Understandably, they were delighted with the results.
This garden now comes together. It feels inviting. It is visually arresting.
Two paths lead out from a gravel planted bed and meander through scented pergolas and under gorgeous trees. It is a garden which urges you to go and explore it.
The two pergolas add balance and interest to the garden. They create a visual width and are enchanting to walk under. This one, on the right, is planted with jasmine which has a heady scent in the summer and white thornless roses for long lasting scent. A wisteria is planted on each side to add balance and harmony.
The gravel path cuts through a colourfilled planting bed to a small seating area beyond. The bed is filled with agapanthus, penstemon, phlox, liatris and scabious. The overall colour palatte is hot pink and cool blue. A lovely combination.
This seating area, as per plan, provides exquisite views of the garden back towards the house. A perfect spot for an early morning cup of coffee and a read of the paper.
Specimen trees are already providing cover from the houses on the adjoining boundary and create an immediate sense of privacy. As they mature, fill and grow they will help add to the woodland feel of the garden. In autumn their leaves will add a firey flourish.
The gravel area has created an easy transition zone between the brick patio and the garden beyond, planting has softened its affect. It has been edged in the same brick to link it with the existing patio.
The pergola on the shadier side of the garden has a wonderfully cool feel surrounded by a palette of cool white and green planting. Hydrangea annabelle, white delphinium, spirea bridal wreath and white agapanthus add a monochrome element which acts as a foil to the hot colours opposite.
We strippped away the neglected beds in front of the house and replaced them with one continuous buff gravel bed. We planted it with long flowering china blue Agapanthus, dark purple pittosporum and heavenly scented rosemary.
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