A small courtyard garden with Olive trees and trellis

A small back garden was gloomy and dark It was given an uplift with contemporary slatted trellis fences painted in a pale cream. A simple rendered raised bed and bike storage unit are painted in the same colour to tie the garden together.

Antique washing dolly tubs make pretty planters for small clear stem bay trees.

New pale sandstone paving adds to the light bright feel to the new garden.

A cream coloured raised bed planted with three olive trees with painted cream trellis behind

Raised bed with Olive trees

Rendered raised bed planted with Olive trees and a neat box hedge.

A pale coloured raised bed in a garden, planted with olive trees and Daffodils against a cream slatted trellis screen.

Raised bed with spring flowers and Olive trees

Smart raised bed planted with spring bulbs and Olive trees, edged with Buxus heding. Pale cream trellis behind brings lightness to the garden.

Three Olive trees in a raised bed in front of a cream coloured slatted trellis fence.

A slatted trellis screen and Olive trees

A slatted trellis screen is the light backdrop to three Olive trees, underplanted with spring bulbs and a clipped Buxus hedge.

A garden with old brown fences seen on a gloomy evening.

Garden before design

The garden before design was gloomy and unoriginal, with old brown fences and old cracked paving.

A view through a door to a garden with pale paving, washing hanging and olive trees in a raised bed.

The garden seen from the kitchen.

I love seeing gardens in use once they're built - here the washing hangs in the garden as you look out from the kitchen towards the Olive trees

Three metal washing dolly tubs planted with bay trees against a slatted trellis screen

Three 'washing dolly tubs' used as planters

Three washing dolly tubs planted with small clear stem bay trees.

Planted 'washing dolly tubs' against a trellis screen

Three washing dolly tubs planted, against a contemporary slatted trellis screen in a garden.

Bike storage unit

A bike storage unit blends in, painted in colours to match the custom made trellis screen