With so much housing springing up in Northamptonshire we are often called into new build estates with clients at a loss as to how to create a unique garden when surrounded by so much uniformity. How to escape the confines of the overshadowing houses and carve out something softer, more welcoming? Often the answer is to introduce curves into the design and screening to soften the ubiquitous red brick walling of the adjacent buildings and garages.
For this Brackley estate garden the brief was exactly as described. We used the soft tones of golden fossil sandstone in a sweeping curved patio to link the garden office and the house, with a gently cascading water feature outside the work space.
A rendered raised bed combined with floating bench would flank one of the large brick walls, whilst a pergola offering height with a backdrop from laser cut composite screening panels would mask the other large expanse of brickwork.
Some carefully chosen garden trees set up sentry positions in the borders with the promise of greater privacy and screening from the houses behind in the years to come