Gardens Designed by Hybrid

Shady Courtyard

Here the client had a problem suffered by many home owners; a very shady north facing garden, this one exasserbated by having a 2.5m high wall as its boundry.

The solution - go with the flow - and use plants that grow in forest and need very little light - ferns and tree ferns - and as they don't produce flowers the planting area uses outdoor lighting to add to the magical mini jurassic park feel.

The flank wall of the next door house is used to mount contemprary hardwood trellis punctuated by mirrors to give the illusion of space and reflect some much needed light. The high boundry wall will be used as a canvass for painting a simple sweeping landscape reflecting the unseen hills beyond - but not entirely unseen as the scheme includes two periscopes to view the hills!

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The garden is also a very awkward triangular shape. The natural grey limestone flags are broken by a narrow rhyl of plants cutting across the 'grain' . A step has been added to allow lighting in the risers and for a change of level. The planting area is sunken so the tops of the plants are level-ish with the top of the step.
A 3D drawing always helps.
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The two elevations showing wall treatments, sometimes the vertical space is as important as the ground.
A style sheet to show the client the kind of look I'm suggesting.