Rose Garden in Hampton Court

A large family home in Hampton Court Surrey, recently renovated throughout, has a large L shaped garden with a frontage on the river Thames.

The garden areas by the house needed our attention first, there were out of scale and in poor condition with difficult levels to negotiate. The clients wanted to keep a rose garden, though we completely redesigned and planted anew along with a generous terrace. A new car parking area is now screened from the garden by a pleached hedge, with discreet views down through the new herbaceous borders to the orchard beyond.

Large Family Garden in Wimbledon

An extensive walled garden for a family in Wimbledon. With energetic teenagers, the large lawn provided plenty of space for football practice, basketball and table tennis. The sunken terrace provides a suntrap and entertaining area with easy access from the refurbished kitchen and family room in the lower ground floor.

The client brief asked for a romantic English garden with formal herbaceous borders. These flank the lawn and repeated Yew topiary pyramids give structure to these borders in winter. A glasshouse, and specially designed iron pergolas, trained with a selection of eating apple trees, lead to matching iron gates that open into the wild garden beyond, meadow lawns and an informal pond for wildlife.

Large Garden in Cheam, Surrey

A large garden in Cheam designed for the owners to enjoy in their retirement. As keen gardeners, the herbaceous borders and sunken vegetable garden give them plenty of work to enjoy and develop.

Water is the central theme emerging down a channel of spill chutes from the upper pool, along a narrow rill and into the reflective pool which is surrounded by the main lawn. The reflection of the sun cutting through the tree canopies onto the water is very calming. Broad steps lead up to a meadow beyond backed by a yew hedge.

A generous sunny terrace for relaxing and entertaining is enclosed by a bed including a pair of mature Tuscan Olives, herbaceous planting and a hedge backdrop of cloud pruned box.

Large Family Garden in Strawberry Hill

A large garden for a family with energetic boys wanting to play on the extensive lawn. The paths meander down both sides of the garden to the contemporary garden building furnished for the family to entertain and relax. The building has a green roof, best enjoyed from the upstairs rooms in the house. The planting designed for easy maintenance with lots of interesting trees and shrubs. A pleached hedge along the right-hand side boundary offers privacy and within a few years the garden trees will mature and frame the garden making the lawn feel less dominant.