need ideas for my terrace garden

tibbytom

5 years ago

my small terrace garden in London is driving me crazy! My budget is average, and I have bought some tools if needed.

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IQ Outdoor Living
5 years ago
What about your garden do you not like? Is it just the design or the usability?
tibbytom
Original Author
5 years ago
mostly the usability. I think I can work with the design.
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Sprout Up
5 years ago
I do lots of small terraced gardens in London and there are hundreds of ideas out there, even a quick search on Houzz would give you some inspiration but you do have to put some time in to work out exactly what you want to get from the space and what are the current issues, then you can work on solving the problems and aiming at your end goal. You don't always need masses of money, just some good ideas.
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IQ Outdoor Living
5 years ago
A garden roof or protection of some kind will help you to be able to use the outdoor space throughout the year. In London any outdoor space is at a minimum and a premium so making sure it is usable is a great way of improving both the garden, and the living spaces inside.

An automated lovure roof, like Umbris, will allow you to either have the louvre open for a sunny outdoor space, but when it is wet or raining the louvres can be closed to create a fully watertight patio roof to allow you to continue using the outdoor space throughout the seasons here in the UK.

Below are some existing patio/terrace projects that might give you some ideas:

Kingsland Road · More Info

Little Lane · More Info

Northwood · More Info

Powell Street · More Info

Rider Architects · More Info

If you have any questions please let me know

Rebecca

01494 722 880 | www.umbris.uk | info@umbris.uk
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4 years ago
Hello - what does it look like now? What sort of styles do you like? Let me know if you'd like some help by post - I am on www.janeharriesgardens.co.uk. Re the budget - if you want lots of hard landscaping, that will increase costs, but if you use plants as screening/architectural features that will be cheaper than using walls for example. However a patio is usually a must.

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need ideas for my terrace garden

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