These clients approached create a garden design in Reigate for the garden of the new house they had recently bought, one of a pair constructed by a developer on the site of a larger house that had been demolished. As is so often the case, the developer had done a nice job on the house, but a really lacklustre one on the garden, where they had merely done the basics. A full design was required to make the most of the blank canvas, creating new borders, room for garden storage and composting, and new path to the oak-framed garage.
The main elements were in place, but the developer had made some basic mistakes – the steps up to the lawn were too steep and narrow, and the garage at the end of the garden, in daily use, had no path to it. In addition, one of the common challenges of a garden design in Reigate – nutrient-poor, sandy soil – needed to be addressed in the planting palette. In gardens, as in life, a challenge is also often an opportunity, and an experienced garden designer will know how to get the best out of the existing soil and choose suitable plants that will cope with the garden conditions.
The design uses the innovative Terrabase Rustic resin-bound paving system from Addagrip, and was constructed for me by Ayegardening.
