An Island on the Thames reached by a chain link ferry with little community of houses facing the river bank in Kingston. The house is single story on a double plot with an existing deck and paved area. To the right of the house is an underused section of the garden which needs to be a comfortable green and private place to sit, The brief is to make it feel more like a garden, to be pretty and organic with plants growing and buzzing with life. In order to soften the space we have created a narrow path adjacent to the river enclosed with tall corten steel troughs and edged with parasol trees, with a pretty egg chair as a focal point at the end. Another path leads to a private and enclosed garden room for lounging with lights hanging from trees, comfortable sofas, a fire bowl and soft billowing planting.

The planting will be lush with lots of evergreen structure and colour in shades of purple, lime green and white.