abstract

We were invited to rethink the overall masterplan of this four acre plot. In parts, the old sections of the garden needed rethinking and others allowed a creative interpretation of how to connect the land with the architecture. The direction was to keep the character traditional, sympathetic and understated. Materials that will enhance and complement the surroundings whilst forming a strong connection to the farmhouse. A framework of Yew hedging provides the evergreen base layer close to the house, allowing the rest of the planting to be kept soft and informal, whilst hornbeam hedges were selected to create the boundary between garden and further landscape, their atmosphere in autumn mirroring distant boundaries.

In areas the perennials air on the traditional side with Roses, Lavender and Hydrangeas kept close to the house. As the garden moves further from the property the planting becomes naturalistic, an acknowledgement to the adjoining meadow where further fruit trees have been planted to provide a variety of produce alongside the established trees.