Completed in September 2019 after an 18 month build…The garden contains dual level sawn Yorkstone dining terraces with bespoke steps, a 12m-long living wall, and a water feature running the entire length of the garden. The space is divided into distinct zones; close to the house it is formal in character, with crisp clean lines of sawn Yorkstone paving. The lowest terrace provides an Iroko bench with outdoor seat cushions, creating a comfortable lounge area beneath the verdant living wall. Deep Yorkstone steps lead up to the dining terrace and to a lawn with planted borders. Stepping-stones skip through the lawn to a productive planting area, screened from view by bespoke louvered timber screens. A bespoke timber-clad outbuilding at the rear of the garden is settled in a naturalistic woodland area. Here the planting is less formal and loose in feel, and includes the origin of the water feature, bubbling up from a dish carved out of a Yorkstone boulder. Starting as a natural stream, water then flows into a slick Corten steel rill, finally pooling into a lily pond, contained by a Corten steel trough.
I prefer less modern gardens but the fact that this one has a water feature that runs through the entire thing is blowing my mind. Bloody brilliant!!! Designed by Tom Massey. Photos: Britt Willoughby Dyer.
