By Hertfordshire based garden designer John Nash Associates. This large family house located in a leafy suburban road had recently undergone extension and alteration, part of which was to provide a swimming pool within an enclosure.
This large family garden provides a recreation space, planting to complement the swimming pool, a permanent BBQ, a private area for contemplation, a small vegetable garden and greenhouse and a feature pond with cascade for a collection of Koi Carp.
The area around the swimming pool was designed and planted in an exotic style and the BBQ as a thatched hut. This was to be a permanent area with seating around for twelve. The range of exotic plants included Cordylines, Trachycarpus, Phormiums and Libertia.
The private contemplative area was designed to include a Cedar clad Summerhouse backing onto a greenhouse and raised bed vegetable and fruit area. This was located to complement and balance the BBQ Hut.
A winding path around the garden surfaced with Cedec Footpath Gravel, enclosed the lawn and provided a journey linking the various elements. The beds to the side of the path were planted with a range of shrubs, trees and herbaceous including Betula utilis jacquemontii 'Doorenbos'; Prunus serrula, Malus Evereste, Ceanothus, Hydrangeas, Daphne, Skimmias and Hamamelis. Screening along the rear boundary was provided with a line of Fagus Sylvatica Dawyck Gold - architectural and colourful.
The design for the Koi carp pond incorporated a cascade backing onto and masking the rear wall of a garage and with stone terrace beds and a built-in seat and table. The planting for this area included Bamboo for screening and primarily ferns, primulas and hostas.
A rainwater harvesting tank was installed in order to provide automatic irrigation and lighting picked out features.
The front garden was also landscaped and whilst it was primarily for cars to park and access the garages, raised beds of vertical hardwood sleepers to the front and sides softened the area. The hard landscaping to the front garden was granite setts to a swirl pattern and with granite chippings at the junction with the beds to afford surface water drainage. Enhancement of the boundaries was provided by trellising and screening in the form of pleached Pyrus Chanticleer and Yew hedging along the front boundary. Further planting included multi-stemmed Betula utilis jacquemontii 'Doorenbos' and multi-stemmed Prunus Serrula. Tiered planting at the junction of the beds with the front walls of the house was Berberis Purpurea, Lavendula Hidcote and Carex Comans Frosted Curls, giving a tiered effect and further planting to provide seasonal colour was in the form of hundreds of tulips and paeonias.
Background screening on the trellis was provided in the form of Pyracantha 'Orange Glow' and Clematis in variety. This was all augmented with a rhythm of cone and ball shaped Buxus sempervirens and Taxus baccata.
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TREES:
Albizia julibrissin var.
rosea
Amelanchier lamarkii
(multistem)
Betula utilis jacquemontii 'Doorenbos' Multistem
Carpinus betulus 'Frans Fontaine'
Cordyline australis
(multistem)
Cordyline
australis 'Torbay Dazzler'
Fagus sylvatica
'Dawyck Gold'
Malus 'Evereste'
Paulownia
Phoenix theophrastii
Prunus serrula
Sorbus
hupehensis (pink fruited)
Trachycarpus
fortuneii
SHRUBS:
Acacia baileyana
purpurea
Azalea Azuma Kajami
Azalea Hana Asobi
Azalea Kiritsubo
Azalea Kuisianum
Azalea Kure-no-yuki
Calicarpa
bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion'
Calistemon citrinus
'Splendens'
Camellia x
williamsii Donation
Camellia E.T.R.
Carlyon
Camellia Francis Hanger
Camellia J.C. Williams
Catalpa bignonioides
aurea (as multistem shrub)
Catalpa bignonioides
purpurea (as multistem shrub)
Ceanothus 'Blue
Mound'
Ceratostigma
willmottianum
Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'
Chamaerops humilis
Choisya ternata
Clerodendron
trichotomum
Cornus alba
Siberica
Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'
Cotinus coggyria
'Royal Purple'
Cryptomeria japonica
Elegans
Daphne bhoula
Jacqueline Postil
Daphne
laureola
Daphne mezereum
Daphne odora
aureomarginata
