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Garden Design - Ilford, Essex IG1

Garden Design - Ilford, Essex IG1

The Brief

  • 1930s suburban garden
  • Space is virtually empty and has little of interest to offer
  • Ugly brick wall at bottom of garden
  • Patchy lawn, which is dead in places
  • Old and tired looking concrete patio
  • Good fences

The Solution

  • Sensual minimalist garden with exceptionally low maintenance
  • Planting palette principally consists of green foliage with a splash of red, and includes stylish corkscrew hazel and willow alongside lush hostas, dramatic bamboo and delicate white snowdrops. Evergreen and semi-evergreen foliage will bring year round interest to the space
  • Bamboo screening along the length of both boundary fences will give the space extra privacy and serve to bring a sense of unification to the garden
  • The brick wall at the end of the garden will be painted pure white in keeping with the stark, minimalist style of the space
  • A diverse selection of organic and man-made materials, chosen for their various textures and form, will be used within the space, including treated wooden decking, natural stone mulch, and contemporary stainless steel rill
  • The water rill consists of a welded and sealed stainless steel tray, 6000mm x 500mm x 200mm approx. The rill will include a filter to maintain the water clarity and will be decorated with Cornish cobbles placed along the bottom
  • There will be large decked areas at either end of the garden, each with a variety of possible uses. These versatile spaces will be large enough to offer the potential to add structures or features to them at a later date - e.g. a pergola, a spa, an exterior bar, fixed bench seating, and so on
  • The two decked areas will be joined by a decked walkway running down the middle of the garden. The walkway gives a sense of journey through the space, passing over the water rill while flanked on either side by arrow bamboo
  • An 8' x 12' space on right hand side of the garden will be left untouched and will give the client a large enough area to erect a structure for use as a personal gymnasium
  • The area directly to side of house will be enclosed - on 2 sides by house, the 3rd side by fence and the 4th by a bamboo arch to create a private relaxation area suitable for morning coffee and relaxation

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