Project

To create a modern contemporary front and rear garden that enhances and compliments the clients planned updates to their home.

Client Brief

Front Garden requirements:

To create a front garden that has a sense of arrival and gives the house strong curb appeal. Key is to add structure and interest via evergreen hedging, topiary and low boundary walls.

  • In out driveway
  • Driveway to have stone set edging
  • Improved privacy
  • Low boundary walls and pillars rendered and painted white
  • Lighting
  • Irrigation
  • Plant borders to anchor the house and driveway
  • Bin storage

Rear Garden requirements:

To create a modern contemporary garden for dining and entertaining large groups of family and friends.

  • Adult entertainment space. Patio area large enough for 8 -12 people to dine, area for sofas & fire pit.
  • Modern wood clad gym building
  • Hot tub to be relocated in the garden with pergola cover
  • Paving to be modern and contemporary but not too expensive
  • Path to run from new side gate up to the gym
  • Large lawn area for client’s son to play football. Lawn area to be levelled
  • Lighting
  • Irrigation
  • Water feature
  • Planting
    • The 3 Silver Birch to be retained.
    • Pleached trees along rear boundary
    • Topiary
    • Colour palette greens, purple and creams
    • Planting to provide year-round interest

Masterplan

3D Design Concepts

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