Medium Sized Gardens

Wildlife Garden, Knebworth

The brief for this garden was to provide a tranquil and secluded, plant-filled space for a newly retired person to garden and enjoy the wildlife. There are two seating areas, one in the full shade for hotter days, the other with space for dining. The pond has a trickling water feature and is home to a shoal of minnows. It is already attracting a variety of wildlife, including frogs and dragonflies. Bird boxes, feeders and bird baths are being well used; there is also an insect hotel, bee hive and hedgehog hibernation box, hiding amongst the planting.

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Pergola Garden, Barnet

Two large sets of folding sliding doors, on this modern extension, demanded that the garden look attractive year round. The hard lines of the pergola and silver granite paving make a strong, permanent frame for the softer, more changeable planting. The dining area has a great feeling of enclosure without really being enclosed and metal trellis running across the garden behind the patio will disguise a washing line and trampoline.

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In Autumn the Aralia elata is a wonderful mixture of red, orange and yellow

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Silver Granite stepping stones lead out from the house.

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The Sarcococca, positioned by the door, gives off a delicious scent during the winter.

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The grasses shimmer in the evening light.

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Mediterranean Garden High Barnet

The owner of this garden wanted to update the planting with a Mediterranean theme which would fit with the style of her house and some existing established shrubs and trees. We thinned out and rearranged the existing shrubs to make room for new perennial planting and created a completely new planting scheme for the island bed at the centre of the garden.