Nature Lovers Garden
Garden Design & Landscaping File
Creating this outdoor space into a nature lovers garden was a gem of a project.
The homeowners are both lovers of wildlife and nature and enjoy all the visitors that come to the garden. Keenly photographing these visitors.
They wanted a wildlife friendly garden to that attracted and nurtured the local wildlife. A garden they could sit a relax in, with a mix of sunny and shady locations. They were keen to have a garden that they could potter around and carry out little projects in.
The Clients Wish List
“Borrow from woodland to see wildlife whilst maintaining security.
Wildlife Pond (Not Negotiable)
Space to watch, feed and clean birds and wildlife.
Lights in borders.
Good lawn.
Washable surfaces.
Planting.
Hibernacula.”
The Garden Design presentation of the SketchUp 3D Model with a video walkabout.
A walkbout the garden as Craig presents elements and thoughts about the design and build.
The garden is short and wide, to create the garden Craig designed the garden at an angle of 45o to the house.
The technical reason for creating gardens at an angle is it tricks the eye to make the garden feel longer or wider as the eye looks down the lines.
For Craig the best reason is they create more interesting shapes and spaces to place terraces, features, planting and focal points.
The terraces are created from sawn and honed sandstone in a beautiful gentle tones of peach and apricot. The paving borders a lush lawn area leading to a softwood decking that hangs over a natural pond.
Lush planting picked for being loved by bees and butterflies inter mingle with features like a Hibernacula and Bug Box Hotel.
You can learn more about this garden in our