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Brief
It's not often that a
designer has the chance to design a garden for a beautiful farmhouse. This
property, in Eynsford, provided wonderful views out towards the fields and
meadows beyond. The garden needed to feel 'right', with its careful mix of
native and ornamental planting. The clients were happy to give the garden
some TLC which enabled the softer herbaceous planting to come to life.
Children living in the
farmhouse needed to be able to explore the garden and see how it changed
through the passing of the seasons so consideration had to be given to
those plants which would provide form and pleasure even in the winter.
Gravel pathways which sweep down through the garden out towards the river
beyond add to the sense of exploration.
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Above: Before... |
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The drought-tolerant
dry garden
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The view towards the
farmhouse
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Tall perennials mix with
swaying grasses with the meadow beyond. |
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Antique details can
give a garden a sense of history |
Naturally self-seeding
poppies have stunning seed heads after flowering
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White agapanthus for
summer colour, another of the show-stopper perennials.
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Sample
plants
Stipa gigantea, Kniphofia
'Little Maid', Deschampsia 'Goldtau', Hemerocallis 'Burning Daylight',
Eryngium bourgatii, Digitalis lutea, Verbena bonariensis, Rose
'Mermaid', Perovskia 'Blue Spire', Phygelius 'Salmon's Leap'
Materials
Timber decking, 10mm
gravel (pathways), Herringbone brickwork, sandstone paving
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copyright Adam S Bailey 2007
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adam s bailey
BA Hons (Garden Design), MGLD
Unit 9, Home Farm, 3 Riverside, Eynsford, Kent, DA4 0AE
Garden design in Kent • East Sussex
• Essex • South East London
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Member of
The Guild of
Landscape Designers
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