'Mondrian Medley' by Earth Designs www.earthdesigns.co.uk A modern contemporary garden design landscape built in Crouch End North London

Flooring throughout this space was in rectangular dark slate tiles laid in a stretcher bond pattern to match the interior of the house. The main section of the garden benefits from a variety of bespoke features designed to make maximum use of the space. A major focus of the garden is a water feature consisting of a sunken rectangular pool bisecting the space. Deep and wide enough to allow the client to add fish at a later date, this pool is topped with removable walk-over grating and fed from the left side by a stainless steel water blade installed into the front of a decorative tower constructed from yellow stock brick, railway sleepers, coloured perspex and slate.Seating in the garden is provided by two large ‘sofas’ constructed from chunky railway sleepers, positioned to face each other across the water feature rill. The sofas are complemented by a matching coffee-style table straddling the rill between them. Large (2 metre clear stem) cordylines planted in the ground at either end of each sofa, frame the seating to give the area a sense of privacy and seclusion.To the right of the seating area and opposite the stainless sleet blade, there is a bespoke barbecue/fireplace. Constructed from yellow stock brick and utilising the existing stone lintel, this barbeque features two separate cooking areas with space between for a firepit.The main area of the garden is screened from the remainder of the space by a tall, wide ‘shelving unit’ screen. Constructed from railway sleepers, this structure features individual alcoves which have been filled with a variety of decorative materials, perspex screens and ornamentation. Directly in front of this there is a flush level herb bed.Beyond the shelving unit screen is the second, child-friendly section of the space. This comprises a rectangular section of artificial lawn edged by a slate paved pathway, with the playhouse nestled within the centre of a planting bed at the end of the garden.Planting in the second section of the garden includes stepover fruit trees down either side, back planted by climbers. In addition, an Acer and a Mimosa were planted around the children’s playhouse. The pathway around the lawn offers the clients opportunity to place planted pots at a later date if required.Climbers conceal the existing fence on the left hand side, with a bespoke screen (approximately 6 metres long) comprising tall timber posts joined with stainless steel tension wire and decorated with small panels of coloured perspex was erected above the top of the fence to break up the view of the buildings to the left.To see more about this or any other of our gardens please visit our portfolio on www.earthdesigns.co.uk/works_2.htmlThis photo is part of a group showing a garden designed and built by Earth Designs, a garden design and build company based in East London.Earth Designs garden design and build, offers a concept to completion service, suitable for clients wishing for design only or a full design and build service. We cover London, Essex, Kent and Hertfordshire, however our design consultation service is Nationwide.To see our full portfolio please visit our website www.earthdesigns.co.uk or contact us on 020 8521 9040 / info@earthdesigns.co.ukWe also operate a voucher garden gifts service - our postal designs suitable for presents worldwide. To find out more about our garden gift vouchers www.gardenpresents.co.ukAll of our photos are copyright protected, however if you wish to use them for a feature, book or article please get in touch to discuss further.

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