ALBION Square

Working alongside architects TR Studio, we set out to create a garden which would complement and enhance the elegant new extension conceived for this listed Georgian house. The client brief was for a an oasis of planting from the lower level to the far end of their east-facing plot and to reconsider the arrival experience at the front.

TR Studios created a contemporary pavilion-like structure embracing the garden with glass doors that vanish in the afternoon and evening light.

The planting at the lower level included Kniphofia Rooperi, Ohiopogon planiscapus 'Kokuryu', Cerinthe major and Soleirolia soleirolii ‘Aurea’. Further up we looked to create planting that felt natural but colourful so included Oenothera lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies', Lunaria annu, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum', Papaver Patty’s Plum, and some Cenolophium denudatum. New trees to obscure the view scattered amongst the planting included Malus ‘Wintergold’, Cornus kousa chinensis and some domes of Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea'.

To the front we set out a simple evergreen palate of grasses, yew and fern and included Taxus Baccata, Brunner amacrophylla 'Looking Glass' (PBR), Polystichum setiferum 'Proliferum Wollaston' and Libertia chilensis. We also chose a tree - Rhus Typhina dissecta whose flaming red autumn foliage burns against the formal white stuccoed front of the house

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