Creating a dramatic change in garden layout from an orange shed and mismatched fencing to an elegant, plant filled space for outdoor living.
This remarkable transformation brought a client’s vision to life. Here’s how EAT Landscape uses contemporary design ideas to create stunning modern gardens in Liverpool.
Our clients asked us to address an unsafe drop from the raised patio to the lawn, which they’d build next to their new extension. They also asked for a design that provided better connections throughout the garden, which would seamlessly integrate with the patio and palette of materials.
Our design complements the modern extension’s geometry. We’ve transformed the existing patio into a focal point and springboard for exploring the garden. We introduced wide feature steps leading to a spacious new patio area at an unused side of the house.
A new stepping stone path from the front of the patio draws the eye before leading you through colourful new planting borders and onto a cosy seating area – the perfect place to enjoy a coffee in the morning sun.
We’ve enclosed the new spaces within a robust planting framework to create a calm, leafy environment. This allows our clients to be close to the different colours, textures and fragrances of the passing seasons.
We repeated low box hedging in each area to create year-round greenness and structure and filled the borders with delicate, frothy perennial flowers in shades of purple, pink, and white. More shade-tolerant plants bring life and colour to the side of the house and under the mature beeches at the end of the garden.
We used a restrained palette of hard landscape materials to extend the existing Indian Sandstone across the lawn and into the new seating area. We combined this with striking earthy-red clay pavers featuring intricate herringbone patterns. This creates a stunning outdoor carpet effect, highlighting the small seating and outdoor dining areas. These natural materials will weather gently over time and retain their rich colours.
We used horizontal slatted fencing panels to give the garden boundaries a contemporary update. The panels create visual consistency around the perimeter and make an ideal backdrop for the luscious new planting beds. The large shed, which has been repainted in a more subtle dark slate grey, will benefit from partial screening as the evergreen Escallonia hedging matures.
“We used EAT Landscape to redesign our garden, a fantastic experience from start to end. Nothing was too much trouble; Emily checked in on the work regularly. We are so pleased with the garden and look forward to enjoying it for years to come.”
