Creating a haven out of a barren & shady area


Rendered Elevation of the Plan

Before

After
Adding Soil Improver & the Plants


My Front Garden

The Plan
A small sized garden designed to be low maintenance and practical
(ie there should be enough space for wheelie bins)

 Before
 

 After



Dry / Gravel Gardens

Section Elevation

Planting Plan

Making an entrance



Section Elevation of the golf course entrance area to be ...

                  Planting Plan
 Planting Plans . . .  don't we just love them

 Planting Plan for a shady Corner & Elevation


Planting Plan for a Sunny position & Elevation

 Bookshop Courtyard Elevation & Planting Plan


A low budget Jungle Garden from the mesozoic Era
B&W presentation plan from above
with an aerial planting plan






Axionometric plan

for arguments sake, let's simply call it 3D
















  
The Stockyard Garden at Forty Hall Farm





The Informal Garden - 1 acre in a rural area
A back garden to enjoy and discover

Before ...
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and after the Hard Landscaping ...


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now for the plants !

Forty Hall Farm Orchard - A community effort





Re-introducing the heritage fruit Orchard originating from the 17th Century through to the 19th.



Currently under construction by volunteers of Enfield community
The orchard is a Bronze medal winner of the "Enfield in Bloom 2012"  for Innovative Growing Space & "Enfield in Bloom 2013"  for Exceptional Horticultural Contribution to the Local Community and again  the same award in 2018
Boris (and myself) visits the Orchard

Boris Johnson (Mayor of London)
shows his support of the Orchard

How it used to be in 2011
the plot was home to saddleback pigs - now relocated




A path with the help of John Lewis Volunteers
The Orchard (August 2013)
Spring 2014
The Princess Royal pays a visit to Orchard and tastes some freshly pressed apple juice - November 2015

Front Garden Design

Garden for Parties and friends . . .



My Illustrations published in the Capel Manor Horticultural College - Course Book 2012 - Foundation in Garden Design

Seedling
     
Transplant


Whip

TREE SIZES

   

Mosaic doesn't have to be restricted to the Bathroom

Here I have disguised an otherwise ugly gas meter with some leftover mosaic tiles

Tiling & Mosaic as part of the Garden



Before & afters ! 


At the back of the garden near the tool shed where rest stops are often needed


I was trying for a morrocan feel, but I think ended up with a niche of more an eclectic air
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