Ian Hunter - Garden Galleries

6 : GRANGE LOAN, EDINBURGH

BEFORE

DURING

BRIEF / SOLUTION Brief

This was a reasonably sized garden for a family with two teenage children.
The clients wanted an outdoor space to be proud of in which they could entertain their friends.

Solution

The kitchen patio doors opened onto a narrow path, a wall and heavy planting. My first impression was one of claustrophobia.
We decided to remove the wall and the planting close to the house and open up the space to give a feeling of entering an outdoor ‘room’ through the kitchen doors.
We used wood decking and surrounded the area with a raised, planted border.
Two Phormium tenax on either side of the steps act as a gateway between the decking and the main garden.
There has since been many a happy evening, with the family outside drinking wine while sitting next to the chimenea.

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