A pretty south facing thatched house with white brick walls and a rustic wooden front door. The garden is unusual in that there is no defined front and back gardens and the lovely front door and thatched roof cannot be seen from the street.  

Design solution:

Divide the garden into defined front and back gardens by using the angles of the house to emphasise character of the garden and repeat the diamond motif used on the front door and all windows. Aged paving materials such as natural stone and clay pavers are used to create a low maintenance cottage garden, with small elements of gravel.

In the front garden we opened up the beech hedge to create a pretty brick patterned pathway to the front door with an arch to frame the entrance, flanked with scented lavender hedges.  There is a semi-formal fruit garden to the side with stone benches and loose gravel, with brick paths wrapping around the house.

To the back garden the upper terrace is laid to a diamond pattern edged with bricks, and bullnose steps down to the lower sun terrace with a large wisteria clad pergola for shade, an outdoor kitchen with an Egg, and a stepping stone path leading to the garden gym at the end of the garden.

The mature hedging to all boundaries remains in situ and forms the backbone to the garden.  There will be an adundance of white hydrangeas, pretty flowering shrubs and trees, seasonal flowers, and of course masses of raspberries and blackberries.