With a desire to have an entertaining area that was better connected to the house, and the addition of a pool, our Celia garden project transformed a tired and under used back garden into a functional, but beautiful garden that is full of beautiful textures.
The garden features an entertaining area that has a cantilevered pergola that will provide dappled light through once the climber has grown. Steps flow down and connect the entertaining area to the pool that features off-form concrete coping that follows the soft curves of the pool edge. Further down steps is an open lawn that has an evergreen hedge surrounding to provide screening from neighbouring houses.
The front garden was also given a facelift and we focused on bringing interest in the shapes of the shrubs and the various flowers and foliage textures. Existing Buxus hedging was transplanted into beautiful, soft curved hedges giving visual interest to the space and allowing surrounding plants to change through the seasons.
Planting: Viola hederacea, Salvia leucantha, Stachys byzantina 'Big Ears', Myoporum parvifolium 'Fine Leaf' and Liriope muscari 'Evergreen Giant'.
Materials: Tumbled Aosta from Stonetile Ind., Bluestone Paving, In-situ concrete, Millboard decking in Antique Oak.
Materials: Custom black steel fence, Lights from Light on Landscape, Bluestone paving, In-sitcu concrete and Gunmetal Blue Wavy 23mm tile pool from The Pool Tile Company.
Planting: Fatsia japonica, Hydrangea quercifolia, Arthropodium cirratum 'Matapouri Bay', Anemone hupehensis, Plectranthus 'Nico', Plectranthus 'Velvet Elvis', Ficus Pumila and Parthenocissus quinquefolia.
Materials: In-situ concrete bench and step, Bluestone paving and custom aluminum planter.
Materials: Millboard in Antique Oak Timber, tumbled Aosta from Stonetile Ind., Viola hederacea, In-situ concrete bench, black custom pool fence.
Planting: Lagerstroemia indica 'Natchez', Salvia leucantha, Viola hederacea, Stachys byzantina 'Big Ears', Espalier Lemon and Lime trees.
Planting: Salvia nemorosa 'Amethyst'
Materials: Bluestone paving, custom aluminum planter and tumbled Aosta from Stonetile Industries.
Planting: Transplanted Buxus sempervirens, Lagerstroemia indica 'Natchez', Salvia leucantha, Salvia ‘Ostfriesland’, Ficus hillii 'Flash' and transplanted Sedum.
