We worked as maintenance gardeners for a local private Dentist practice and the owner asked us to come up with ideas and designs for a complete overhaul of his back garden.
The garden was set up from the house level and was a very plain sloping area of grass with some large conifers. The clients requirements were to have a lawned area for the young children to play on, some seating and entertaining areas, a working area with scope to grow fruit and veg and some colourful plants.
Once we had come up with a design the client loved it was time to clear everything so we had a blank canvass to work with.
The design consisted of a split level area so with an area this size it was imperative we hired a mini digger to excavate. Due to access however, we had to barrow 30 tonnes of rubble round the house and into around 5 maxi skips. (in the rain!!) This took a full day on its own and with a friend helping labour.
We decided to paint the fence whilst the garden was empty as it would be much easier than having to squeeze behind any features we put in.
The retaining wall needed to be very strong due to the fall pressures so deep footings were built and a double layer of blocks and stone were used to construct the wall.
Due to young children being present the steps to the top level had to have a large surface and quite small step heights.
The completed retaining wall. The stone was sourced from the same quarry that was used in the building of the house to match in as well as possible.
Seating areas need to be positioned in prime position for maximum sun hours. A sunken patio gives a more secluded, private feel.
The lawn being layed. A lawn designed for rugular foot traffic and play should be a hard wearing turfseed and not a decorative one.
A planting plan was drawn and plants sourced from our local nursary.
Planting completed. It is important that larger plants go at the back and enough room is left for growth and spread.
The completed bottom seating area in Indian Riven stone in Autumn Brown colour. This was used as coping stone around the edge to enable the walls to be used for seating also.
A bespoke compost bin was made from treated timber to utilise all space available and keep the quality spec for all aspects of the job. A plastic bin would look out of place.
A slighty raised vegetable bed was built from chunky timbers and a hedge of Rosemary bushes planted on the border between levels.
All resulting in a final garden we at Chase are very proud of.
(The greenhouse was outsourced from a local company, as were the iron railings.)
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