A garden
with a view

A Garden with a view. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England


A simple, contemporary, soft scheme designed to link a stable yard conversion to its rural surroundings.

chairs on wodden decking. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England
'Few gardens have the kind of breathtaking expansive view of this one in Winterfold – it was a joy to frame and enhance with bold drifts of texture and colour.'

Rae's client approached her to develop the scheme for this garden from the concept design previously produced by Anthony Paul. Conceiving and realising the extensive and detailed planting design was her main challenge. 'Making the correct plant choices was crucial,' she says. 'I wanted to create a robust palette using low-maintenance plants that would suit the soil and also the style of the garden.'

Alongside revised aspects of the garden layout Rae drew up the planting design which was installed with the final details, working closely with the landscape contractor.

The resulting scheme merges simplicity and evergreen structure around the former dairy buildings and internal courtyard with softer drifts of grasses and perennials connecting to the far reaching natural landscape beyond.

Read more about this garden in The English Garden August 2018 issue. The garden was constructed by Outdoor Options.

Gravel pathway and stone steps with bold drifts of colourful planting and mature trees. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design. Specimen grasses in three tall planters next to a seat by the stable buildings. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England Water rill and freestanding water bowls. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England
Detail of deaking and rill with bamboo. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England Rill surrounded by soft planting. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England Corner of terrace with furniture surrounded by soft planting. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England Detail of gravel path near the house. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England Detail of timber sundeck with foreground grasses. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England
Bold drifts of colourful planting. Rae Wilkinson Garden and Landscape Design - Garden Designer Sussex, Surrey, London, South-East England
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