Farmleigh Woods

Context:
Small balcony garden, full sun/part shade, professional.

Brief:
“It’s a blank canvas that needs a little colour, some privacy and space for a small table and chairs”.

Concept:
A haven of luxuriant planting, is punctuated by a gentle water flow, with subtle lighting and elegant seating creating an inviting, tranquil, and private oasis of green. Our ‘potted’ service sourced a select range of contemporary lightweight pots, to accommodate a variety of specimen evergreen plants for this compact balcony garden.

Key elements:
Large fibreglass and fibreclay pots, architectural specimen planting, green screens, sculptural water feature, wrought iron furniture, decorative cast iron table and chairs, stone globe solar lights.

Key plants:
Focal/specimen/architectural
Beschorneria yuccoides – Yucca-leaved beschorneria
Cordyline australis ‘Torbay Red’ – Cabbage palm ‘Torbay Red’
Olea europaea – Common olive
Foliage/flower
Agapanthus ‘Lilliput’ – African lily ‘Lilliput’
Camellia ‘Inspiration’ – Camellia ‘Inspiration’
Foliage/texture
Aucuba japonica ‘Crotonifolia’ – Japanese laurel ‘Crotonifolia’
Evergreen/screen
Hedera colchica ‘Sulphur heart’ – Ivy ‘Sulphur heart’