In developing the best design for any garden we have to balance a number of factors: the clients' requirements, their budget and what is going to work best for the site, given its size, scale and orientation.
Our skills combine to add that certain aesthetic making the garden a beautiful space to look at and be out in, while at the same time, is also practical and workable.
After exploring a number of ideas, we created this deisgn (above). The look and feel of the extension is linear and modern so we decided to carry these clean lines out into the garden.
Strong rectanglular shapes set the tone for the garden to keep it modern and uncluttered. These strong lines are softened by carefully chosen plants.
The garden shed would be retained and moved into the opposite, shaded corner. Doing this allows us to create a larger patio area surrounded by mixed specimen trees and plants.
The patio is constructed from granite in lovely soft buttery tones. It looks great all year round - even after it rains.
A large planting bed in front of the shed will mature over about three years obscuring the shed completely. An artists visualisation usually helps clients see how their garden will look in time.
As the lawn area is small and going to be in constant sporty use, we proposed installing extremely life-like synthetic turf. This is very durable, pet friendly and will never get worn or bald despite how much table tennis is played by hordes of teenage boys. Best of all, it never needs to be cut!
A bespoke, narrow wooden trellis, attached to the top of the boundary walls, affords plenty of privacy without creating clutter or shade in the garden. The profiles outlined above help to show the scale and size of this solution. It also illustrates how specimen evergreen trees punctuate the boundary wall.
The clients loved the design. A budget was settled upon and we were instructed to get to work as soon as our schedule allowed. A few weeks later work started - which I will blog about in the next post.
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