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Garden & Landscape Design

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"Purposeful, timeless design supported by dreamy, structural planting."

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Kensington Project

The brief was to create a garden for a family with their four young children over a basement swimming pool, so the first two so the first two-thirds of the plot were “a void” with a blank canvas of lawn in the rear section. What the garden did have, unusually for London, were two matching, attractive, old boundary walls. A gate set into the rear wall opening on to a communal square, and this shared space meant the garden isn’t overlooked or shaded by houses at that end, making it brighter than many city gardens. It also provides a leafy borrowed landscape. Within the garden itself, we had to contend with a pair of skylights that illuminate the swimming pool below.

We began the plan by addressing these, concealing them within the planting and placing the seating area on the other side of the garden, where it catches the sun later in the day. Two paths from the house merge and then meander through the garden, taking in the seating space and a little area of lawn – requested by the family for play and picnics – en route to the communal garden gate, which has been screened by a clipped yew hedge, matching the hedge that now blurs the rear boundary. A sense of seclusion is created by four Platanus x acerifolia trees that cover the seating area. Their tall, elegant trunks and flat canopies create a perfect living parasol. In the heatwaves of recent summers, they provided very welcome shade. Clipped, their look remains quite strong and structural. To pull the eye into the furthest reaches of the garden we planted a beautiful multi-stem Stewartia pseudocamellia in the far right hand corner, and nearby we placed a large, lichen-speckled, circular limestone trough adapted into a water feature that nestles into the planting between path and lawn. Additional structural planting comes from the cushions and domes of Taxus baccata. They also provide important contrast with shaggy golden-brown grasses including Stipa gigantea, Stipa tenuissima and Molinia caerulea ‘Heidebraut’. We use an array of flower shapes to appeal to wide range of pollinators and the variety of plants creates a sense of intensity and drama. Playing with the juxtaposition of the perennials and grasses and their various heights helps to bring an interesting rhythm to the planting, giving it an almost tapestry-like effect. The result is a garden of escapism and intense immersion, especially when enjoyed from the comfort of the outdoor sofas.

Primrose Hill project

This enchanting little project was designed for a wonderfully creative young couple who have a keen design aesthetic, style and vibrant sense of colour.  It is divided into four parts:  the main garden at the rear of the property, the central tiny courtyard garden positioned in between the kitchen and the family room, the roof terrace off the master bathroom and the front garden.  Atmosphere and detail were enhanced in all areas including two separate water features, one antique stone trough and one made to measure lead cistern.  We also specified bespoke metal wall brackets and estate railings to add further impact and interest while providing form and function.