Location
Worcestershire
Large garden with stream
The clients wanted a complete garden redesign for their country residence, as a new orangery would be built over their existing patio.
The setting, surrounded by cider apple trees, was to blend formal country garden aesthetics with more informal paths and planting. The brief was to incorporate a large new greenhouse, a pond and stream, to make the most of the rural setting, and to link the garden to the house.
A large garden design including lawns, streams, greenhouse with potager, cutting garden, long walk with deep borders, a woodland area and play area for children.
Budget
£150K
Materials
Natural stone, metal edging, self-binding gravel. Lots of plants! Re-used materials included the original patio stone and three large chunks of cider mill-stone.
Project Gallery
CorTen Steel bowl and Long Walk
The CorTen steel water bowl that leads to the Long Walk, with borrowed landscape
Long Walk planting
A mix of tall grasses, Digitalis, Salvia, and Nepeta combine in the formal Borders
Small Seating Area, borrowed Landscape
The existing patio slabs were reused to pave this smaller seating area and act as a bridge over the stream
Central lawn and planting
A large central lawn opens up the garden, and there's a vista right through the house.
Formal eating space with umbrella trees
The new orangery opens out onto a spacious and inviting eating and relaxing space
Kate Charles Garden Design
Worcester, Worcestershire
Wildlife-friendly professional Garden Design service
- Accessible Gardens
- Design only (Designer)
- Domestic