Bright Green Garden

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Bright Green Garden
33 Reviews

Decking level with inside the house - Surbiton

West-facing on a corner, hot and sunny.

This garden is long, thin and at an odd angle to the house. The design successfully accommodates the unusual shape, so the garden appears wider and more in line with the house.

With the sun beating down on all but a sliver from 11am, we created raised beds in the light shade, containing low maintenance plants. The triangular, rendered beds, support part of the top deck and are angled towards the house.
Project Year: 2014
Project Cost: £7,501 - £10,000
Country: United Kingdom
A lower deck, further down the garden, provides a shady spot to sit among the plants.
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The old feather-board fence was renovated, clad with vertical battens and painted, making a smart backdrop for the plants. The vertical stripes and colour scheme reflect elements from within the house, to create a cohesive environment both inside and out.
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A rill, set into the top deck has been planted with sun loving Sempervivum, Aloe and Saxifrage, a lovely detail, which will largely mind its own business.
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Simple easy to maintain planting in containers. Astelia chathamica and Erigeron karvinskianus.
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Low light reflecting off the house.
Decking level with inside the house - Surbiton
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Hydrangea paniculata 'Pinky Winky', always delivers. Lovely buds, flowers, deadheads, the bees love it too.
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Decking level with inside the house - Surbiton
Decking level with inside the house - Surbiton
This Camellia was a big blob of green at the end of the garden. We cut it back to show off its great legs and look how it flowered the following spring.
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Sharp angles on the raised beds. They work well, facing back towards the house and showing the planting to best effect, without taking up much space.
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The deck was raised to the same level as the house, for a seamless transition through the slide and pivot doors from the kitchen. Long planks without joins, line up with the tiles on the kitchen floor. A small detail but it makes a big difference to the overall finish.© Deb Cass
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We made the rill by leaving out one plank and making a sling from butyl, filled it with some compost and gravel.
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Sometimes a garden starts from nothing at all. Lots of mess after the house refurb, a few tatty shrubs (we kept the Fatsia and Camellia) and an idea.
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