A garden room is more likely to enhance your new space, providing planting – perhaps knee height or
look like a part of the main building that they work in harmony with the thigh height so that the views are not
rather than an additional add-on, structure’s scale and proportion. interrupted. It’s important for your
with matching tiles, brickwork and
other details. Ensuring a smooth
transition between your garden room
and your outside space certainly
requires a specific approach, because
with so much light and space it can
be difficult to bring the room together
and maintain an opulent aesthetic.
When you first open the doors of
your orangery and step out onto
your patio, you’re walking into an
extended space that feels like another
room.
To stay connected to the house,
the area immediately outside
Perfect garden planting the extension should look neat,
An orangery or garden room needs to of a garden room’s structure is glazed,
be functional, but it also has to have you only need to include low-level
balance and flow. Nothing helps to
manicured, and well-ordered. As most
flower beds to have good depth too, so
your home looks like it’s blended in
with the surrounding foliage. Avoid
thin, narrow strips of plants which
won’t have much impact next to an
extension. Think about using eight
or nine plants together in a large bed
or planter, rather than using just a
couple. Bring larger plants behind
them to create some depth. Plant
another bed with the same design
for continuity, and you’ll make a real
statement in your garden.
create that flow quite like a beautiful
planting scheme, which will help
your extension to blend in with its
natural surroundings. An orangery
strengthens the relationship that
your home has with your garden,
offering expansive views of the
surrounding greenery and bringing
the outside in. Choosing the right
plants in your garden can only
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