To design a beautiful short and wide garden, use your creativity to conceive a garden that was both modern and formal.
The original large garden had been sold off as plots, leaving a piece of land that was wide and very short, with a line of rail conifer trees along the end. As these were planted in the adjoining garden they could not be removed, so Paul decided to create a strong feature to detract from them.
A bold structure that mimicked a gateway was created, along with a pergola. Both were painted white to draw the eye away from the conifers.
Using a side range of hard surface materials, plus grass. Paul has formed an eye-catching minimalist design.
An impression of length was achieved by narrowing lines as they reached the boundary.
Brick edging and the introduction of other materials leads the paving slabs to become part of a wider scheme of defined shapes
You can also use white for the main structures, arches, pergola and ground surfaces, to highlight the patterns he has formed with the hard landscaping that mixes curves and straight lines. Structures are kept deliberately clear of climbers which would hide the clean lines and eventually blend in color with the background, so losing the strong outline they are intended to create.
Where trellis is used, some of the spaces have been blocked in with plywood and then painted to enhance the feel of this garden.
The main giant white structure at the end if the garden is in fact a water feature with water tumbling from the centre top down over glass bricks. Two semi-circles of mirror
This is a garden where man shows his control over nature. Shrubs are kept neatly trimmed in a series of globes, boxes and tidy hummocks. In each space created by the post and rail pergola, a shrub chosen for its color or leaf shape, forms a simple sculptural silhouette, an unusual alternative to screening the timber with climbing plants the same-shaped pool below, ;rearing a minor image that turns it into a full circle. 7orn this pool flow a series of broken slate used to mimic water. The line of late completes its journey near the house as a circle with a bird bath and fountain as a centerpiece.
Ground surfaces are cleverly mixed to create a range of colors and textures that highlight the strong shapes that are such an important part of the design.
