Pro Landscaper December 2018

Designer Plants

Image: Joe Perkins Design

Joe Perkins has designed an intimate and secluded garden, offering privacy and brimming with seasonal planting.

Part of a larger project for a four-acre country garden, the brief for this planting scheme was to bring spring and early summer close to the house. The further parts of the garden then develop and flower as the seasons progress. The client wanted maximum impact around the living areas of the house at that crucial time of the year for gardens from April to June.

When Joe first visited the site one rainy January morning there was only a wide and desolate expanse of lawn leading directly from the house. Adjoining acres of farmland offer wonderful views, but the space felt more like a field to move through rather than a garden you would want to spend time in.

The design brings a semi-formal structure of rectangular planting beds close to the house, adding a sense of seclusion whilst allowing views through to the large more informal lawn area and beyond that, to the wildflower meadow and views across the countryside.

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