The brief:
A garden with a raised patio which was very badly laid. The side access was uneven racked concrete. There was an uneven lawn and an unwanted hazel tree was also blocking the sunlight.
The client wanted to keep the raised area for dining in the evening, raised flowerbeds with easy to maintain planting, a small area for vegetable growing.
Our solution:
To keep the cost down with decided to deck over the paving and clad the wall with timber to give the illusion of raised sleepers.
The side access was also decked over with a gate and laid black limestone at the end.
We removed the existing hazel tree to let more light in. Raised beds where created out of sleepers with easy to maintain planting and bark and a large raised bed for vegetable growing.
The lawn was pulled up re-levelled and new turf laid.
The brief:
To create a low maintenance rear garden and at the same time overcoming the difficult, small shape with a seating area and a focal point to add interest.
The main issues with the garden were:
– The garden was too small to turf and in many respects impractical.
– Different levels of paving
– Badly erected fence with gaps underneath.
Our solution:
We built a small deck seating area and a pergola to add interest to the garden.
We joined up the paving to create a larger area of patio and takes you to the deck area
Raised beds were built out of sleepers to hide the gaps under the fence with tall planting.
Stone/gravel was laid to cover the remaining area and planted with architectural shrubs slightly hiding the deck retreat in the corner to add garden interest from the house.
The brief:
The specification was to keep it looking modern, but to be a family friendly garden with lawns and seating areas.
Our solution:
The initial approved front garden planting had a formal feel to it and we repeated this within our design for the rear garden.
We added specimen planting to the approved planting to enhance and transform the front gardens.
