SKETCHING SOLUTIONS

A Beautiful Wild design for terraced levels and a decked pond to create interest within a steeply sl

Wide steps create a feature within this alternative design for a terraced back garden.

A variety of shapes and routes of flow are evident in these dashed off drawings, part of the thinkin

A Beautiful Wild design for terraced levels and a decked pond to create interest within a steeply sl

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In large gardens it is obvious that there are a variety of design options. However clients with more compact plots can sometimes feel stuck. These sets of drawings offer a glimpse of the latent possibilities in every space.

Images 1 - 4 are alternative masterplans. The garden is wide but shallow so we were addressing the dilemma of how to extend a generous eating terrace straight from the kitchen, then drop quickly to garden level 2 metres below without a forbidding wall.

Images 5 - 7 form a set of quick sketches (each an outline with mini perspective drawing below) for a 10m x 15m lightly sloping town garden. The sketches were presented early on while considering the form a masterplan might take.

Images 8 - 9 show nine "back of the envelope" dashed off outlines for clients who felt their 7m x 12m town garden held little potential. We took the clients on a tour of these mini visual guides with their varied possibilities for planting, seating and general form, leading to constructive discussion before a masterplan was drawn up.