From crazy paving to patios: How tastes have evolved through the decades

Garden designer and broadcaster Matthew Wilson takes a look at how tastes and trends have evolved through the decades.

Who remembers when rock gardens were fashionable? Or perhaps at one point in your green-fingered life you attempted to paint your garden fence sky-blue, or adorn your patio with crazy paving? These are just some of the trends remembered by award-winning garden designer and TV expert Matthew Wilson, a regular on BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time.