Garden on an Island
Teddington
Completed October 2023 by All Things Green
An Island on the Thames reached by a chain link ferry with little community of houses facing the river bank in Kingston. The house is single story on a double plot with an existing deck and paved area. To the right of the house is an underused section of the garden which needs to be a comfortable green and private place to sit, The brief is to make it feel more like a garden, to be pretty and organic with plants growing and buzzing with life. In order to soften the space we have created a narrow path adjacent to the river enclosed with tall corten steel troughs and edged with parasol trees, with a pretty egg chair as a focal point at the end. Another path leads to a private and enclosed garden room for lounging with lights hanging from trees, comfortable sofas, a fire bowl and soft billowing planting.
The planting will be lush with lots of evergreen structure and colour in shades of purple, lime green and white.
Finished photographs to follow . . .
Elevation of master plan
Illustration of view from house
Planting plan
Plants on the plan
Under construction
Under construction
Taking the plants over
Full load
Planting the parasol mulberry trees
Planting
After photo during planting
Before photo of garden
After photo during planting
Before photo of garden