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An Informal Back Garden in Dunblane

The Brief:

The clients had recently had a conservatory built and they wanted to have a beautiful garden to admire from there. Excavations from the build of the conservatory had been dumped into the garden so this needed addressed. The rest of the sloping back garden was pretty uninspiring with a lot of lawn and very narrow borders tucked underneath the existing hedge. The clients still wanted some borders to look after but didn't want to be a slave to them. They wanted a main seating area to entertain family, as well as a smaller morning patio. The various level issues needed to be addressed.

The Design:

Firstly, the garden was levelled considerably, providing an easier space to stroll around. A deck around the conservatory was chosen to overcome the level issues directly outside the conservatory. The walkway leads into the decked morning patio with beautiful ballistrade. A curving path, constructed in gravel which beautifully complements the brickwork of the conservatory leads, to the main patio built in Heritage Yorkstone. The entrance to the main patio is framed with two standard photinias and there is a row of containers at the back of the patio creating a visual boundary to the utility area beyond. A bespoke raised trough to the side of the patio, planted with lavender, provides great smells and additional seating. A matching raised bed created a modern, easy to tend veg patch.

New borders were created using curving lines, leading you around the garden. Planting was colour themed with beds of pinks, purples and whites. Feature shrubs such as sambucus nigra and cotinus "Royal Purple" were incorporated into the design. Winter interest was introduced through planting such as fatsia japonica, buxus sempervirens, hellebores and viburnum. 

The lawn was replaced and given a new, curvy shape, creating interest and a journey around the garden.

An area was created where the clients will place a sculpture of their choice, providing a glimpse of something interesting in the distance, from their viewing spot in the conservatory.

 Lighting around the deck, patio and the sculpture give the garden a real wow factor at night as well as allowing the space to be used well into the evening.
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Dunblane: designDunblane: standard photinias framing the entrance to the patioDunblane: curving lawn and borders
Before            The Plan                            After                             After

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