Baltimore-born and London-based, Butter Wakefield maybe a city girl, but this sought-after garden designer has a beautifully rural aesthetic, transforming even urban outdoor spaces into flower-filled “countryside” havens. Who better to help us grow?

Land Girl

### A Note From Butter Wakefield
As summer finally arrives, with sunny days encouraging us to head outside and host fellow horticulturalists, ensure your garden is in its prime with Butter’s top 10 tips for cultivating a green and pleasant land.

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Sudbury sun lounger

Water is a great way to add light and depth into your outdoor space, these simple round water bowls are an easy and simple way to achieve this.

Ornamental reflective water pool in Corten steel

1. Feed your lawn with [Neudorff Organic CleanLawn](https://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/organic-clean-lawn-fertiliser/classid.2000028761/), and cut weekly.  
2. Pressure-wash your terrace, ready for padding around barefoot. 
3. Be patient, your plants will emerge, but on finding any gaps, add some colourful, pollinator-friendly perennials to your borders and pots. Keep bare earth to a minimum; good ground cover for shade is *Soleirolia soleirolii*, and for sunny spots, *Thymus coccineus*. 
4. Wash all your outdoor cushion covers and refresh your furniture with a wash or an oil if needed. 
5. Check your bird feeders are clean and filled with fresh food for nesting birds and their fledglings.

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We love this beautiful Murano style vase, made of solid clear glass with a gorgeous green speckle. Sarah loves pairing this vase with flowers in bright contrasting colours. Try zingy pink flowers, such as hyacinths or dusky hellebores in winter, and cosmos, peonies and roses for summer.

Murano-style vase

A truly beautiful hand thrown Cretan terracotta planter, The Andreas has subtle banding with a piecrust finish. The wide neck provides plenty of room for herbs, lavender plants or larger garden plants, try it with French cranes bill, or a Desdemona rose.

Andreas planter

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Everyone’s favourite weeding and planting tool, with a razor sharp, stainless steel knife-grade blade, serrated down one side for roots and what-nots, and a chunky beech wood handle for grip.

S-Type Hori Hori weeding and planting tool

A perfectly petite vase that packs a perky punch, this beauty is crafted from hand-blown Murano glass, featuring all the unique signs and marks of its artisanal production that make each piece one-of-a-kind. With ridged details to draw your eye, place it around your home for a pop of joy, fill with buds or mix and match with our other vases for a vibration-raising table centrepiece. Oh, and it makes a great gift, too

Mini Ciccio vase

PestOff squirrel-proof bird feeder

Fleece lined and rubber coated, these gloves are perfect for cold weather chores around the garden - they’ll keep your hands warm and dry, and show up well if you misplace them. Watch out for thorns though, as the waterproof coating isn’t thornproof.

Niwaki winter glovers

6. Clean out and refresh water features regularly. 
7. Feed your plants with [Organic Neudorff Multipurpose Plant Food](https://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/organic-multi-purpose-plant-feed/classid.2000028030/) every couple of weeks, and [Neudorff Organic Rose Feed](https://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/organic-rose-feed/classid.2000028032/sku.PR30007836/). 
8. Water as needed on dry days – it will help your garden flourish. 
9. Deadhead spent flowers back to a pair of buds, to encourage new blooms. 
10. Stake tall wayward perennials.

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Flower scissors

Our Victorian square lantern cloche, with a removable lid, is built to last a lifetime using the finest materials, heritage techniques and expert craftsmanship. The frames are cast in iron so they can withstand the fiercest of gales, then galvanised and powder-coated for longevity.

Square Victorian Cloches (set of 3)

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Tangier inspired Olive green stripes, on a cotton canvas cushion pad.

Tangier olive stripe cushion pad

A generous and gorgeous pot, with a rope topped decoration. Ideal for a central position in a knot garden or parterre. Planting with Hydrangea and Salvias is an idea for a long lasting display. Consider the lions paws, we think it suits perfectly, hence the photograph.