A pretty south facing thatched house with white brick walls and a rustic wooden front door. The garden is unusual in that there is no defined front and back gardens and the lovely front door and thatched roof cannot be seen from the street.  

Design solution:

Divide the garden into defined front and back gardens by using the angles of the house to emphasise character of the garden and repeat the diamond motif used on the front door and all windows. Aged paving materials such as natural stone and clay pavers are used to create a low maintenance cottage garden, with small elements of gravel.

The front garden has a pretty brick path laid in basketweave pattern with different colour bricks to create the diamond shapes.  The path is flanked with low evergreen hedges and scented lavender, with a pretty pedestrian gate from the street.  There is a semi-formal fruit garden with stone benches and loose gravel, with brick paths wrapping around the house.

To the back garden the upper terrace is laid to a diamond pattern edged with bricks, and bullnose steps down to the lower sun terrace with a small arbour for shade, and a stepping stone path leading to the garden gym at the end of the garden.

The mature hedging to all boundaries remains in situ and forms the backbone to the garden.  There will be an adundance of white hydrangeas, pretty flowering shrubs and trees, and seasonal flowers.