Benedict Green Garden Design

Classic Pool Garden

View back over the pool to pergola and steps leading to main terrace shows the range of textures and colours in this garden design

Colour, texture, line

Classic design and elegance

The owners of this grand property in Virginia Water wished to create a unified rear garden with a logical flow between house and entertaining spaces.  We created a series of terraces, steps and paths leading through seating areas, dining ‘rooms’, around water features down to a large swimming pool. 

Planting areas have a gentle formality close to the house, but become quite wild towards the woodland boundaries. Colour, form and texture change through the year while a back bone of evergreen structural planting holds the garden together.

The bespoke, oak framed, pergola stands on natural staddle stones which match the UK sourced natural stone paving.  Cropped pitchers and larger paving slabs add wonderful textures which contrast with the smooth rendered house elevations. 

Garden constructed by Graduate Landscapes Ltd

Classic water feature design which utilies reclaimed elements acts a focal point on upper terrace
Aerial view of the rear garden with pool, pergola and terraces
Nepeta (Catmint) spills over the Limestone Pitchers and larger slabs chosen from British quarries reduce the carbon footprint of the hard landscaping
Dwarf pines (Pinus Mugo) and lavender frame the doors leading to main terrace and loung chairs
Large oak framed pergola gently enclose the outdoor dining space. Traditional staddle stones lift the timbers above the ground
Path of limestone pitchers sweeps round house surrounded by mediterranean perennials and larger shrubs
Large oak framed pergola and pool sit comfortably with the house
Purbeck pitchers create curved path through verdant planting
Gravel driveway lined by large blocks of planting
Existing bird bath set within new landscaping brings wildlife to the side garden