Garden design: Steps in Balham, Belgravia, Wandsworth, Battersea and Fulham
Thursday, 09 October 2014
by caroline
“Garden design” tends to conjure up a picture of grand designs and fanciful creativity but very often the London or urban garden designer finds themself dealing with the technical minutiae of building steps and retaining walls with obviously a good deal of paving and brickwork thrown in for good measure. Here I deal with steps.
- Published in Gardens Designed
How wrong can a London garden designer be? My Balham client knew best!
Wednesday, 08 October 2014
by caroline
Cladding How wrong can a designer be?! My Balham client knew best! The original retaining wall in this sloping garden was nearer to the house (the owners having built out into the garden for a big kitchen extension) and so to create a patio area we had to push back the garden quite considerably behind
- Published in Gardens Designed, Gardens in Progress