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Modern Cottage Garden

A stunning 17th century cottage  which needed a new garden to go with the new extension that added a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, and saw a transformation of the original layout.

Before

A sea of mud…

Courtyard garden in its earliest stages

New extension creates potential for sheltered courtyard garden

Church spire rises behind work in progress

After

A lot can happen in a year!

Big Green Egg makes cooking outside a pleasure

Nepeta with Ilex crenata balls

Relax in comfort surrounded by colour and fragrance

Big Green Egg is the perfect choice for a cookery writer’s garden

Front garden transformation

Where once there was brown mud now green is the predominant colour

Pergola provides kitchen area and shaded seating space

Planting in first year already begins to deliver structure and colour

The house and garden won the Period Living Best Conversion Award 2017.

November issue front cover

Feature inside – Winner of Best Conversion

(For the full story of the garden project see Here’s one I prepared earlier)

Formal Front Garden

Before

After

Contrasts in texture and from

Prunus blossom in springtime

Repetition of shape is pleasing to the eye

Evergreen planting softens stone with brick and granite sets

Feature plants draw the eye towards the entrance

Rural Garden

Spring blossom

Globe shaped alliums against shaped evergreen shrubs

Topiary and summer planting

Graceful shaping with Amelanchier

Herbaceous border planting

Pergolas lend height

Creating rose covered archway invites exploration

Climbing roses and wisteria provide interest at eye level

Alliums in springtime lend colour when tulips fade

Buxus cones define paths between borders

Topiary domes and cones act as punctuation marks

View across the vegetable garden to the far downs

Herbaceous border

Box edging and lonicera standards

Create shade for outdoor entertaining

Secluded dining

Work in Progress – Secluded town garden