A Panoramic Refuge

A 1930's bungalow in south Edinburgh with a sunny sloping rear garden with panoramic views to the Pentland Hills. The garden has an old concrete driveway, remains of an old garage, grass and an old apple tree.

The clients, a professional couple wanted a low maintenance garden with a large deck. Also on their wish list was a pergola, water feature, greenhouse and vegetable beds, plant beds, small lawn area, rotary dryer. The big question was what to do with the remains of the old garage and sloping concrete driveway...
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A Flowing Family Garden

A 1930‘s detached house in south Edinburgh with a large private sunny rear garden, largely laid to lawn, with an old tired crazy paving terrace.

The clients, a professional couple with children were adding a Garden Room to their property. They wished to create a family garden in keeping with the style of the property, with a new terrace leading from the Garden Room...
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A Family Garden Challenge

A small walled family garden in Edinburgh with a big challenge...

The clients, a professional couple with children all wanted something different from their garden. The adults requested a garden in an informal style, with a sitting area to relax in, a lawn with mowing edge and plant borders with low maintenance planting with an area for growing herbs and seasonal salad crops...
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A Low Maintenance Front Garden in Edinburgh

A small front garden of a modern style house in Edinburgh. A driveway and garage, pathway to the front door and small irregular sized lawn area. About 500 feet above sea level, the garden faces west, so plenty of afternoon and evening sun, but exposed to strong gales and bad weather in the winter.

The clients have a large back garden and wanted their front garden to be low maintenance. The grass was in poor condition and they wanted to change this...
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A Sunny Retreat for Relaxation

A 1930‘s Edinburgh bungalow rear garden with only 3 things to recommend it...

Over the years the property had a number of owners who had all made changes to the garden, resulting in a mismatch of old concrete paths, some grassed over, old shed foundations, a very bumpy lawn, some plant beds with a few shrubs. It was grim - not a space you wanted to spend time in.
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A Traditional Garden in the Grange, Edinburgh

A detached Victorian stone built property, with a large south facing rear garden on three levels, running down from the house. The ‘jewel’ in the garden is a beautiful water feature running through the top two levels.
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