This striking elemental garden was designed for a couple living in a converted farmhouse in the Pennines. The clients had a large area edging their driveway which they felt looked messy. Due to it's prominent position in front of the house, they wanted it to create a smarter approach and be beautifully lit at night, but also to be somewhere they could use as an extension of the current garden.
Schemes which don't use concrete or other modern products are always exciting. This scheme features timber sleepers, huge slices of stone boulder (some as big as 2m x 1.5m), water and an interesting selection of plants. The timber sleepers formed a winding pathway and bridge, while the stone boulder slices added another elemental texture. We even brought in a huge piece of stone to use as a bench!
Seen from this angle the planting in the scheme is predominantly euphorbia, phormium and cortaderia.
