Easy Maintenance and Contemporary
Our clients wanted a garden that would be easy to maintain while having spaces to fit furniture for relaxing and dining.
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The challenge was that though the garden was south facing, it was in part in shadow by the neighbours woodland. ​
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We combined a formal response with an organic backdrop, dividing the spaces for furniture with paths and planting and the backdrop with multi stemmed trees and lush undergrowth.
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The formal aesthetic matures gracefully
This beautiful garden was designed by us a few years ago and it looks better every year as it matures and develops.
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Borrowed Landscape - the power of form
We were hugely influenced by the borrowed landscape. The power of the form of the stone Abbey called for a formal garden.
You can see from the image how the garden was laid out using geometric shapes.
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A RESTRAINED COLOUR PALETTE
We used a simple palette of colour to reinforce the formal aesthetic - a haze of purple blends with the paintwork on the listed house.
Repeating forms and planting in swathes
By planting in swathes and repeating forms we kept the scheme within the framework of the prescriptive style.
The alliums, the rounded hydrangeas blooms, the clipped evergreen yews and topiarized trees work as a collective, further defining the protocols of formality.
There are moments were we relaxed the planting and this was to reflect the area designed for family play. ... so around the circular lawn the plants mingle and flow contrasting with the stronger more rigid rhythm of the formal areas.
How we got there
Building the garden was done during 2022. We used a crisp hard limestone for the terraces and a natural sustainable material for the paths. All the borders were edged in metal strips. The planting was themed in blues, white and soft pink.
