Classical English garden
A modern classical English garden
The lovely couple who own this garden both commute to work in London. The lady in particular loves her garden. It is her retreat from the city life. She loves everything about gardening, flowers, vegetables, mowing the lawn.
She needs her garden to be relaxing and therapeutic.
The design is very tight
The box hedging and ivy is neatly clipped once a year, the rest does its own thing and the garden always looks stunning.
The colours used are exclusively green and white.
There is something timeless, smart and sophisticated in such a limited colour palette and lush green with sparkling white flowers always looks fresh
We planted in the “Chelsea” way.
We planted the garden with mature plants and the garden was established as soon as the planting was finished. These photos were taken the following summer.
Lush planting in the shade
Ferns, Geranium “Johnsons Blue,” lavender and Clematis Armandii “Apple Blossom
Establishing the levels
One of the most important things to establish in any garden are the levels and it is particularly important in a formal garden
Keeping the same level from the house
The garden had quite a slope away from the house. To make the garden appear to be as big as possible, we ran the level out from the house as far as we could and followed the level of the paving already laid. We built the lawn, pond and flower beds on the top level
Railway sleeper steps.
Railway sleepers make a change of level and form steps down to a lower lawn. They also create planting beds for ivy and Italian Cypresses.
The lower lawn and border
We planted large, mature hydrangeas, variegated ivy, rhododendrons, magnolia stellata and camellias imported from Italy.
A quite place to sit
Look back over the garden from under the pergola, find a quiet place to sit. Relax with a glass of wine letting the cares of the city drift away.
A Garden Design of your own
If you would like a Garden Design of your own starting with a free consultation in your own garden, please telephone 07843 410869 or send me a message via the contact page
Until then
Happy Gardening
Wendy