This large south facing garden has been looked after by a plant lover but had become somewhat overgrown in places and the long border from the terrace to the summerhouse needed a complete redesign. This would involve a team of landscape contractors to remove and prune trees and shrubs and bring in new topsoil.
The clients had some ideas of the type of planting they would like but needed guidance and decided to employ a Garden Designer to organise this work. The border had some nice existing shrubs but not necessarily in the best positions. The boundary hedge needed drastic pruning to allow light back into this area. The border needed reshaping and widening in places.
 

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The planting design:

The planting design includes a few new shrubs to provide evergreen structure and climbers to add another layer of planting interest along the boundary and through existing trees. The main planting is a combination of grasses and perennials for a sunny border.

Planting work in progress:

Planting on first day - this border will fill out and mature quite quickly with the addition of bulbs and hardy annuals.