A gentle heritage heart
A beautiful home with such character within. Quickly sitting down with my clients, it became very apparent that they needed to work with a company that was able to appreciate their wishes, appreciate the home and its story along with being able to bring a garden to their lives that ticked many boxes.
My clients work life was one of high demand and emotion so the need for a garden to enable them to stop, breath and just come down was paramount.
Their list was huge to say the least and with so many ‘I would likes’ we had to design a garden that enabled each aspect of the ‘I would like’ to fold seamlessly into each other including the orchid house.
We were also challenged by a garden that’s ground level fell back to the home so rather than just saying ‘well that the levels’ we chose to use the slope to our advantage and generate individual rooms within the entire space.
The way in which you flowed through the garden was so important. We chose to work with diagonals as much as was possible. Why? well this gave the sense of the garden being larger and by default causes you to slow down as you drift from room to room.
The final outcome is what can be enjoyed by the photos. Having now been able to enjoy the space in its physical form it was a pleasure to be sitting in one of our designs after all the construction was complete and be able to feel the designs emotion in its physical form as oppose the documented form. An honour to be part of this family’s life to help bring that harmony to their lives let alone an investment to the homes asset.
The plants were chosen to generate a sense of balance, semi-formal yet a little sense of nonconformity:
Acer palmatum 'Senkaki'
Brachyscombe 'Mauve Bliss'
Buxus microphylla Japonica - Japanese Box
Buxus microphylla x microphylla - Korean box
Camellia sasanqua 'standard'
Ficus lyrata - Fiddle Leaf Fig
Liriope muscari 'Just Right'
Magnolia grandiflora 'Teddy Bear'
Ophiopogon intermedians 'Stripey White'
Phormium tenax 'Wildwood'
Raphiolepis indica 'Snow Maiden' - Indian Hawthorn
Syzygium 'Backyard Bliss'
Tristania lau 'Luscious' - tristania Luscious
My clients work life was one of high demand and emotion so the need for a garden to enable them to stop, breath and just come down was paramount.
Their list was huge to say the least and with so many ‘I would likes’ we had to design a garden that enabled each aspect of the ‘I would like’ to fold seamlessly into each other including the orchid house.
We were also challenged by a garden that’s ground level fell back to the home so rather than just saying ‘well that the levels’ we chose to use the slope to our advantage and generate individual rooms within the entire space.
The way in which you flowed through the garden was so important. We chose to work with diagonals as much as was possible. Why? well this gave the sense of the garden being larger and by default causes you to slow down as you drift from room to room.
The final outcome is what can be enjoyed by the photos. Having now been able to enjoy the space in its physical form it was a pleasure to be sitting in one of our designs after all the construction was complete and be able to feel the designs emotion in its physical form as oppose the documented form. An honour to be part of this family’s life to help bring that harmony to their lives let alone an investment to the homes asset.
The plants were chosen to generate a sense of balance, semi-formal yet a little sense of nonconformity:
Acer palmatum 'Senkaki'
Brachyscombe 'Mauve Bliss'
Buxus microphylla Japonica - Japanese Box
Buxus microphylla x microphylla - Korean box
Camellia sasanqua 'standard'
Ficus lyrata - Fiddle Leaf Fig
Liriope muscari 'Just Right'
Magnolia grandiflora 'Teddy Bear'
Ophiopogon intermedians 'Stripey White'
Phormium tenax 'Wildwood'
Raphiolepis indica 'Snow Maiden' - Indian Hawthorn
Syzygium 'Backyard Bliss'
Tristania lau 'Luscious' - tristania Luscious
Project Year: 2016
Country: Australia
Postcode: 2131
