Brief:
To create a large entertaining area off the kitchen dining room that would get maximum sunshine while also creating some screening to ensure some privacy from the school grounds. The terrace was also to be screened from the neighbours on either side which was achieved using cedar fencing.
The planting used a limited colour palette of cream, white, pale pink and lime green. The garden is essentially divided into three distinct areas, the terrace, the lawn and the path through to the close. The lawn and terrace are partially screened using pleached Pyrus callyerana 'Chanticleer' which allows the light to filter through but also creates a sense of privacy.
Brief:
To create a formal garden on the east lawn leaving sufficient space to accommodate a marquee for events. A seating area outside the dining room was to be included along with a folly on the eastern side of the lawn to catch the evening sun. The first five images below show the garden prior to the changes.
The Brief was to create a formal parterre with steps up to the orchard. A small thyme walk leads to the steps.
The steps to the front door were narrow and not easy to negotiate so I was asked to redesign the entrance way to improve the access. I designed wider shallower steps two make the entrance more welcoming as well as easier to manage for my client's elderly mother.
They also wanted to screen the neighbouring property and re-configure the flower beds in such a way that the garden looked more balanced. A row of pleached Hornbeam was planted to screen the neighbouring property from view when seated in the summer house.
The narrow south facing terrace which runs along the front of the property was extended in the centre to create space large enough to accommodate a table and chairs New flower beds were created and planted to ensure year round interest with plenty of flowers suitable as cut flowers.
Brief: To transform a yard into a garden with low level maintenance. The garden can get quite hot in summer so a shady area was required. A new pergola over an eating area is planted with Wisteria and Clematis Duchess of Edinburgh to create somewhere cool and shady in summer.
It was important to create wheelchair access to each of the main doors and so this part of the garden has a flagstone finish with gravel in the other part of the garden to assist with drainage.
Brief:
To open up the entrance which was rather overgrown with old shrubs and re-design the garden outside the music room. The area is not used for sitting in so I decided to create a formal parterre that would create year round interest.
Brief:
To extend the Cherry Tree avenue and develop planting to create a woodland walk adjacent to the stream towards the southern boundary of the garden and to develop a suitable planting scheme around two pieces of sculpture.
Brief: To create a more formal entrance to the house.
There was one beautiful large flagstone in front of the door and cracked tarmac. I felt it needed to be a more generous entrance to give the stone facade more prominence, so we extended the flagstone paving and created a formal bed either side with Yew columns to reflect the Yew topiary opposite the front door.
Planting design for the terraced garden. The house was featured on Rod Stewart's album The Vintage years 69-70
