Recent Garden Design and Planting Projects

We'll be updating this page with this summers projects in the next couple of weeks. Watch this space.

Modern Garden Design, Barnes, South West London. 2011

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The brief for this garden design in Barnes was to create a modern garden design, seating area for 6, separate BBQ area with informal seating, water feature, storage and intersting planting spaces. Lighting to extend the summer and autumn evenings and irrigation.

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By turning this garden design on 45 degrees the garden now feels much larger than its 12 metres in length, becoming an interesting and relaxing space to be in. A light coloured limestone was used to brighten the garden as it does not enjoy full sun throught the day. A sunken water pool was installed with water blade, this area which will be planted up in Spring 2012 with water lillies and interesting water grasses. The orange glow illustrated in the picture is produced by the infra-red heater to provide warmth into the evening. The picture taken is straight after planting, the plants chosen will fill all the flower beds by next year with colour and scent where it will take on a very different look.

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Modern Garden Design, Battersea, South West London

The brief for this garden design in Battersea was to create a dining area for 6, a morning bench to enjoy coffee, ample storage, BBQ, low maintenance but interesting planting all with a modern / contemporary feel. The garden is approximately 5 x 8m and is built on 2 levels, this could not be changed.

Front Garden Design, Barnes, South West London

In keeping with the renovation of this Victorian terrace house, the brief for this project was to provide a modern and formal front garden that remained sympathetic with the architectural period and other houses on the street.

For reasons of economy, practicality and style the pathway to the house was re-laid with slate, removing the uneven and broken Victorian mosaic tiles. The formal planting in the garden area consisted of beautiful lollipop photinias that created a screen and a sense of privacy from the street. The low level grasses softened as well as adding dynamism and ground cover.

Back Patio Garden Design, London

This patio garden in Barnes, London was a complete redesign. The clients (owners of 2 dogs and now adult children) wanted rid of the muddy lawn and in its place a spacious outdoor room to extend an otherwise tiny, recently downsized home.

Having spent a good deal of time getting to know the habits and preferences of the couple, we decided to seperate the garden into 2 parts - part one: to enjoy their morning coffee and newspaper, close enough to the house to hear the radio and part 2: to dine in the setting sun at the far end of the garden. These two areas were then seperated by a living bamboo hedge.

The low maintenance borders, resistent to resting dogs, were planted with a tropical theme; perfect for this sun-trap of a South London garden.

Mediterranean Garden Design

Another fully redesigned back garden. This time a busy working couple who wanted a very low maintenance, drought-tolerant garden that was also wildlife-friendly. They were keen to have a covered space to enjoy outdoor eating and summer socials.

Our solution was to create a Mediterranean garden using warm terracotta tiles, a real oak pergola and new wave perennial planting.

By replacing the ramshackle garage at the back with a compact toolshed we doubled the size of the garden. Then using hard landscaping techniques we seperated the small space into three distinct regions that gave illusion of a larger overall area as well as creating multiple viewpoints.

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