Gardens
A 5 acre strategy sketched out, with axes, cross axes, pavilions, enclosures and the planting themes all addressed.
A completed design of a 12 acre garden within 80 acres of parkland, of a complete competition-winning integrated house and garden design.
A pair of swimming pool pavilions; one for the plantroom, and one for the changing room.<br><i>Winner of West Oxfordshire Design Awards Commendation. Architect as 'Contractor'.</i>
An Edwardian style summer house.<br><i>Joinery: T F Smith</i> A belvedere axially placed on a garden door, overlooking an orchard sloping away.<br><i>Joinery: T F Smith</i>
Guiding towards a 'secret garden'.
A kitchen yard. New piers and wrought gates by a master blacksmith, Fred Harriss. The pier caps and finials now weathering well.
An 'Oriental' fountain cistern in a 'secret garden'.
Salvaged stone columns, oak overthrow and, in the shadows, a Chinese mask fountain. A luxury pool in an Arts & Crafts setting, complete with Barnsley Brothers style stone dovecote.
Planted for shade and birdsong round a sunken court.
Steps and paving, and loosely 'controlled' planting close to the house. Luxuriant exotic planting, paving and raked gravel in a 'secret garden'.

 

 

 

 
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Gardens work well when a conscious integration of indoors and out is attempted, with a close relationship of architecture and garden.

Whether a small garden with almost seamless transition from interior to exterior, or several acres with a variety of formal to wild spaces, the garden is an extension of the home and requires the same level of thought and interpretation.   

Design

Garden buildings

Water

At ground level

Enclosures

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