The Sweeping Contemporary Terraces
Garden Design & Landscaping File
The home had a typical developers back garden, a large patio, sleeper retaining wall and sloping lawns.
The homeowner wanted a mix of differing materials that provide a contrast and contemporary look that makes you feel like your abroad.
The Clients Wish List
Sweeping curves, outdoor kitchen, dining area for 8, hot tub, concerns over privacy.
The Garden Design presentation of the SketchUp 3D Model with a video walkabout.
A walkabout the garden as Craig presents elements and thoughts about the design and build.
The garden was terraced with two low walls, creating a sweeping terraces mixing up entertaining spaces, large lawn and a planting terrace.
The terrace walls are finished with steel gray porcelain coping and oyster split stone fascias. These extend into the contemporary water feature, cascading water from one sweeping pool into another.
The vertical screens create privacy, mixing slatted larch battens with fragrant star jasmine, supported by chunky Douglas Fir timber frame.
Lush planting sweeps around the garden drawing users to the water feature that bubbles and cascades away adjacent to the dining table and outdoor kitchen.