Portfolio Detail - Mr and Mrs Ray Smith - Back Garden for New Property in Hitchin

The Brief

Design and build a back garden for this newly built property.

The Timescale

Approx 5 working days.

Client Feedback

(Mr and Mrs Ray-Smith, New Property in Hitchin) - We loved the design, it really accommodated all of our requirements, bringing them together with a strong theme and introducing some great artistic touches. It turned our small outside space into a real asset to the house

Before

As this was a new build no work had been done in the garden - it was a complete blank canvas.


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A complete blank canvas as this was a newly built property
Soil mainly consisted of clay
Two sets of double doors open on to the garden - great place for a eating area!
Circular walled garden with great potential

During

The soil had to be worked as it consisted mainly of clay


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A circular seating area was constructed to mirror the garden wall
It's really important that new materials match existing structures
Double doors open onto the large seating area
Good quality topsoil, sand and compost was dug-in ready for planting and turf

After

The circular patio and lawn area really work well as they add width to the garden.


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The circular patio compliments the garden wall
Circular outside dinning space
New materails match the wall and house
Lawn fitted - looks great with the newly built patio