Design and Build - back garden & mini makeover to front garden
‘A Little Piece of Paradise is finding it’s home here and my front garden has also been beautifully recreated to compliment the design. Thank you both so much for your thoughtfulness and hard work in establishing and developing the design to transform my outdoor space and produce such a beautiful piece of art! I particularly like the sensory camomile & thyme path meandering around the garden and the circles that were designed and laid (as know you were unable to get hold of the paving circle kits). I am grateful for the time you spent in making sure everything , including the electrics, worked together well, and also adding in the light sensor. I have discovered that I can prune back much harder than I had before with the tips I have picked up and I look forward to seeing the beds fill out in the coming months & seasons. This morning I enjoyed secretly watching three blackbirds frantically plucking their breakfast from the soil in two of the new teardrop beds. This was a much appreciated first at my home!’
(Helen Robert - Alder Hills)
Full Colour Design with Painting Pallet
We only provided the sensory path planting for the back garden due to our client’s budget and she is gradually buying many of the plants we chose for the design. The client’s existing plants now have a new life due to being moved to places they will thrive, and now framed within the new shapes of this design….
before
Tired, dangerous, trip hazards and in need of TLC!
after
Alternate planting of camomile and two types of creeping thyme for the sensory path…
A feminine Japanese feel as we set out to achieve…
Lovely crazy paving that you now step onto from both the dining room and kitchen doors…
Each material framed by the next…
Bamboo style water feature with it’s gentle trickling sound…
Our client gradually filling the bed….
the garden at dusk/night…
The garden starts to take on a new life as it turns to dusk…
Even at night time the path entices you through…
“I am grateful for the time you spent in making sure everything , including the electrics, worked together well, and also adding in the light sensor”
before
A depressing view!
after
As you brush against/tread on these sensory plants the scent is released…
Camomile establishing nicely…
Creeping thymes starting to merge & fill the pockets…
The planters appear part of the fencing in the same shade of green with the lovely Japanese style arch
Plenty of planting space…
We had so many shapes to play with for this area…
A bench to be added under the arch at a later date…
Looking back to the house…
One of two acers that had to be moved and/or reshaped and replanted that took on a whole new look in their new positions…
front garden
‘…My front garden has also been beautifully recreated to compliment the design’ - Helen Robert
before
Very over grown with old Leylandii conifers in the front…
after
Welcome home, oh what curb appeal! Clear boundary between next door and a new sandstone path…
Many plants were moved, re-shaped, and re-planted in this project. This was one collection to utilise some pots, which were scattered around the old back garden. An idea to create a ‘mini’ Sissinghurst feel with a collection of white flowing perennials and shrubs that sit neatly in the corner…
We built up this corner so our client doesn’t over wheel her bins into place - a lovely little detail.
Miscanthus grasses providing architectural height, interest throughout the autumn/winter with their beautiful seed heads and elegant movement in this classy front garden…
The Cerney Cotswold chippings fill in the negative spaces between the paving and edging setts beautifully…
before
Not a welcome home…
after
A centre tear drop bed to reflect the back garden. The bed filled with pre-loved plants from the back & front; grouped together, thinned back & planted with the right companion plants. We added 3 large ornamental grasses of Miscanthus and Penstemon…
Photinia ‘Little Red Robin’ now provides a boundary with next door and frames the front, which will eventually merge to form a short hedge, that now provides so much interest throughout the whole year with its pretty ‘red robin’ tips and creamy white flowers in spring… one of our favourites!
A lovely neat edge that helps frame the whole space…
New garden on the block!