GARDEN DESIGNER

Garden Club London

CLAY PAVERS

SeptimA Salvia and Olive

Photos: © Joanna Kossak

Garden Club London: "In this really good sized garden that generously wraps all around the house, we were asked to help our client transform a disused former kitchen garden and storage area that had become a dead space. The brief was to help integrate the clients kitchen extension and garden together whilst providing an outdoor kitchen area, dining space and a covered area for table tennis to provide a garden that the whole family could enjoy all year round.

Our client is a keen gardener and the remainder of the garden is well cared for so adding interesting planting and a privacy screen between themselves and the neighbouring property was also an area needing attention.

The most important element of the design for us was how to integrate the beautiful light kitchen extension space into the garden. Levelling the two areas was not an option and we were working over three levels to create the fire pit area so a deep feature step in contemporary sandstone was added as you step out of the kitchen. Incorporating the existing garden features and trees was key part of material and plant selection however a few specimens that were in the wrong place or out of character were removed.

This instantly made the gardens existing planting feel more consistent and established a connection with the newly landscaped area and planting. We designed and built a bespoke kitchen unit, re-designed the sunken fire pit space and a dining area which forms a focal point from the interior glass walls with matching Iroko feature privacy screen and kitchen cladding updating to the brick wall. The 3rd area hides a big practical storage shed and accommodates a pergola with retractable awning with a table tennis beneath. This is a flexible space that can be adapted in the future should our clients need to."