Courtyard Garden near Wadebridge

 

The courtyard before work started.  It was full of straggly lavender, old weedy gravel and badly laid stones.....

 

 

The clients wanted to create a stylish and formal garden in keeping with the house; with different textures; raised beds to act as informal seating and a central feature to bring everything together.

 

The wonderful existing granite uprights were kept in place with new raised beds, slate paving and a central pool surrounded by pebbles and lavender beds.....

 

 

Standard bay trees sit in each corner of the lavender beds.....

 

 

 

The planting is simple and elegant with lavender, rosemary, standard bays, an olive tree, agapanthus, nepeta and sedums amongst others....perfect for this style of courtyard.....

Courtyard Garden Wadebridge

Work on this sunny old courtyard garden is now well underway.  The elegant formal design incorporates several existing granite uprights that surround the garden....

 

Raised stone beds, and slate paving with a central pool....

 

Starting the planting in the rain!...

 

 

Sunny Border at Port Isaac

The border is now really taking off with all this sun and rain....

 

 

Lots of lovely Achillea, Alliums, Salvia and Phlomis amongst many others that like a hot, sunny and well drained spot....

 

Country Garden, Withielgoose

Compare the 'before, during and after' photos of the re-landscaping of the country garden at Withielgoose.....

 

 

The new rockery, using boulders found on site....

 

 

The new bog and woodland garden....

 

 

New curving Rosa rugosa beds....

 

and a few nice pics!...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Courtyard Garden at Night

 

 

Fantastic shadows created by the lights hidden in raised beds in the courtyard garden at Tintagel!

Courtyard Garden, Wadebridge

A new formal courtyard design for a garden in Wadebridge, with raised beds, a central pool and using  a planting palette of Lavender, Rosemary, Herbs and Standard Bay Trees.

 

 

Sunny Border, Port Isaac

Planted last October this huge border has really started to flourish with this fantastic growing weather...

 

 

 

Lovely Astrantias punctuate the border...with Iris, Nepeta, Phlomis, Salvias, Euphorbias and many other plants suitable for a hot and sunny spot with well drained soil...

 

 

Westryngia looks fantastic in these planters and thrives

in this sunny hot spot under the new pergola which is starting to be clothed by lots of climbers, including this lovely clematis...

 

 

Just compare how the garden looked before the border was created....

 

Fab Spring Colour!

 

 

A little bit a sculpture enhanced by primroses and muscari.

 

The amazing blue of Veronica.

Sunny Coastal Courtyard

The clients in Tintagel had initially only a tiny sliver of a garden wrapping around their conservatory, surrounded by a fence.....

 

 

 

then they were able to acquire just a couple more metres in depth....the fence was removed first....

 

 

The new garden design includes a rendered wall to enclose the garden and create a walled courtyard.  The garden faces south and the space is very hot and sunny in the summer months.  In built seating helps to maximise the space, as well as raised beds running around the enclosing wall.

 

A built in water feature was discussed, but the clients preferred the idea of a self contained water feature that could be slotted into the raised bed, and moved around if necessary.

Lighting was set into the seating.

There is also room still for a good size table and chairs.

 

 

The stone detailing matches the detailing on the house, which is also rendered.

 

Palms and planting for hot conditions were chosen, as well as being low maintenance.

 

We've had lovely client feedback already....

 

'It's perfect, we are chuffed to bit as to how it's turned out, thank you so much for all your help.'

Crocus Colour

Some fantastic early colour popping up in my garden, lifting the spirits on a cold and frosty February morning!

 

 

Country Garden, Tremore Valley

This large open garden tucked away in the Tremore Valley, south of Wadebridge, is a blank canvas on which the clients want to create a garden in keeping with the surroundings, something very green and natural. 

 

 

The design below shows the curving line of a rock garden that will wrap around lawn close to the house, with a bog garden where the land is wettest.

 

Groupings of shrubs will curve around grassy areas, creating separate and private seating spaces.

 

Work to create the garden has started this month.

Large boulders, discovered on site, will create the gently curving rock garden....these have been laid out first....

 

...but this wet weather is making working conditions difficult!  Progress updates to follow...