VICTORIA PARK

Project Brief: ​

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REDUX 2025

Early images - to be updated as planting establishes.

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This project was originally completed as a planting design in 2017.

By 2024 the decking (approaching 20 years old) was worn out, and this offered an exciting opportunity to re-design the space. We replaced the decking with gravel, a choice the client was keen to adopt after a visit to Beth Chatto's infamous gavel garden. Meandering and informal soft landscaping was introduced to hug the dining area, along with a looser and more diverse planting palette that boosts insect life and biodiversity. 

A reconfigured scheme minus decking also allowed space to fit two rustic oak benches: a place for repose around the fire bowl after dinner. The addition of two Elaeagnus angustifolia shrubs is a nod to the client's Australian background - echoing the elegant silver foliage of Eucalyptus trees. They will be pruned to become sculptural and pendulous as they grow.  

 

2017 BRIEF:

Re-furbish this city garden to reflect the tastes of the current owner. Remove existent shrub planting that had grown too big in order to 'open up' the space. Replace with cool, low maintenance planting to create a calm atmosphere. ​

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