| " If
I had to pick a favourite area it would be the courtyard
garden which
has transformed
a little used space into a little piece of heaven." |
The
existing lawn was in a pretty bad condition due to some
recent
flooding and had no real shape to it. It was completely lifted and a
new lawn laid in a pleasant curving shape, giving the clients enough
green to satisfy them whilst allowing plenty space for more interesting
features. The new pebble path which leads to a new seating area is
edged in Marshalls Tegula Cinder. This was also the edging to the main
patio which was constructed in Marshalls Coachhouse Pennant.
The
client wanted to retain some interesting planting and had a good
knowledge of the herbaceous planting they liked. A mixture of
herbaceous plants, grasses, shrubs and small trees were designed
together to create a reasonably low maintenance garden. All beds were
finished in bark to reduce the requirement to weed.
Standard photinias stand guard at the edge of the patio creating a
pleasant entrance. |
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| The
design |
The
planting plan |
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The
client was keen to create an area to grow veg and store bins. Chunky
timbers were used to create the veg beds which also double up as extra
seating. A bin store was built to hide the unsightly wheely bins and
some trellis was added to the walls and as a screen through to the back
garden for some added privacy. What started as a utility area turned
into a "courtyard" and is now one of the client's favourite parts of
the garden!
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| The "courtyard" garden |
The mood board |
