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Dentist Surgery Garden

The brief for this garden was to rescue a neglected, overgrown urban garden to the rear of a dental surgery. Untouched for 20 years it had become a haven for wildlife but was otherwise unrecognisable as a garden. The client wanted a garden with a contemporary feel that would also sit well within the conservation area, and that customers and staff alike could enjoy. There was to be a lawn, as well as seating areas and it must still be wildlife friendly.

The garden was cleared, retaining just a few key shrubs and a mature flowering cherry tree. The dilapidated outhouses were restored and access paths laid. A line of galvanized wirework trellising provides a framework for clematis and rambling roses and a combination of shrubs and perennials surround a raised circular lawn, providing year round interest as well as a habitat for birds and other wildlife.

Southwest facing view - Before

North facing view - Before

West facing view - Before

South facing view - Before

East facing view - Before

Garden plan proposal - 1 Rev.0

Southeast facing view - Completed Garden

Rudbeckia deamii

Verbena bonariensis

Hydrangea aspera

Pennisetum ‘Red Head’

Country Farmhouse Lawn

The owners had lived with a large patch of bare earth, supporting a few weeds, in front of the living room window of this lovely old farmhouse overlooking the Aire Valley for two years. As the lady keeps bees, it was decided to remove the weeds by hand and avoid the use of herbicides as much as possible.

The entire area was dug by hand and the weeds removed. Several tons of good quality topsoil and sand were brought in and levelled. A good hard-wearing turf was laid, and bound at the edges by a steel lawn edging system to make maintenance easier. The lawn now provides a foil for the surrounding mixed beds and views beyond...

Townhouse Garden

The owners already had a pretty garden but it is overlooked from all sides and privacy was an issue. The garden is very narrow at just 5.5m x 20m. An existing fishpond was badly sited and difficult to maintain, and there was a lack of seating areas.

The original fishpond was emptied and filled in, (having removed all the fish for safekeeping) and a base was laid for a new summerhouse and patio. A new, larger ornamental fishpond was wrapped around two sides of the summerhouse and its patio. New shrubs and trees were introduced along the boundaries to soften the edges and provide privacy as well as offering cover for the many songbirds, which now visit the garden all year round. A ‘secret’ fruit garden is reached beyond the ornamental garden, via a rose and wisteria covered archway.

Pond surround

Nymphea

Malus ‘Rosehip’

Summerhouse weather vane detail

A little summer visitor

Allium hollandicum in full bloom

Suburban Garden

Following the completion of a house extension and the addition of a raised deck, the garden had become disconnected from the house. The owners wished to reconnect the outdoor and indoor spaces. The brief was to create a family friendly garden that would also continue to attract the immense variety of birds and wildlife they are so fond of. It also has to be dog friendly. Paddy, their Irish Setter had to be considered!

The design was kept simple, and materials were restricted to bricks and mortar identical to those used in the house construction, and green oak, to reflect the oak furniture within the tri-fold patio doors. All the existing trees were retained, though a little crown lifting and thinning was required, and all the specimen shrubs were kept. New shrubs, climbers and grasses were added to add interest for the wildlife, and a contemporary summerhouse and shade sails were included for the humans, and of course, for Paddy.

Construction by Innoscape.