Country Garden
Lytham, Lancashire
This Lytham country garden began with a clear brief: create an English country garden that felt at home with the house, while making the whole plot more inviting and usable. The challenge was to connect the patio, conservatory, existing trees and timber garden building with new areas for relaxing, entertaining and productive gardening.
My design thinking was to give the garden a stronger structure, then soften it with naturalistic planting and seasonal detail. A more generous patio leads out to an area with sofas and BBQ area, while a metal fence frames views towards a natural pond with rocks, changes in level and a quiet seat beside the water. Beyond this, improved vegetable beds and a greenhouse add practical purpose. Materials were chosen to feel established and sympathetic, with planting focused on low-maintenance groundcover, spring and summer bulbs, David Austin roses, alliums and foxgloves in purples and pale pinks.
