A soothing green sward mowed into perfect stripes was the recurring theme in our discussions. This long narrow garden was perfectly suited to a series of rooms. The first brings the inside out: a dining area planned beneath a pergola with views down the garden. Down a couple of steps is the longed for lawn, surrounded in a traditional manner by pretty beds. An archway leads to an enclosed area for the trampoline. Viewed through a frame of trained pears is a productive space of greenhouse filled with seed trays, neat rows of vegetables, fruit and flowers for picking.  

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The garden work was divided into in stages,  The first "room" remains to be built, but other parts have taken shape.  We creatively reuse wherever we can: here it was the children's old play tower. We commissioned an expert joiner to assess the timbers, and fashion them into a large trellised arch. An old rose, with much watering and patience, eventually sent creamy white blooms up the trellised sides.

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Now the trampoline has vanished behind a deep bed of witch hazel, hydrangeas, peonies and wintergreen perennials; raspberries flourish in the productive patch, the fences are softened by rose covered obelisks and and the lawn is verdant - and striped.