gardens

Town Garden, Ross on Wye

This long, narrow garden has been transformed into a series of plant-filled rooms bordered by weathering steel to create a calm refuge. A limestone patio runs seamlessly through the garden, creating continuity to the summerhouse, positioned at the end of the garden and enclosed by planting to create privacy.

The original step slope up to the fence, has been retained by weathering steel and planted with a variety of scented shrubs including Deutzias and Philadelphus together with pollinator attracting Lavender, Salvias, Phlox and Scabious in a variety of pinks, whites and lilacs.

New Build Garden, Ross on Wye

The owner of the new build garden was keen to attract wildlife and to be able to access all parts of the garden with ease. By terracing the garden with simple gravel platforms, positioned at an angle to the house, the newly designed garden appears deeper, wider and the eye is diverted away from the brick wall to the gravel seating area.

A corten steel pond, now filled to the brim with water plants and nestled amongst the herbaceous planting which surrounds each of the terraced areas, provides an interesting feature. A native hedge of crab apple, guelder rose, spindle, hawthorn, beech and field maple covers the fence, softening the angular nature of the new garden and provides cover for wildlife.