I helped this young family to create some interest with plants in their garden and soften the edges of their patio.  Having just extended their patio to create a more useable space, they wanted to add some colour to their garden.  We decided to create 2 curved borders to create a space for planting and a herb bed right next to the patio.

Their sandy soil was perfect for the mediteranean feel they wanted to develop and I sourced a standard Olive Tree to integrate the new beds with 2 existing trees they had.  We underplanted these with a mixture of shrubs, grasses and perennials and planted climbers to cover the fences and bring vertical interest.

I worked with the Husband of the house to layout the plants and to move some exisiting shrubs.  I also sourced some climbers for the rest of the garden to cover the boundary fences. 

I developed a planting scheme for a courtyard garden and green wall with the team at SPACE+MATTER who had been appointed to fully refurbish a typical Victorian mews house in a conservation area in Hampstead, London.

The garden was landscaped and transformed into a tranquil and spacious outdoor area that can be used for entertaining as well as providing a safe children’s play area flowing directly from the house. Softened with green planting inspired by the owner’s upbringing in Australia.  I used ferns, grasses and Fatsia Japonica in a ticky shady courtyard to bring texture and interst all year and screens of Star Jasmine to cover the walls.

Further outdoor space was created by the addition of a large, private roof terrace at first floor level overlooking the garden onwhich we installed a green wall system, planting it with drought tolerant ferns, grasses and Heucheras, complementing the colours in the floor tiles.