The
Brief:
The
clients wanted their front garden updating to give more of a "wow
factor"
but also be low maintenance. They specifically wanted the old path
replaced, the shrubs to the side removed and some lawn kept along with
their existing rock garden.
The
Design:
A
geometric design
was chosen for the design with a new path created to complement the
yellow
brick of the house, and set at an angle to giving a feeling of space.
The
path was made from off-set squares, each square containing a different
pattern
of rectangular slabs. Each square was bordered with setts, which were
also used
to edge the re-shaped lawns and tie the whole design together.
The
existing stone circle
was reshaped to fit the new design and all other ground was
covered with a
complementary gravel to suppress weeds giving a low maintenance and
attractive
finish. The shrubs to the side were replaced with a simple picket fence.
Planting
was made
up primarily of structural shrubs in greens and deep reds including
bamboos,
phormium, cotinus and grasses. Colour was introduced through eye
catching
perennials such as alliums, astrantia, cyanara cardunculus and primula
vialii.
The
design was
finished off with six eyecatching containers containing phormium giving
a
modern, contemporary finish and a boundary to the front, complemented
with
matching spherical sculptures.
