Modern city garden

A beautiful Silver Birch tree provides dappled shade to the upper terrace

City garden design

Outdoor living

Smooth lines and clean shapes define this garden in south west London.  Lush planting of the mixed borders soften these lines and add colour, texture and exuberance.  An upper entertaining area is enclosed with raised planters, bench and steps that are cleverly integrated together.

A simple hard landscape palette of sawn sandstone paving, timber and clean render gives a calming, spacious character.  Pleached trees add a touch of formality and increase privacy in a space efficient manner.  This formality is juxtaposed against the organic forms of the native birch (Betula pendula) and the ‘borrowed landscape’ of the neighbouring trees.

Garden constructed by Belderbos Landscapes Ltd.

L-shaped bench wraps around the upper terrace creating a more intimate space
Beautifully built horizontal hard wood batten trellis and bespoke bench
Borders soon after planting before the Nepeta, Lavender and Pittosporum have filled out
Clean lines with thick, sawn sanstone treads with integrated path lights
Formal lawn bounded by pleached trees and oak framed pergola
Verdant planting around the built-in benches including Pittosporum 'Nanum' and Agapanthus
A beautiful Silver Birch tree provides dappled shade to the upper terrace