Peak District garden with extensive views over the surrounding countryside. The sloping site is terraced with stone boulder retaining walls, York stone and gravel paving. A rill leads into a formal pond and deck which envelopes an existing tree. The deck provides access to the client's summer...

An informally planted bed of late flowering perennials and grasses with views across the steep valley.

An informal dining terrace paved with York stone is surrounded by informal planting of late flowering perennials. Large terracotta pots planted with olive trees provide structure and a wisteria climbs up the house wall.

An informal rill starts at a reclaimed stone trough and runs along the garden to a formal pool. The stone retaining wall creates pockets of informal planting filled with trailing perennials.

A border of asters and tall calamagrostis separates the garden studio deck from the adjacent lawn

A composite deck constructed around an existing tree leads to the client's garden studio. At the edge of the deck is a formal pond which is fed by a rill. Informal planting separates the deck from the adjacent lawn.

Steps created from timber sleepers with gravel backfill lead down a rockery of informal boulders. Planting pockets have been created in the rockery with informally planted perennials tumbling down.

Steps created from timber sleepers with gravel backfill lead down a rockery of informal boulders. Planting pockets have been created in the rockery with informally planted perennials tumbling down.

Steps created from timber sleepers with gravel backfill lead down a rockery of informal boulders. Planting pockets have been created in the rockery with informally planted perennials tumbling down.