Starting with a building site, a contemporary garden was created to fit into its surroundings. The clients wanted instant impact to surround the driveway, for the proportions to feel in keeping with the house, as well as being keen to incorporate the needs of wildlife, particularly insects, with the plant selection. Deep, lavender and agapanthus filled beds surround the south facing rear patio and there’s a small wildflower inspired area, making great use of a previously neglected corner.
The brief here was to conceive a courtyard style garden that joined the large new extension with the rest of the garden, with space to entertain and relax whilst choosing materials sympathetic to what already existed. Steps off a limestone patio lead up to raised seating and lawn areas.
A bespoke, oak framed and softwood clad log store with additional lockable space for tools and garden essentials.
A formal sandstone terrace with a clay paver edge wraps around the property. Linear lavender beds separate the terrace from the wider garden, and curved perennial beds soften the reclaimed oak retaining wall.
A two bay, oak framed cart lodge. Black weatherboard with yellow cedar shingles creates a striking contrast.
Working in collaboration with Garden Designer Lucy Conochie. The clean lines in this garden sit in comfortable contrast with the wider rural surroundings. Planting is centred around structural grasses and shrubs with perennials adding more colour and texture. Angular steel raised beds, oak and crushed limestone pathways and oak decking.
"Working with Nursery Cottage Garden Projects has been inspiring and a real two-way process. Rupert and Fergus took our brief and responded with helpful suggestions and creative ideas which improved the plans and the end result. They have been efficient and very reliable. We are delighted with their work in general, and our new terrace and planting in particular, and can highly recommend them."
