Forest Garden

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A large forest home with framed views across paddocks. With the house situated in the middle of its plot, the garden had unutilised areas and needed a refresh and better solutions to the changes of level between the house, pool, lawns and terraces. The access drive was a large expanse of brick and adjacent brick retaining wall that needed to be softened. The client wanted a more country feel rather than the suburban styling of the existing entrance drive.

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The design takes into account the irregular boundaries, some tall and shading, and invites users on a journey around all corners of the garden to the newly programmed areas. Adjacent buildings are accommodated to better relate to the main garden. An overgrown hedge is lowered to borrow a longer view past the garden boundary and expand the existing view. Terrace steps are adjusted to make the routes between adjoining spaces unconsciously flow better.

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