Working alongside local Architects Del Renzio & Del Renzio devising a complex planting design for a 800sqm sunken tennis court turned into a large pool area. With surrounding landscaping including walled borders, shelter belt, cut flower and veg beds.

The house itself which was originally designed and completed in the 1930’s by Sir Reginald Blomfield, perhaps most notably known for Chequers, lies right on the banks of Sandwich Bay. Blomfield undertook several commissions in Kent also remodelling existing houses and including extensive landscaping design. He was a staunch proponent of formal gardens working against the naturalistic romantic style of landscaping, coming through during the arts & craft era.

The planting scheme not only draws on this rich history of the house but also needs to take into account the challenging coastal climate surrounding it. Fragrant herbs, dwarf pines, wafty grasses and irises in contrasting shades of blues and rusty orange forms the framework this very unique gardens location.