MARKET TOWN GARDEN
We have really enjoyed developing this peaceful rural garden for our clients in a Hertfordshire Market Town.
We have really enjoyed developing this peaceful rural garden for our clients in a Hertfordshire Market Town.
Our clients have a beautiful home nestled in the Hertfordshire countryside. The restored barn is part of a new development and looks out onto the woodland beyond. Their large, open garden was laid to lawn with post and rail fencing bordering the neighbouring properties.
We worked on creating some layering in the garden to frame the views, keeping our clients' sight lines within their own garden. Organically shaped, sweeping, plant-filled borders now wraparound the extended wooden dining deck and break up the expanse of lawn, creating journeys through the space.
Using the same material, we also created a new seating deck to catch the afternoon sun, which is nestled within planting and tall grasses for privacy and seasonal interest, as well as a growing area complete with raised beds, a greenhouse and a cold frame, adjacent to a new fledgling orchard.
We worked on creating some layering in the garden to frame the views, keeping our clients' sight lines within their own garden. Organically shaped, sweeping, plant-filled borders now wraparound the extended wooden dining deck and break up the expanse of lawn, creating journeys through the space.
Using the same material, we also created a new seating deck to catch the afternoon sun, which is nestled within planting and tall grasses for privacy and seasonal interest, as well as a growing area complete with raised beds, a greenhouse and a cold frame, adjacent to a new fledgling orchard.
"The design and planting were imaginative and perfect for our barn garden. From the initial meeting to the final planting, the process was well managed and went smoothly. The garden is beautiful and fills us with joy every day." Mrs J, Hertfordshire
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An extended wooden deck allows for more relaxed dining, wraparound beds envelope the space and gaps in the planting invite you out onto the lawn.
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And planting, as always, softens all of the lines and provides a wonderful textural feel to the space, bringing seasonal interest and year round structure. In this garden particularly we have used native hedging to frame the back of the new seating area which is repeated along the post and rail fencing. Statement specimen shrubs such as the Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’, and a new water feature provide some wonderful focal points, providing movement, sound and colour.
BEFORE
With our clients' permission, these images show what a difference incorporating generous planting areas can make. Along with sympathetically extending the dining deck, and creating a brand new corner seating deck on which to sit and enjoy the garden, the space has really become a garden!
With our clients' permission, these images show what a difference incorporating generous planting areas can make. Along with sympathetically extending the dining deck, and creating a brand new corner seating deck on which to sit and enjoy the garden, the space has really become a garden!
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