Contemporary Sloping Garden

A bespoke aluminium pergola is positioned in front of the house, planted with Wisteria and Vitis vinifera ‘Purpurea’, which will climb over the structure to provide shade on the south facing terrace.

The client’s exiting stone table is positioned beneath this for family dining. A spherical water feature set within a brick built raised bed provides a focal point on the terrace and the sound of gently running water.

Further brick built raised beds with limestone coping help to soften change in level from the terrace to the lawn. Pleached hornbeams screen the terrace from the neighbouring property.

Naturalistic sun loving planting edges the terrace, including Heuchera, Origanum, Saliva ‘Caradonna’, Alliums, Knautia macedonica and Stipa gigantea with clipped box and Yew hedging for structure.

The north facing lower garden was designed to provide an attractive view from the house with a shady gravel seating area and focal point sculpture. Planting here includes Aruncus, Anemones, Aquilegia, Hydrangea quercifolia, Brunnera, Violas, and a feature Cornus kousa var Chinensis.

The existing play house at the bottom of the garden, was renovated and is now used by the client’s grandchildren when they visit.

Topiary Ligustrum half standard trees throughout the garden provide a connection between he different areas and echo box balls, the spherical water feature and the balls of purple and white allium and Hydrangea ‘Annabelle’ flowerheads.

Plant list

Trees

Carpinus betulus

Acer davidii 'George Forrest'

Betula utilis var. jacquemontii

Hedging

Taxus baccata

Buxus sempervirens

Topiary

Buxus sempervirens

Laurus nobilis

Ligustrum jonandrum

Shrubs

Convolvulus cneorum	Viburnum davidii	Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge'
Sambucus racemosa 'Sutherland Gold'	Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'	Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii'
Hydrangea quercifolia	Mahonia x media 'Charity'	Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green'
Cornus kousa var. chinensis	Cotoneaster lacteus	Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Black Lace'
Cornus alba 'Sibirica Variegata'	Rubus thibetanus	Hydrangea paniculata Vanille Fraise
Cotinus 'Dusky Maiden'	Potentilla fruticosa 'Vilmoriniana'	Rosa 'Hansa'

Climbers and Wall Shrubs

Wisteria sinensis

Parthenocissus henryana

Perennials

Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'	Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'	Ballota pseudodictamnus
Verbena bonariensis	Primula vulgaris	Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen'
Erigeron karvinskianus	Pulmonaria 'Sissinghurst White'	Bergenia cordifolia 'Rotblum'
Aster divaricatus	Viola cornuta Alba Group	Anemone x hybrida 'Konigin Charlotte'
Bergenia 'Bressingham White'	Persicaria affinis 'Donald Lowndes'	Phlomis russeliana
Euphorbia x martini	Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'	Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
Alchemilla erythropoda	Helleborus argutifolius	Saxifraga umbrosa
Geranium 'Rozanne'	Dianthus carthusianorum	Astrantia 'Roma'
Knautia macedonica Melton pastels	Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'	Geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovell'
Nepeta x faassenii 'Kit Cat'	Acanthus mollis Latifolius Group 'Rue Ledan'	Heuchera 'Obsidian'
Hylotelephium telephium (Atropurpureum Group) 'Xenox'	Brunnera macrophylla	Achillea 'Mondpagode'
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety'	Verbena bonariensis 'Lollipop'	Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Taurus'
Geranium x oxonianum 'Katherine Adele'	Doellingeria umbellata	Origanum vulgare 'Thumble's Variety'
Artemisia 'Rosenschleier'	Centranthus lecoqii	Kalimeris incisa 'Blue Star'

Grasses

Stipa gigantea	Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam'	Luzula sylvatica 'Marginata'
Luzula nivea	Miscanthus sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf'	Sesleria caerulea
Stipa lessingiana

Ferns

Dryopteris filix-mas

Polystichum setiferum Acutilobum Group

Polystichum braunii

Bulbs

Galanthus nivalis	Anemone blanda	Cyclamen coum
Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'	Hyacinthoides non-scripta	Narcissus 'Hawera'
Tulipa 'Queen of Night'	Tulipa 'Shirley'	Crocus tommasinianus
Narcissus 'Tete-a-Tete'	Allium nigrum	Anemone blanda 'White Splendour'
Tulipa 'Maytime'