GARDEN DESIGN
SMALL HAMPSTEAD
GARDEN
Project Value: £60,000
Build Time: 8 weeks
Size of Project: 90 sq m
The clients were not great gardeners
and finally decided the garden had
to be rescued when it was quite
literally falling down. There were
rotting collapsing fences and sleeper
retaining walls and the artificial
turf was full of moss and had no
sub-base. Plants were few and far
between and there wasn’t really
anywhere to relax in the space.
The clients wanted the garden
completely redesigned but keeping
the layout of the lower patio by the
house and retaining the openness
of the upper area but introducing
interest.
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The design upgraded the lower patio
and steps to Jura beige limestone
and a rendered retaining wall. The
steps to the main garden were also
widened to improve access, and to
strengthen the link between the two
garden areas which had previously
felt rather separate. The use of stone
instantly transformed the look and
feel of the space, making it bright
and clean lined. The main garden
area was kept open, but a feeling
of rooms within it was created
by dividing the space into equal
thirds using limestone paver paths,
with the limestone further linking
the upper and lower garden areas
together.
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