• Ayrshire: Small Family Garden Design in Stewarton

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  Mar 6
  

  I am starting a new series of blogs showcasing our latest garden design presentations.  These projects have all been commissioned by our clients and will be presented here in the pre-build stage and the purpose is to provide some insight into our processes and practices.

  This design was commissioned by Angela H and Kevin P of Stewarton near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, Scotland. The brief:

  

  • To remove the decking which was not to their tastes and deemed not to be practically safe.
  • To provide a patio area in stone for the family four to enjoy BBQs and entertaining.
  • To provide some storage space for bikes and equipment.
  • To provide some terracing to the garden to ensure even surfaces for use and access.
  • To provide some area if possible for children’s play – a 9yo and 5month baby.
  • The garden is very small, about 8m x 8m and the couple had a budget of around £3K

  

  My first thoughts were to grade the garden and introduce some wide sweeping steps so as not to confine any space within the plot.  The position of the patio was governed by sun coverage and the couple liked the idea  of this being circular.  Circular and non-conformative lines are useful in confined spaces when emplyed to create a sense of expanse to the mind’s eye.  In such a square and restrictive garden though I felt that informality might lose any appeal to the user and so I opted for a formal structure based around the circular patio.

  

  The paving will be charcoal coloured concrete blocks and will form the patio and the main steps through garden. Some of these block will be lifted to allow planting some grasses through a green slate shale mulch. The edging and step risers will be formed from granite setts.

  

  A utility area is essential for storage of bikes and other equipment – here we’ve integrated it into the design to ensure a cohesive unilateral garden with defined functional elements within. The fencing will be updated and unified using the technique we used earlier this year on a fence in Newton Mearns.

  

  The play area will be constructed from green rubber squares to suit the design pallete and will be big enough for toddler play equipment and the occasional game of tweenager basketball.

  

  The garden pivots around a circular patio in a fan shape defining the elements of the garden. The planting scheme for the design is segregated into two categories: peripheral planting around the permiter which will form two diminishing vertical wedges, one on the LHS and one on the RHS – they will diminish in opposite directions and will be formed from block planting of shrub and perennials in a pastel primary colour pallete; the second category is the plane planting which will be present throughout the main area of the garden and will be constituted from grasses and perennials such as hostas and dicentra.  There will also be a 6ft cherry tree planted for height interest and proportion balance on the RHS.

  

  The patio will be big enough for a table and four chairs and the low steps will alow for extra informal seating for parties.  The design should sit well with the 60s built terraced property since it is contemporary in treatment but also slightly retro in style.

  The build for this project will begin toward the end of March 2009 and we are looking forward to working with Angela and Kevin.  We are also looking for some cheap digs in Stewarton that will let us work 12-14 hours on this project to ensure swift and focused construction.

  Kind regards

  Nicky Patterson, Designer @ Gardenimprovements.com

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