""Previously our garden felt gloomy and quite oppressive. Now it's bright and inviting with both a sophisticated entertaining area and a lovely lawn for the children to run about on - it draws us all outside.""
Help! The builders have ruined our garden
"I'm not usually a 'jump up and down in delight person', but I absolutely love it!"
- Tracy, Coventry, July 2010
Before
After
Before
After
After building an extension our client's large suburban garden was looking rubble strewn and neglected. Their brief included a terrace for entertaining and a water feature ("one where you can hear the water") to replace a dilapidated greenhouse and add interest further. Many of the existing plants were well established, but several were seriously overgrown and so the brief included hard pruning, maintenance and a new "low maintenance" planting scheme.
A week after our first meeting we presented outline sketches and sample materials. After a couple of further meetings , our clients opted for a contemporary scheme which included 45sq.m wrap-around terrace in black quartzite, a low brick wall which curved around the new terrace and doubled as seating, and a striking moated patio with waterfall . The planting scheme comprised reds and yellows to add bright splashes of colour around the garden. We also re-turfed the lawn.