plants over the last week in the hottest weather. 😅

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30/04/2026

A big thank you to everyone who has worked on this garden. Too many to name everyone. But it’s been an absolute joy to be back here adding some more plants. Checking all the existing plants and loving all the tulips and alliums!! We all feel like we’re on holiday when we work here!

Planting a large garden is exhausting. There is a lot of walking. At the end of the day your feet ache like doing Chelsea! 😂And this garden is extremely steep!!! Special thanks to and .garden.maintenance for working their socks off on really steep banks all day!! 🙏💚🌿💚🌿💚🌿💚

The view out is so important. Why look out onto a boring lawn when you can have an outlook like this!! It’s why I absolu...
22/04/2026

The view out is so important. Why look out onto a boring lawn when you can have an outlook like this!! It’s why I absolutely love working from home. Sometimes it’s hard to be inside when all I want to do is go out and sit in the garden. Please ignore all the small pots! I know I’m not allowed them 😂 but I really love changing them all the time! I don’t know why I love pots so much. I grow everything in them. Bulbs, perennials, trees, evergreens, roses, vegetables, annuals. Right now, I’m excited about a peach sweetpea and Californian poppy combo! I’ll be adding some bronze Nicotiana once it’s a good size!! 🤩Over winter I had gorgeous purple Kale and cabbages in pots. It was such a fantastic combination and now the Kale is flowering it’s totally stunning and the bees love them!!!



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Get this dog an agent!!! He’s an absolute star!! ⭐ Meet Peanut 🐾🐾🐾 I think he’s happy with the new garden. 🥰🌿💚🌿
19/04/2026

Get this dog an agent!!! He’s an absolute star!!
⭐ Meet Peanut 🐾🐾🐾 I think he’s happy with the new garden. 🥰🌿💚🌿

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