Landscaping   

This a subject which is becoming increasingly popular within housing development and rightly so, in my view.

Clients are far more design conscious than ever before and so their gardens are coming under greater scrutiny. And, if you are investing in building and interior design, then it is appropriate that the garden should receive the same attention.

The drawings shown here illustrate just such a 'total design package'. My clients purchased a bungalow which was suffering from several ill considered extensions, it had bathrooms and bedrooms at opposite ends of the property, a dining room with very little natural light and corridors which represented a serious misuse of floor area. The whole of the garden comprised only of a featureless lawn.

There brief to me was to completely redesign the whole property, and the garden was to receive as much design input as the building.

 

 

Having almost carte blanche with the design, I positioned the kitchen on the south west corner of the bungalow and sited the most used part of the redesigned garden, immediately outside of the french doors. I planned for this to be surrounded by high fences, to protect it from the easterlies which can drive in from the North Sea, in this particular part of the country. This garden is styled in a contemporary manner.

The garden area to the south east, is in a traditional style, with formal lawns, raised planted beds, a short avenue of trees, gravel and brick paving.

There is a small garden on the north side of the bungalow, accessed by the french doors from the main bedroom. This small garden will be an ideal place for breakfast, on warm summer mornings.

The garden area to the north west, I have called the Meadow garden and it will be planted with with just a few trees of native species. The grass will be allowed to grow naturally and meadow flower seeds will be sown.

The boundary fence between the Meadow garden and the field adjacent, which the client also owns, will be removed, thereby blurring the transition from garden to paddock.

A further 'blurring' within the overall design is achieved by the new windows to the bungalow, all have been replaced by either french doors or two metre high windows. This detail allows a full appreciation of the garden whilst sat indoors and also brings an enhanced natural lighting to the interior.