Mark Fenton
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Previously the garden was largely tarmacked and a small lawn which banked up to the boundary wall and had a few wisened standard roses.
This was replaced and the ground stepped so as to provide more usable spaces.
The landscaping work was done by greatoakslandscapes and southplanks supplied the paving and reclaimed bricks.
My garden wraps alongside the house and I have loosely split the area to form a sequence of spaces leading from a formal water feature and terrace by the kitchen to a lawn surrounded by planting from where a vegetable garden with lean-to greenhouse is accessed.
The kitchen floor height is above the garden and this offers an elevated view of the pool and raised bed which has been planted to form a green backdrop. The main pool contains a bubbling jet that splashes over a slate feature I had carved with my design of a waterlily and dragonfly. A smaller pool with copper water blade gives the illusion of water moving from one pool to the other.
The beds around the lawn are planted with shrubs and perennials. The garden was built in spring 2019 and early 2020 I constructed a framework around the lawn for climbing plants and a low willow hurdle fence to divide this space from the vegetable garden.
The garden has a Victorian brick wall as its boundary and in the vegetable garden I have planted fruit to train as espaliers. The soil is sandy which could make growing some vegetables tricky as they may bolt more easily in the dry conditions. Time will tell, my biggest problem is currently the woodpigeons who are treating the place like a salad bar.