Daphne pontica
Euonymous alatus
Euonymous alatus
compactus
Euphorbia mellifera
Fatshedera lizei
Fatsia japonica
Hamamelis
'Jelena'
Hebe parviflora
angustifolia
Hydrangea
macrophylla 'Blue Wave'
Hydrangea paniculata
praecox
Hydrangea
quercifolia
Leucothoe
fontanessiana 'Scarletta'
Leycesteria Formosa 'Purple Rain'
Mahonia laureola
Mahonia
lomariifolia
Nandina domestica
'Firepower'
Osmanthus
burkwoodii
Physocarpus diabolo 'Summer Wine'
Phytolacca
americana
Pittosporum tobira
Pittosporum Tom
Thumb
Pittosporum Purpureum
Rhammus alaternus 'Argenteovariegata'
Sambucus nigra 'Black
Lace'
Sarcocca
hookeriana var. digyna
Skimmia japonica
rubella
Skimmia x confusa Kew
Green
Spirae beautifolia
Taxus baccata
Tetrapanax
papyrifera
Viburnum davidii
(Female)
Viburnum davidii (Male)
Viburnum opulus
compactum
Yucca flaccida
Yucca floribunda
Yucca gloriosa
Yucca recurva
WALL SHRUBS & CLIMBERS:
Berberidopsis
corallina
Carpenteria
californica
Ceonothus 'Autumnal
Blue'
Chaenomoles
speciosa Moerloosei
Crinodendron
hookeriana
Euonymus fortunei
'Emerald & Gold'
Euonymus 'Sarcoxie'
Euonymus 'Silver
Queen'
Itea illicifolia
Lapageria rosea
Lonicera
fragrantissima
Ribes speciosum
Schisandra
rubriflora (Male)
Schisandra
rubriflora (Female)
Schitzophrana
hydrangoides roseum
Trachelospermum
jasminoides
Tropaeolum
Wisteria sinensis
'Prolific'
HERBACEOUS:
Acanthus spinosus
Achilia filipendula 'Parkers Variety'
Aconitum
carmichaelii
Agapanthus 'Praecox Blue'
Agapanthus 'Peter
Pan'
Agapanthus 'Praecox White'
Anenome x
hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
Arum italicum 'Pictum'
Aruncus dioicus 'Kneiffi'
Astilbe Deutschland
Astilbe Irrlicht
Astilbe Perkeo
Astilbe Red
Sentinel
Astilbe Rheinland
Bergenia Overture
Crocosmia Lucifer
Dicentra Formosa alba
Dicentra
spectabilis
Echinops vitro
'Veitchs Blue'
Epimedium rubrum
Eremurus himalaens
Erythronium bulbs
Fascicularia
bicolor
Filipendula
purpurea f. albiflora
Foeniculum vulgare
'Purpureum'
Helleborus
orientalis
Helleborus 'Potters
Wheel'
Helleborus niger
'Wester Fisk'
Hemerocallis
Stafford
Hosta 'Devon Green'
Hosta 'Frances
Williams'
Hosta 'Iron Gate Delight'
Hosta 'June'
Hosta 'Lemon Delight'
Hosta 'Paradise Puppet'
Hosta 'September Sun'
Hosta 'Summer Music'
Hosta 'Twist of Lime'
Hosta 'Yellow Splash'
Iris confusa 'Martin Rix'
Iris foetidissimus variegata
Iris Sibirica 'Blue King'
Kniphofia
caulescens
Kniphofia northia
Kniphofia rooperi
Liatris spicata
Libertia
peregrinans
Liriope muscari 'Gold
Banded'
Lysimachia ciliata
'Firecracker'
Pachysandra
terminalis
Paeonia 'Sir Edward Elgar' OR 'President Poincare OR Flamingo OR
Dresden
Phlomis russeliana
Phorminium 'Maori
Maiden'
Phorminium tenax
'Sundowner'
Phormium 'Variegata'
Phormium 'Yellow
Wave'
Polygonatum
hybridum
Primula bulleesiano
Primula
bulleyana
Primula chionantha
Primula chungensis
Primula florindae
Primula gracilipes
Primula graffithii
Primula Inverewe
Primula Japonica 'Millers Crimson'
Primula 'Lady Greer'
Primula petiolaris
Primula prolifera
Primula
pulverulenta
Primula reidii
Primula rosea
Primula sikkimensis
Primula Wanda Supreme
Series
Rodgersia pinnata
Superba
Rudbekia maxima
Salvia 'Indigo
Spires'
Tricyrtis macropoda
Tricyrtis formosana
Tricyrtis hirta
Trifolium
Trifolium
repens Purpurescens Quadrofolium
Trillium grandiflorum
Trillium luteum
Trillium rivale
Tulbaghia violacea
'Silverlace'
Verbena bonariensis
GRASSES:
Calamagrostis x
acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Carex 'Variegata'
Carex comans 'Frosted Curls'
Carex morrowii
'Fisher's Form'
Hakanachloa macra
alboaurea
Imperata cylindrica
'Red Baron'
Miscanthus
floridulus
Miscanthus sinensis
Strictus
BAMBOOS:
Chusquea culeou
Indocalamus tesselatus
Pleioblastus
auricomus
Pleioblastus fortuneii
variegata
Pleioblastus pygmaeus Distichus
Pleioblastus
viridistriatus
Phylostachys
aureasulcata Spectabilis
Pseudosasa japonica
FERNS:
Adiantum venustrum
Adiantum aleuticum
'Japonicum'
Asplenium scolopendrium Augustatum
Asplenium scolopendrium 'Crispum Group'
Asplenium Cristatum Group
Blechnum penna
chilense
Blechnum penna Marina
Dryopteris affinis
Cristata
Matteuccia
struppiopteris
Osmunda regalis
Polystichum munitum
Polystichum
setiferum 'Pulchenimum Bevis'