Surrey country garden design

This new build house's garden was a complete blank canvas. Besides designing a beautiful country garden we had to provide more privacy and find some way of disguising the seven manhole covers. The design made the wide shallow plot look larger by drawing the eye diagonally to the furthest corners with seating areas. The pleached hedge was lengthened for more privacy and most of the manhole covers were concealed in the paving and borders.

Soft drifts of Geranium, gaura, sidalcea and clematis in purple, white and blush pink give the borders a relaxed, romantic feel, with a rusted steel obelisk and matching water bowl adding quiet structure against the dark timber fence. Two seating areas — the main terrace and a smaller circular patio set into the lawn — give the garden different moods to enjoy through the day.

The planting has matured well and the client is enjoying looking after it. To read more of how this garden was built read here.

A bare lawn behind a new build house in Surrey before garden design work began, with exposed inspection covers, a small patio area, timber shed and garage, and minimal boundary planting. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. This is where the project began —
An annotated garden design concept plan by Arthur Road Landscapes showing the layout of a Surrey country garden, including paving, lawn, borders, outdoor lounge and dining areas, a circular tree bench, water bowl and pleached hornbeam hedging. Arthur
A stone terrace with rope-weave garden furniture and a large cream parasol in a Surrey country garden, framed by abundant borders of pink sidalcea, purple verbena and white gaura against a black timber fence. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. A second vi
A dark cylindrical planter outside bifold doors holds a lush combination of white gaura and budding agapanthus stems in a Surrey country garden, with soft purple flowers visible in the background. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. Airy white gaura flowers
A dense mass of deep purple Clematis Étoile Violette smothers a rusted iron obelisk in a Surrey country garden border, with soft pink sidalcea and white gaura blooming in the foreground and sedum flower heads to the left. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk.
A lush tree fern arches over a weathered timber bench in a shaded Surrey country garden border, underplanted with brunnera, ferns and small white flowers against a red brick wall. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. Tucked into a quieter, shadier corner of
A wide view of a Surrey country garden showing a circular stone terrace with rope-weave chairs, a round coffee table and a clematis-clad rusted obelisk, with lush mixed borders and a neat lawn in the foreground. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. This wid
Clematis Étoile Violette billows in deep purple against the house wall in a Surrey country garden, with a carpet of violet-blue Geranium Rozanne below, white gaura to the right and a pink climbing rose above the dark timber cladding. ArthurRoadLandsc
A stone terrace path runs between lush mixed borders in an autumnal Surrey country garden, with an autumnal Amelanchia, white gaura, purple clematis and ornamental grasses catching the late season light. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. This late-season
A dense mass of deep purple Clematis Étoile Violette smothers a rusted iron obelisk in a Surrey country garden border, with soft pink sidalcea and white gaura blooming in the foreground and sedum flower heads to the left. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk.
A close-up of violet-blue Geranium Rozanne flowers spilling across a garden border edge in a Surrey country garden, with pale pink sidalcea spikes and white gaura rising behind. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. Geranium Rozanne at its June best — the vi
Warm orange Helenium Waldtraut daisy flowers glow against deep green foliage in a Surrey country garden border, alongside violet-blue geranium and pale pink sidalcea with a black timber fence behind. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. The rich amber and b
A wide view down a lush green lawn in a Surrey country garden, framed by abundant mixed borders of geranium, cosmos, dahlias and clematis, with rope-weave garden furniture and a dining table set against the black timber boundary fence at the far end.
A rusted corten steel water bowl sits low among violet-blue geranium Rozanne flowers and tall sanguisorba buds in a Surrey country garden border, with soft purple planting blurred in the background. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. Nestled at ground lev
A glistening sandstone path runs beside the house in a Surrey country garden after rain, lined with dark slate planters holding hostas and ornamental grasses, with purple campanula, small-leaved shrubs and mature trees creating a lush green canopy ov
A close-up of pale pink Sidalcea Elsie Heugh flower spikes rising from fine green foliage in a Surrey country garden, with a dark slate planter and mixed border visible softly behind. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. A close-up of pale pink Sidalcea Elsi
A stone terrace seating area with rope-weave chairs, botanical print cushions and a large cream parasol, surrounded by naturalistic planting including gaura and sidalcea in a Surrey country garden. ArthurRoadLandscapes.co.uk. The main terrace seati
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