Location: Allenwater Drive, Fordingbridge

Garden Size: 150 square metres

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Allenwater Drive Fordingbridge Garden Pond Frame DismantleAllenwater Drive Fordingbridge Garden Maturity In August 2022

Client

First time buyers, Louise and Nick, approached us in January 2021 to overhaul their garden.

Objectives

  • Remove existing pond frame and fill in the remaining hole
  • Move shed to the other side of the garden so they could use the existing concrete base as a seating area and capitalise on the sunny location
  • Add areas for growing vegetables, fruit and herbs
  • Add diverse, all year-round colour
  • Install a path to the bottom of the garden
  • Enhance the quality of the lawn

Our Creation

  • Cotswold gravel path with 4in x 1in wooden edging to separate the gravel from the lawn and lavender
  • Two steps with a 4in x 2in frame and Cotswold gravel infill
  • Raised bed with raspberries, thornless blackberries and blueberry bush
  • Raised bed with tomatoes, basil, marigold, rosemary, parsley and chillies
  • Raised bed with perennial flowers including alliums, salvia and gladiolus
  • Raised bed with Mediterranean herb selection and cherry tomatoes
  • Border with shrub selection including camellia, photinia and pieris
  • Border with fragrant David Austin rose selection
  • Border with French lavender
  • Border with catmint, malva, foxgloves, delphiniums and lupins
  • Original cherry tree moved to rear of garden
  • A formal dining area and informal seating area
  • Shed moved to opposite side of garden to free up a seating area. Note the espaliered apple tree on the shed
  • Painting of shed and fence
  • Addition of solar lights along the path and rear of garden