Pool Garden
The mature garden with a swimming pool was mostly laid to lawn. An overgrown Rhododendron hedge occupied a large area at the end of the garden. A new layout was needed to create a path to the pool and space for relaxing after a swim. Generous borders proportionate to the size of the garden were needed to balance with the large lawn, which is used for sport by the family’s teenage children.
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LOCATION: Walton-on-Thames | FOCUS: Borders for all seasons
Design
An Indian sandstone path, flanked on both sides by borders filled with Nepeta, grasses and Anthemis, connects the pool with the garden and leads to a terrace for sunloungers and a firepit.
Towards the end of the garden, the old shrubs were replaced with plants for a display of colour and structure lasting into later summer through to winter.
In the newly opened-up shaded area, an open summer house was built, surrounded by a woodland garden planted with Silver birch, Ferns and Hellebores
