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Planting
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Brief
A small
courtyard garden in London needed a private space for retreating from the
hectic life of London. Surrounded on all sides by buildings and small
trees, planting had to be shade tolerant and still provide colour and
interest. New walls were introduced with sympathetic materials and the
plant species chosen all prior to an introduction date of 1900.
A timber
sleeper water feature was introduced as the garden was a 2 minute walk
from Waterloo East station. The sounds of Big Ben in the distance added to
the period character of the planting.
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Above: Before...
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The main view
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Period
planting and obelisks
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Sculptural heads and foliage
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Water
feature and lush planting |
Shade
tolerant planting |
Climbing
roses for shade |
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Sample
plants
Hosta fortunei, Lonicera similis
delavayi, Teucrium fruticans, Hemerocallis Flore Pleno, Trachycarpus
fortunei, Acanthus spinosus, Dryopteris felix-mas, Allium schoenoprasum
Materials
Marshalls Tegula Setts,
London Stock Brick walls, Custom made trellis work and timber sleepers
fro the water feature. Sculptural heads - hand made. Metal obelisks by
Toby Adams, Artist Blacksmith.
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all pictures copyright Adam
S Bailey 2003
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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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