Beautiful Summer Borders

Yesterday was the perfect day to visit the newly planted borders at Mousehole, what a transformation!

A reminder of how the garden looked before....

And now....

Start of the build of the new design for the Trelil garden.

The summer borders of a redesigned and built garden at St Kew Highway.

Client Feedback

It's fantastic to get great feedback from clients - some comments following recent projects.

"We both love the ideas you put forward...thanks again for your time and the ideas.  We are delighted." Sue from Newquay

"Love the planting!  Many thanks, we are both delighted!"  Margaret from St Issey

Contemporary Garden Overlooking Camel Estuary

Newly planted borders framing a contemporary new house overlooking the Camel Estuary.
The planting is a mix of grasses, perennials and shrubs to suit this open, sunny and exposed site.

Starting to plant.

Some of the finished planting

Coastal Garden, Portwrinkle

This new design for a raised coastal garden at Portwrinkle gives seating and planting areas that sit within the natural hillside vegetation, and allows the clients to walk through the garden using curving stepped paths.

Coastal Garden Mousehole

The planting of this stunning tiered coastal garden has just been completed.  The scheme was designed to create a vibrant and exotic garden using plants suited to an exposed south facing coastal location.

Starting to plant

The 'Before' garden

The completed garden

More photos will be posted later in the summer to show how the borders develop.

Bude Courtyard Garden

This small courtyard in Bude was redesigned to give the family an attractive usable outside space in which to sit and make the most of the sun.  The planting was chosed to suit both sun and the shade which was cast by the four walls enclosing the courtyard as the sun moved around throughout the day.

The couryard before.

Stage one and two of construction

The completed garden.

Walled Garden Trelill

A design to renovate a cottage garden, clearing away old overgrown borders and creating a seating area surrounded by planting within the old stone garden wall.

Coastal Garden Mousehole

An exciting new project down at Mousehole this year, starting with design and planting schemes for a complete garden in a stunning coastal location.  The planting will start later in the spring to be completed mid summer to create a lush Mediterranean/semi-tropical garden.

Courtyard Garden Bude

A newly finished design for courtyard near Bude.

A great new build project for the start of the year.

Pines at Rock

Newly planted pine trees at Rock last year are thriving.

An old driveway was transformed with pines and

an evergreeen hedge of  Eleagnus.

Sun Loving Plants and Grasses, Rock

Borders planted last year for a driveway and garden in Rock have now filled out and are looking great. 
Full of lavenders, osteospurmums, rock roses, thyme, and grasses, giving the borders movement and light..

St Kew Highway Gardens Completed

The planting for both the front and back gardens at St Kew Highway are now completed.  For the front garden and driveway the client wanted a contemporary look with curving lines and a statement lawn.  The driveway had to be wider and more funtional, with hedging and some soft, but colourful planting. 

 We also found hidden in the undergrowth some old, but funky retro pots which we replanted. 

 

 Compare the end result with original front garden below.

You can see the transformation of the back garden below.  Wrap around paving allows the client can follow the sun during the day.  Climbing roses, clematis and wisteria will clothe the timber frame in time.  The planting includes many plants with stem interest and beautiful foliage to provide all year round interest and colour.  A new everygreen hedge replaces the old collapsed Cornish hedge with overgrown shrubs, and this will soon hide the boundary fence.  The lawn provides a soft and green centre to the garden, somewhere for the kids to play. 

St Kew Highway Garden Project

The first design project of the year is at St Kew Highway.  It has been a complete transformation with the old neglected garden being cleared right out and starting from scratch with the new design.  The rain in Feb delayed and hampered progress but with the recent dry spell planting could go ahead and is now well underway.