Before the rain: yesterday on the way home from a site survey in Harrogate. View into illuminated buttercup field from welcome shady picnic lunch stop. #chooselandscape

Peonies from the cutting beds. Unnamed and - to put it mildly - uncossetted, and all the more welcome.

Translucent Meconopsis and colour/texture/form contrast of Iris chrysographes black-flowered and Osmunda regalis on a damp but fun visit to RHS Harlow Carr yesterday. #chooselandscape

Crambe cordifolia having its moment in the Long Border, flanked by Stipa gigantea 'Gold Fontaene' and Echinops ritro. #longborderpatrol #chooselandscape

A haul of beautiful little young plants/rooted cuttings from Derry Watkins ready for potting up in the greenhouse. Perfect rainy afternoon activity. #chooselandscape

Gledhow Valley Woods 1: the way through. Favourite local walk. FGVW

Gledhow Valley Woods 2: the very last of the setting sun - at 9 o'clock in the evening! - striping a crimson splash through the low canopy. FGVW

A quiet moment in the shade of the Copper Beech in the Woodland Bed. Digitalis lutea, Lunaria rediviva, Cenolophium denudatum, with Hydrangea macrophylla 'Veitchii' just opening its flowers behind. #chooselandscape

Scampston snapshots June 2020. So exciting to visit yesterday and see the Walled Garden shimmering with early summer growth in the sunshine. 1: Symmetries, axes, layers. Scampston #chooselandscape #pietoudolf

Scampston snapshots June 2020. 2: Immersive sitting spots in the Perennial Meadow. Scampston #chooselandscape #pietoudolf

Scampston snapshots June 2020. 3: Definition and blur, geometric and loose in the Drifts of Grass and Perennial Meadow. Scampston #chooselandscape #pietoudolf

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Veitchii' catching the slanting light at the back of the Woodland Bed. #chooselandscape

Huge excitement in the greenhouse: first emergence of the Oxalis triangularis 'Atropurpurea' from Derry Watkins which I planted on 12 June. #chooselandscape

Winners in this week's Raindrop Display Competition: Bronze Fennel and Tulbaghia. #chooselandscape

The first of the Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus just unfurling into all their lemony gorgeousness. #chooselandscape #longborderpatrol

Pelargonium crush in the greenhouse. #chooselandscape

Rainy yesterday hugely brightened by a visit to the Meanwood back garden I designed three years ago. Planting really hitting its stride, thanks to the scrupulous care of my clients. Highlights: Aruncus 'Horatio' and Persicaria alpina; Clematis 'Alba Luxurians'. #chooselandscape

Thank you, Clare Wigzell! You're definitely right about the synergy. And there's nothing nicer for a garden designer than seeing happy clients with a thriving garden.

Yesterday was the most perfect day for site analysis high up in the West Yorkshire Pennines. Folded valleys, distant hillsides, cloud shadows, field patterns, clutches of trees signalling habitation and Yorkshire stone walls all shimmering in the sunshine. #chooselandscape

More highlights from my rainy visit last week to the Meanwood garden I designed. The front garden is now mostly planted up, and the current stars include Astrantia 'Jumble Hole', bought from dovecottagenursery.co.uk and bred by Richard Easton. #chooselandscape