Garden Diary, January 2019, Before the Snow!

The late January sun brought these lovelies into bloom...

 

 

 

 

 

A sleeping, winter sunbathing beauty...

 

 

Aeonium and succulents soaking up winter rays...

 

Winter Jasmin flowers...

 

Trailing Rosemary in bloom...

 

Looking forward to spring proper now...

St Merryn Village Garden

The clients of this new-build cottage wanted a design for a low maintenance garden with lots of seating space.  The design divides the garden into different areas or 'rooms' with blocks of lawn, slate paving, and gravel.  Borders run around the garden providing planting that will clothe and soften the fence. 

 

A pergola with climbers will run across the garden, giving some height interest and reinforcing the division of the areas.

 

 

 

The contemporary planting includes palms, agapanthus and grasses.

 

More images later in the year to show how the plants have filled out and established...

Talland Bay Design

A new design for a garden overlooking Talland Bay, near Polperro. 
Stone built walls, granite sett circles, paths with flowing lines, and planting to reflect the coastal setting and character of the house.

 

The landscaping will start later in the year.

 

Country Garden, St Ives

This new-build back garden in the countryside outside St Ives was laid to scrubby lawn by the builders with just a rectangle of paving slabs.

 The client's design brief was for a very low maintenance garden to 'potter' in, and a pretty garden to sit in.  

 

 

 

Borders run around the garden with planting beds in the centre which - when the planting has established - will fill the garden with colour and interest and be easy to access and maintain.

 

The slope to rear of the garden will be tackled at a later date.

 

The paving provides lots of seating and 'pottering' space.