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| Country Garden | [5 images] | | | | Elevation | Front garden | Outline Plan | | Path Detail | Willow Hurdle Fence | | | | | | | page: 1 | Project Brief:
The existing trees in this garden in Ayrshire gave the site an instantly mature feeling. This special site also benefited from a warm, moist climate enabling plants such as Gunnera manicata to be grown without getting frosted in the winter.
The front garden needed a strong design that would make it a practical and welcoming space at the front of a very dominant house. It also had to be linked into the surrounding vegetation and attract wildlife into the garden.
An avenue of variegated and purple leafed Acers were chosen to line the driveway partly to screen the sunken garden from the house but also to give structure at the front of the property. The circular lawn and twisting path was designed to lead down to the naturally occurring basin in the centre of the garden. This basin was emphasised by creating a boggy area, encircled by a timber walkway, to attract insects and frogs but not become a danger to the owner's children. Irises, Gunnera, Rodgersia, Kirengeshoma and grasses were included in the planting here. The twisting path continued up through the mature trees which were underplanted with woodland species, and led to a wooden seat around an existing tree.
The rear garden was designed to be private and exclusive where the owners could relax or tend to the vegetable plot. A hurdle fence was erected at the boundary and groups of birch and woodland plants were added to the existing beech trees to continue the woodland theme.
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