DULWICH
Before
As my client's children are growing up, life has entered a new chapter requiring a fresh look at the use of the garden. My client’s brief was to create different socialising spaces, mood lighting and an exciting planting scheme, incorporating the existing hot tub and a smaller lawn area.
After
Firstly the existing dimensions of the patio were changed, to allow for a greater dining terrace framed by a Grillo kitchen. The hot tub deck was also extended using cedar to allow for a more sociable area. An off centre path leads through the lawn to another casual seating area at the back of the garden with a Corten steel fire pit. Enclosing this space is a multi-stem Silver Birch which contrasts beautifully with a Corten steel panel wall. The garden is planted with a palette of blues, mauves, whites and pinks for continuous colour and scent through the year.
After & Before Photos
New screening to create privacy for the swimming pool
Firepit area becoming more enclosed
A year on and the plants are becoming more established
The hard landscaping is finished and the lawn has just been laid
The garden at night - mid planting
The hot-tub at night with the new lighting installed
The garden with lighting in soon after the hard landscaping finished
Corten steel firepit in full view of the kitchen island
The water urn providing a beautiful trickling noise to mask the noise of the street
The hot-tub with views out to the garden
The view from the firepit area back at the house
Firepit area
Planting in and waiting for the winter for the trees to go in
Lawn has settled in
Cedar deck silvering down
Before photo of the garden in Herne Hill
The garden before
The side return before