Our Garden Portfolio
Woodland Glade
We created a woodland setting for a client’s new studio in this unused and inaccessible area of a garden in Fiveways, Brighton. The steeply sloped section was levelled into terraces and retained with sleepers. A new lawn and planting in keeping with the secluded, shady feel of around the studio were added.
Mediterranean Terrace
We made this tiny cluttered, steeply sloping garden safe for the two young children of the house and enjoyable for their parents by bringing down the level at the back, putting in shallow steps the width of the garden and creating clean lines and a Mediterranean feel with the use of travertine paving, linear fencing and suitable plants in in-built planters.
Beachside Back Yard
This new built Sydney property near the beach was on a plot of land which was previously under concrete. We cleared the area, created lawns with areas of architectural planting in the front and back and a lush, foliagey passage connecting the two, centering on an outdoor shower to clean off from the beach.
A Contemplative Garden
A calming, contemplative garden concentrating on foliage rather than flowers and with a space to meditate for a local Buddhist on a tight budget.
Willingdon Trees Community Centre Garden
This Eastbourne community centre wanted a community space with areas for growing, places for children to hide and play and good wildlife value in it’s previously stark grounds.
Gravel Garden
Our first foray into creating this kind of garden where the emphasis is on herbaceous plants, wildlife, drought tolerance and keeping maintenance down. With only minimal levelling and retention involved, this design was all about the plants. Focussing on a mixture of flower types and a long season makes this great for pollinators, and planting with drought tolerance in mind and the gravel mulch means that once established these gardens should never need to be watered.
Bringing the outdoors in
This garden is spread around 3 sides of the house, making it feel a bit disjointed and unconnected. The soil was poor and the clients wanted a feeling of flow and strong planting to bring the whole thing together. Their house has large windows on all sides which presented a real opportunity to use the garden as a thing to enjoy from inside as well as out.
Natural play area
Working with another designer and using PTA funds which would otherwise have gone on astroturfing the area, we reclaimed it for natural play. Included in the area are a chunky table and stools, different types of balancing logs, railway sleeper train tracks and a rope bridge. We added it to planters and a minibeast area we installed a few years ago.
Ornamental kitchen garden
The clients in this small, south facing garden wanted to maximise growing space by creating large planters and using the verticals in the garden for a mixed planting of herbs, fruit and ornamental plants.
