Grange Rath

Context:
Medium suburban showhouse garden, full sun/part shade, private developer.

Brief:
“The landscape design needs to be attractive, to reflect the elegance of the showhouse, and to find the right balance between hard and soft elements and materials”.

Concept:
Luxuriant material and plant selection, complimenting the showhome’s modern stately architecture and appeal. Generously proportioned and distinct character spaces strongly defined, fullfilling practical requirements for leisure, utility, ornamentation and privacy creation.

Key elements:
Striking sandstone and block patio design, bespoke water feature, raised planters, pergola, boulders, mood lighting, architectural specimen planting.

Key plants:
Character/specimen
Magnolia grandiflora – Bull bay
Wisteria sinensis – Chinese wisteria
Architectural/accent
Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ – White cedar ‘Smaragd’
Evergreen/structure
Buxus sempervirens ‘Elegantissima’ – Box ‘Elegantissima’
Elaeagnus x ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’ – Oleaster ‘Gilt Edge’
Pot/specimen
Laurus nobilis – Bay tree
Foliage/flower
Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ – Japanese anemone ‘Honorine Jobert’
Calluna vulgaris ‘Anthony Davis’ – Heather ‘Anthony Davis’
Dryopteris wallichiana – Alpine wood fern
Sedum spectabile ‘Brilliant’ – Ice plant ‘Brilliant’
Texture/berry/seed head
Cortaderia richardii – Plumed tussock
Cotoneaster horizontalis var. wilsonii Wall spray