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Smart design to maximise space and budget for years to come

Creating two distinct outdoor rooms to provide year-round interest that would be easy to maintain in years to come, was the priority for this client who lives in a bungalow with a small back garden.

The design is based around two contrasting spaces linked by slate-faced raised beds and seating  A formal, primarily hard-landscaped garden with a bold Corten steel letter-box water feature and Limestone paving cut through with curved brick lines maximise the space outside the living room by leading the eye to the corners of the garden.

The bedroom, meanwhile, looks out onto soft, curved lines, pebble-filled beds bordering a generous lawn and set-off with four large cylindrical Corten planters to display specimen shrubs chosen for their foliage, bark and interesting shapes.

A narrow colour scheme of blues, purples and whites planted in blocks creates year-round interest that’s simple and easy to look after.

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Location
Back garden
Benson, Oxfordshire

Dimensions
17m x 6m

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Sleek and contemporary design for outdoor living

With an eye for design and a desire for a dramatic effect in their new garden, these clients wanted to retain a feeling of space while focusing on a specific colour palette. With outdoor entertaining a priority the challenge was to combine hard and soft landscaping features within a clean and structured design.

A stainless steel water feature created the drama in the centre of a densely planted border of shrubs, perennials and grasses. Polished stainless steel planters repeat the design theme throughout the garden.

Smooth, cream sandstone provides a spacious terrace with plenty of room for entertaining, while an intimate corner was created behind a screen of Sambucus Black Lace. Horizontal Cedar screens give a contemporary feel to the boundaries while pleached Hornbeams provide additional privacy close to the house.

Duration
3 weeks

Location
Rear garden
Cholsey, Oxfordshire

Dimensions
21m x 15m

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A show garden in the making

As part of planning for their early retirement and as a way to make their garden stand out from the crowd in the historic village of Ewelme, these clients asked us to design and build a front garden with The WOW factor.

We combined clean, contemporary lines with natural welsh slate and cedar to create a seated wall encompassing a sleek, stainless steel water feature.

A lush bog garden and dense planting created a degree of privacy along with a wide variety of colour and form.

Duration
3 weeks on site

Location
Front garden
Ewleme, Oxfordshire

Dimensions
20m x 10m

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A garden flowing from The Downs

Once the family had grown up and moved away, these clients were keen to transform their awkward and overgrown garden into a tranquil haven where they could enjoy their retirement and love of gardening.

Using strong lines and bold design, we created a garden that provided easy and safe access with terracing, wide steps and plenty of seating alongside a formal pond fed by a tumbling, pebble-lined stream.

Flowering and evergreen shrubs, perennials and specimen Acers fill the beds that surround the lawns while raised beds provide a more comfortable way to grow vegetables.

Duration
12 weeks

Location
Front and back gardens
Blewbury, Oxfordshire

Dimensions
72m x 60m

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