Teddington

This large garden was designed for a fashion designer and a photographer, both with a very keen aesthetic, while they renovated their house and built a new extension and photography studio, designed by Reading + West Architects. The garden encircles the house offering varying aspects. The south-facing rear includes a cooking area with a pergola, built-in benches around a sunken fire pit and a dining area.

A checkerboard of pavers set in the lawn links the rear terrace to the large shaded garden to the west beneath two magnificent Cedar trees. This is separated from the entrance drive by a large arc of beach hedging.

A sheltered Courtyard garden, enclosed by the kitchen, studio and link building has been planted as a gravel garden, where plants are left to self-seed and spread to form a carpet beneath the cinnamon coloured bark of a multi-stemmed Acer griseum.

Completed 2016
Landscape Contractor: The Garden Builders