Posts Tagged ‘Front Garden Design’

I have recently been working with a new client near Muswell Hill to help them to redesign their front garden.  At the moment it’s quite scruffy and there’s not really enough room to park the car comfortably.

This is how the garden looks now…

My clients also want to make the garden future proof.  They are retired and will be living in the house for the foreseeable future, but if they do decide to move in a few years time, they want any investment they make to enhance the saleability of the house.

Parking is restricted to residents only at certain times of the day so it would also be helpful if there was enough room on the driveway to fit two cars.

Here’s the design…

As you can see, the new layout is really simple.  There’s a limit to what you can do with a small front garden, especially when it needs to be practical, but you’ll notice that the left hand side of the driveway is in line with the edge of the house.  This will make the route to the front door much more inviting.

We are currently looking at driveway materials, but it’s likely to be gravel with York Stone paving and steps near the house and York Stone cobbles at the driveway threshold.  Following my meeting with them last week, we are going to make the right hand bed slightly larger so that the view from the lounge windows is predominantly across the planting.

The bed on the left hand side will be really simple – a clipped yew hedge at the back and low box hedging at the front.  The multi-stem tree on the right hand side will replace the Lime tree that will be taken down.

The key to designing a successful front garden is to keep it simple.  It should be functional but also provide some curb appeal and enhance the look of the house.  I’m really looking forward to seeing the transformation.

I went to see a new client in North London before Christmas because they wanted some help to improve the front of their house.  Front gardens can often be challenging because they are predominantly functional spaces, but they must also provide curb appeal because they are the window to your home. Read more

The front garden of my Wandsworth project has been finished for a couple of weeks, but as it was so dark by the time I’d finished the planting, I wasn’t able to take any photographs. Read more

I just looked back at my October highlights and saw all the photographs from our holiday in Cyprus – it sure feels a while since we got back, but I guess that’s the thing with holidays, they soon become what seems like a distant memory! Read more

You may remember that I helped a client in Wandsworth to redesign their terrace last year.  They were part-way through an extensive house building project and now that it’s all finished, they have asked me back to help them to redesign their front garden. Read more

It’s been a while since my front garden was finished and I know the rain has been really miserable over the past few weeks, but it has kept my new plants happy and they’re already putting on some growth. Read more

I hope you’ve enjoyed following the construction of my front garden – we planted yesterday and I can now share the pictures of the finished garden.  I keep forgetting it’s done actually so every time I walk outside the front door it makes me smile!  Gardens have the power to do that you see,they really do change the way you feel about your home. Read more

I hope you’ve been enjoying the last few blog posts about the construction of my front garden.  The hard landscaping was finished yesterday and it’s looking gorgeous now even without plants in the ground or paint on the rendered walls.  I wanted the share the last 2 days of construction with you because the transformation yesterday once the gravel went in was quite dramatic. Read more

I can’t believe how quickly my front garden is taking shape and by tomorrow the hard landscaping should be finished ready for planting.  So far I have shown you the progress over the first three days so this will bring you up to date with what it looked like when the guys left site on Friday evening. Read more

Whilst I have been out and about at various meetings this week, progress has continued in my front garden.  So far we have around 20 mins of time-lapsed video so I think it will need some serious editing before I post it here for you to see!  Days 2 and 3 were predominantly focussed on the walls and excavation of soil to prepare for the sub-base which is being installed as I write. Read more