1 : Netherby Road, Trinity, Edinburgh

Brief

• Medium-sized suburban garden in Trinity.
• Rectangular grassed space with nothing of interest to catch the eye.
• The client had just moved into the house and is a keen ‘plants person’.
• She wanted her garden to accommodate a pond, greenhouse and a small sitting area, and plenty of room for planting.
• She was not keen on straight lines and wanted something flowing and organic.

Solution

• I decided to split the garden into two ‘rooms’ using 3 arches.
• The arches also provide a strong vertical element in the centre of the garden.
• A dynamic curved gravel path, leading to the smaller sitting area, provides a link between the house and the small sitting area.
• We removed a few paving slabs from the larger sitting area to create additional planting spaces. This helped soften the overall effect and create an interesting sitting space.
• We used recycled Edinburgh street cobbles to edge the gravel path and terrace, which tied the hard landscaping areas together.