Postgraduate diploma in Landscape and Garden design
from the prestigious Oxford College of Garden Design
Bali Award Winner 2010 Domestic Garden Scheme -
construction cost between £50,000 & £100,000
see photo below
Silver Medal Winner at Chelsea Flower Show
From little to large: from historic courtyards in the City of London to country and town gardens (see examples below)
The style may be formal or informal and planting may be full or minimalistic.
Design is a process.
First of all it means getting to know what the client wants and then trying to interpret those thoughts. Each garden is a challenge, a journey.
This creative process evolves over time, step by step.
With the help of an expert landscaper, the transformation takes place
as the new design is implemented.
Then, at last, it is the moment for the planting plan to be completed.
For more information please contact
Kathy Brown
Tel.01234 822064 or
Email: info@kathybrownsgarden.com
Hare Court in the Inner Temple next to Temple Church in the City has some of the oldest Purbeck paths in London. Here we added a new one to link two barristers chambers.
The ugly dark conifers were removed and then it took weeks for archaeoligists to complete their dig before any new landscaping could begin.
The planting is simple, using white stemmed birches to represent the original four Hare brothers who worked in chambers here. Groups of 'cloudy yew' will eventually create a soft flowing green underplanting.
A sculpture was created by Tanya Russell who wanted to encapsulate the idea of the law being carefully weighed and nurtured. We saw it emerge from drawing to clay model to actual placement.
A village garden transformed. It had a problem with seeing too much of the neighbour's garden and buildings. Hence the pergola which will soon provide a thick screen on top. A water feature was set amongst grasses and flowering herbaceous plants to create a wonderful new area next to open fields. We even had a false gate to make you feel as though you could walk right through! A raised deck captured the view over towards the church, and a garden shed was transformed into a backdrop for vegetables.
An old people's care home garden has been transformed from grey stucco walls with cracked concrete flooring.
Now it has warm and inviting Suffolk pink walls and an attractive even flooring. Uncluttered paths allow ease of wheelchair access. Two raised beds have been made for maximum resident appreciation and contact. They are filled with fragrant tactile plants which will create colourful centrepieces for their courtyard garden.
There is plenty of room for summer tables and chairs.
A special retractable blue Awning has been installed to create safe shade.
Above it sits a giant outdoor clock so that tea time is never late!
The temporary fence at the back hides a major construction site that will bring new homes and schools to the area.
Meanwhile the sunny metre wide bed in front of the fence is a residents garden for sunflowers, tomatoes, beans etc.
The garden therefore plays a dual role.
It will be a cheerful place to relax and have contact with fresh air and nature. It is also where the residents can act6vely participate in growing plants and therefore feel a sense of shared ownership.
