Garden Design - Queens Park, London NW6
Our brief was:
- To create an attractive and elegant contemporary space that reflects the style of the interior of the house
- To provide scope for entertaining and create a highly sociable space that works on different levels
- To work with the client to develop and formulate ideas and to work into the project previously sourced preferred products and materials
Notes
- The layout and scheme of the space will follow a Turkish influence
- Only a small area will be available for planting, limiting the size and amount of plants we are able to work with. In order to create the maximum possible impact with the flora, selected architectural evergreen specimens will be strategically placed within narrow beds running around the edge of the space
- A simple, Middle Eastern colour scheme combines white stone and white pebbles with chocolate brown decking
- Contrast is key in this garden, with white stone and aggregate juxtaposed by dark wood and steel
- Stepping stones, running into the garden from the side entrance to the left of the house, gently lead the user along a wall of scented evergreen clematis. This planting scheme is echoed along a decked walkway running down the right of the house.
- A curved raised platform to the left of the space, rendered white and paved with light coloured stone, will provide one of two main areas for entertaining. The potential of this area is increased with the addition of simple, white-rendered, fixed benches. A few cut-out beds within the paving will allow specimen plants to be exhibited at their best
- The second main area of the space will consist of a large expanse of decking at ground level .An aggregate circle, containing a smaller circle of decorative glass chips, becomes a focus to the space and helps to link to two main areas together
- A white rendered wall, with several display alcoves built in, shall replace the broken fence along the back of the garden, providing an effective backdrop to the planting scheme. The plain expanse of wall will allow the client to experiment with lighting and other ornamentation