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Large Formal Garden
This formal garden benefits from width as well as depth. A stunning vista was created from the conservatory, looking up the garden. An avenue of box-head pleached hornbeams frame this view. A large, sunken patio creates a generous outdoor dining room with views across the garden. A further change of level was created, to the rear of..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Contemporary Garden
After a dramatic makeover to the live-in kitchen/dining area, a drastic change was needed in the garden. Huge, glass, sliding doors framed the view which now reflects these internal improvements. Black limestone echoes the kitchen work surfaces, the raised pond is painted to match the kitchen units and architectural plants including Phormiums..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Large Country House garden
After major restoration to this former vicarage with its 17th Century core, it was time to give this wonderful house the garden it deserved. The basic layout of the garden dates back to the mid-1950s when it was featured in Country Life. However, it was long-overdue for an update, particularly to the terrace area at the rear of the..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Small Town Garden
This long, narrow garden is typical of the space behind many Victorian terraces. It is 23m x 6.5m (75'x21') Curves rarely work in such a long, narrow space so straight lines were used and the garden divided up into four distinct areas. This garden is featured in Sir Roy Strong's book 'Successful Small Gardens' He wrote: "There..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Cornish Garden
This seaside garden on the North Cornish coast has been an ongoing project since 2001. The house is well-positioned in the centre of its plot. Ample decking to both west and south aspects provides plenty of entertaining space. With the shelter belts now well-established, we are able to experiment with more unusual plants such as..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Formal Town Garden
This garden was totally revamped after the children had grown up and there were no longer any rabbits or guinea pigs to be accommodated! Privacy was a key factor and a mature copper beech and Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' were planted as well as an avenue of boxhead pleached hornbeams, giving the garden instant maturity and..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Front Gardens
Country Garden
This garden was originally laid out in 1906. About 10 years ago the house was divided and this affected the layout of the formal garden as a wall and fencing were needed to separate the property externally. Jane Brown, garden historian, wrote that "the division of the house is the death of the garden". We managed to..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Large Town Garden
It is always a challenge to try and create a sense of mystery in a garden that is wider than it is deep. To try and lose the awkward wedge-shape of the garden, curves were used. Further interest was created with a sunken patio leading up into the garden via some generous steps. The garden was richly-planted with a profusion of roses and..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Spanish Garden
This garden was designed to go with a reformed Andalucian 'finca'. The site was a bare canvas with just the finca and the swimming pool there already. The original site sloped and there were uncomfortable and impractical changes in level. Several sets of steps were installed and railings were used to fence off the swimming pool and the terrace...... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Topiary Garden
Paving, gravel and large specimens of topiary give instant maturity to a garden designed solely for..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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Chelsea Garden
The Shloer Garden was designed for the 2001 Chelsea Flower Show. The inspiration came from the Swiss Family Robinson-style 'tree' house. Although the 'tree' house could suggest an exotic location, our garden was very much an English one and designed to evoke the kind of gardens found in the Gulf Stream With global warming becoming a..... Click for more pictures and garden detail |
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