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Floral garden makeover

Contemporary meets natural in this Sevenoaks garden makeover, where the smart patio area contrasts with the soft floral borders and long grass of the main garden below.

This split level garden had long been neglected - it was overgrown and dated.

A contemporary patio area with ample space for seating was created near the house with steps down to the lower garden. Lawn and borders on the lower level are filled with pretty seasonal flowers with a contemporary garden office at the end of the garden.

Three parasol trees at the edge of the patio delineate one space from the other, and the view of the garden from the house is framed by the vertical tree trunks.

The lawn is often left to grow long through the summer for a nature friendly garden.

Three parasol trees in a garden casting shadows on the patio in the sun.

Evening sunlight through parasol trees

Evening sun creates shadows on the patio through the parasol trees

a concrete block screen wall with overgrown ivy and garden pots

Overgrown garden before design

A neglected garden with 1960s screen walling blocks

A row of three parasol trees at the edge of a patio with view to further garden

Parasol trees with contemporary box balls

Parasol trees create an architectural feature, underplanted with box balls and soft flowers

Box balls with herbs and roses in a garden flower bed with tree trunks.

Box balls with roses and herbs

Box balls, roses and herbs in a bed that delineates the patio from the softer flower garden below

A view along a lawn edged with a herbaceous garden flower bed

A herbaceous flower bed in summer

A soft and pretty mass of flowers in summer time including Geraniums, Centranthus and Campanula

Centranthus, Penstemon and Campnaula in a garden flower bed

Evening in the garden

A mixture of pink and purple tones in the border on a summer evening

A view of a garden studio seen through the tall stems of parasol trees and garden plants

Garden studio seen through the trees

Parasol trees frame the view of the garden studio beyond.

Buxus sempervirens balls with roses and herbs in a sunny garden border

Buxus sempervirens balls with roses and herbs

A pretty garden flower border is given structure by these evergreen ball shaped shrubs

A garden studio seen beyond long grass in a garden.

No-mow garden

This lawn has been left to grow long with paths mown around borders, for a soft, pretty, nature friendly garden.

Long grass with a path to a garden studio

'Desire line' through the long grass

A garden studio is reached by walking through the long grass of the lawn

Deschampsia Bronze veil seen through evening sun

Evening sunlight through the grasses

Grasses and tall flowers look beautiful when seen through the sunlight.

Campanula, Salvie and Lupins under an apple tree

Pretty flowers in the herbaceous border

Campanula, Salvie and Lupins under an apple tree

A metal chair on the lawn next to a floral border in the garden

A pretty flower border on a summer evening

A pretty place to sit next to the flowers in a this garden border

Sun shining through parasol trees in a garden and casting shadows

Evening sun through the parasol trees

The parasol trees cast shadow and shade onto the patio through the afternoon and evening

Wooden chairs on a patio next to a garden border with tall parasol trees

Contemporary seating area with parasol trees

A relaxed place to sit bordered by three contemporary parasol trees in the garden

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