Bounds Green Garden

A challenging space that sits on top of a garage.

Clipped Taxus hedges create a low boundary that separates the brick paths from the raised herbaceous borders in this garden near Bounds Green.
Clipped Taxus hedges create a low boundary that separates the brick paths from the raised herbaceous borders in this garden near Bounds Green
Stage 1

The Brief

This was really an open challenge given the restrictions of the site, narrow access up a flight of steps to a small garden, 50% of which sat on top of the client’s garage. Small intimate spaces often result in the most interesting designs, as every inch of space must work hard for its place. Our client also loved flowers and was keen to bring as much colour and scent into the garden as possible.

Stage 2

Design and Build

The house extension was at 45 degrees to the rear garage, so the design needed to address this, and incorporate both seamlessly. The roof of the garage was resealed before we began work to enable us to create a planting bed on top of it. The levels are disguised with paths and corten planters to create a journey through the garden to a second patio area at the rear.

Digitalis Suttons Apricot rise proudly from the planting beds and provide a striking feature in the Bounds Green Garden.
Digitalis Suttons Apricot rise proudly from the planting beds and provide a striking feature in the Bounds Green Garden.
Euphorbia x Martinii and Digitalis Suttons Apricot provide pink hues and coppery shades in this Bounds Green Garden.
Euphorbia x Martinii and Digitalis Suttons Apricot provide pink hues and coppery shades in this Bounds Green Garden.
Stage 3

Finished Project

The finished palette of plants and materials create a harmonious design that reflects the client’s tastes and love of plants.

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Corten steel planter walls sit above the garage roof and provide planting space for an Amelanchier Lamarckii and some herbaceous plants.
The client’s Bounds Green Garden has been transformed from an unattractive backyard on top of a garage into a charming oasis of lush greens and delicate planting.
A hardwood Ipe deck with invisible biscuit fixings creates a flush step out from the house with a brick paver edging detail in this Bounds Green Garden.
A floating hardwood timber bench sits at the edge of the deck with lush planting spilling out from underneath the Bounds Green Garden boundary.
View through to the rear patio and seating area for catching the morning sun. The metal seats tie in with corten steel planters.
The floating timber bench sits above the deck and is surrounded by lush planting in this Bounds Green Garden.
A close up detail of the hardwood timber deck shows the invisible fixing system used in this Bounds Green Garden.
A close up of Rosa New Dawn in this Bounds Green Garden.
Grey painted feather board fencing with yellow roses and pink foxgloves in this bijou garden in Bounds Green.
In this Bounds Green Garden we chose a planting palette of soft pinks and greys that contrasts with the grey fence.
In this Bounds Green Garden we chose a planting palette of soft pinks and greys that contrasts with the grey fence. Digitalis Suttons Apricot, Euphorbia x martinii, Taxus baccata hedging.
Vande Moortel clay pavers are used in this Bounds Green Garden to create pathways and steps, and link to the overall palette of colours.
Alchemilla mollis with Euphorbia provide contrasting foliage colours in this Bounds Green Garden.
Metal rusted chair blends with the corten steel edging details and offsets the sawn sandstone paving in this Bounds Green Garden.
View of the garden in Bounds Green before the design and build started, you can see the paved garage roof that the new garden now sits above.
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Photos by Marianne Majerus