<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Susan Young Garden Design]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan Young Garden Design]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/news</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:57:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Fellow of the Professional Garden Consultant's Association]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan Young Garden Design has been elected and admitted to the Professional Garden Consultant's Association in the grade of: Fellow.]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/fellow-of-the-professional-garden-consultant-s-association</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6992ec27159d7fac96407c9a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_b581e43608494f33b8cda85dbfa7397b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Successful Composting Certificate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan Young Garden Design received a certificate from Garden Organic for completing a Successful Composting 1-Day Workshop.]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/successful-composting-certificate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6992f48c159d7fac96409284</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_1056222efe2645eead5f8fa2e483a5c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Double Silver Success at the 2025 APL Awards for Susan Young Garden Design]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent front and back garden transformation in Flitton has earned national recognition for Susan Young Garden Design, with two Silver Awards presented at the 2025 Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) Awards. The Greenfield, Flitton project brought together thoughtful design, practical hard landscaping and wildlife-friendly planting to create a cohesive and functional outdoor space. The layout introduced clearly defined garden areas while successfully incorporating two existing...]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/double-silver-success-at-the-2025-apl-awards-for-susan-young-garden-design</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a5a4959e503b52bdf765e8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_4d46f3b8ae284c1098a00b21fbd4a537~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_808,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Society of Soil Science Outreach Committee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan has joined the Outreach Committee with the British Society of Soil Science and is working on developing a soil science box of experiments for adults, designed to enable learning about the science of soils.]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/british-society-of-soil-science-outreach-committee</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699c1eb493dc5be36fd42637</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_8da0b909d20a4b96bf04751d847e4005~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2024 Shortlisted Domestic Design Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the Pro Landscaper Sustainability &#38; Biodiversity Awards, Susan Young Garden Design was shortlisted for the domestic design project for the work completed on Park End Thatch. To read the case study, please click here.]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/2024-shortlisted-domestic-design-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6992ea85cf429c4fcb4b9723</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_b9c3dd9711784d4c99c4b3366bd751a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society of Garden Designers - Creative Thinking]]></title><description><![CDATA[As featured in the Jan/Feb 2022 issue of Garden Design Journal , copyright The Society of Garden Designers/James Pembroke Media Ltd.]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/society-of-garden-designers-creative-thinking</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989b010a352f821adf8da25</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:00:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_f143eab359d54bdd9d5a66cd810fe1d8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Its ‘recognised in the industry as acknowledgement and recognition of many years work, in my case as a qualified and trained professional gardener since 2003, a qualified and trained garden designer since 2008 and for recognition with 3 awards with the Association of Professional Landscapers in 2018 and 2020.’]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/member-of-the-chartered-institute-of-horticulture</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989b11c5275ae5022b8c873</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_b3671d62346842ef8c361702887305dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_250,h_76,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Association of Professional Landscapers Awards 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan Young Garden Design - Pre-Registered member of the SGD. Association of Professional Landscapers Awards 2020 for ‘Ruffs Furze’ garden in Oakley, Bedfordshire. Delighted owners now have a new contemporary style, professionally designed garden with ‘wow’ factor, taking the interior theme of the new extension outside into the garden space. The garden has a large dining terrace, patio with bespoke wisteria covered pergola to enjoy the evening sunshine, wide stone steps and paths to connect...]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/association-of-professional-landscapers-awards-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989b276a352f821adf8df04</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_1ec952aab6ad4b81962d0a90200a8111~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_464,h_238,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stevington The Natural History of a Bedfordshire Parish - Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan Young was co-author of this beautifully illustrated and lavish photographic record of the natural history of our parish between 2007 and completion in 2014. She organised and led research for the field studies of the eastern area of the parish and for the village Garden Watch recordings which were carried out by a significant number of villagers. Susan also contributed largely to the text in these chapters and with proof reading throughout. The book had a large subscription interest and...]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/stevington-the-natural-history-of-a-bedfordshire-parish-book</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989b33040d7c5baf3b01373</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_2bee0ccd918143cab2752cbc2107eab7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[APL Awards 2018 finalist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan Young Garden Design, has been shortlisted for the APL Awards 2018. The annual awards ceremony, sponsored by Bradstone, takes place on Friday 16 March 2018 at The Brewery, London, to celebrate and recognise the outstanding landscaping carried out by members of the APL. Susan Young Garden Design’s project, ‘Slope to Stage’, is in the running for the Hard Landscaping category. Susan Young, Pre-Registered Society of Garden Designers Member has won one of the Marshalls Regional Awards 2018...]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/apl-awards-2018-finalist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989b42c40d7c5baf3b01598</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_5bb096b37d5b422fae43d12018c52f91~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_806,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garden News Features Park End Thatch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan Young's Park End Thatch was featured in Garden News as the Garden of the Week.]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/garden-news-features-park-end-thatch</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69930749d535f1470208ad90</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_a09c4c9810de4eaeb86ddf9d3298e496~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garden News Magazine Features]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan's work at Park End Thatch was featured in Garden News Magazine. There was a feature in the Garden of the Week article within Garden News Magazine regarding a magnificent tudor farmhouse which now forms a theatrical backdrop to exuberant planting which performs from early spring through to late autumn.]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/garden-news-magazine-features</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989b4eb104fdf314aa89d2d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_b9e5bd165dfd4822979f67bd93d65ba0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[“We’ve never had anything like this before. Very good. Exceptional turn out of club members” - DW. Susan also gives talks to clubs. For more information please see the Royal Horticultural Society’s Speakers Register. Design in your own garden. “There is so much information, it’s practically a tutorial!” - TG January 2013. A Banquet for Pollinators. "Susan recently talked to our Horticultural Society meeting on garden design. It was an informative and entertaining evening and an interactive...]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/talks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989b6070c9b54090fe4afc5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_77c3cfc241b946e78f7dd00e1dadbe29~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Gardens at Park End Thatch, Stevington, Bedfordshire.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The garden is beautiful. Really lovely. I could hear a Song Thrush singing and then the Goldfinch arrived!” Lady visitor May 2013. Susan regularly opens her half acre country cottage garden for charity fundraising in the summer: “We walked from the windmill and found this absolutely beautiful garden, its a bonus!” Lady visitor May 2012. The National Mills weekend: www.nationalmillsweekend.co.uk The National Gardens Scheme on Sunday 25 th  May and Sunday 22nd June 2014 from 12 noon to 5pm....]]></description><link>https://www.susanyoungdesign.co.uk/post/open-gardens-at-park-end-thatch-stevington-bedfordshire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989b755a352f821adf8e845</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b0147_e4efd185c8534e8da9d767ccba5d6444~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_375,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Web Goddess</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>