greencube garden maintenance

We have been visiting two of our newly completed gardens this week

1. Hadlow, Kent adjacent to farmland.
2. Loughton, in the centre of Epping Forest

Gemma has been carrying out regular maintenance in this garden in Hadlow to keep it looking great.

Here's the stepping stone paving over reflective pond

The miscanthus is growing nicely.

Here we have used Prunus nigra with a mix of perennials, shrubs and bold bands of ilex crenata 'Dark Green'.

The Salvia caradonna is looking particularly good.

Prunus nigra stands out bold against the white rendered walls of the house.

We have semi-enclosed this garden to create an intimate space within the larger area, surrounding the terraces with low 1 metre high walls, one of which has 3 water blades cascading into the pond.

Hard landscaping Construction: KS Landscape and Construction

Garden designed, planted and maintained by greencube

Here's our Loughton Garden which we have featured before. Gemma and I carried out a maintenance day this week. This garden has only just been completed, Harriet and I planted back in the spring 2014.

The garden has two terraces, a pool, hot tub, a fireplace and cantilevered steps allowing you easy access to the trampoline and top border with great social and family zones.

Trees include Cersis 'Forest Pansy', Acer palmatum, Eriobotrya japonica and Prunus serrula

The planting needs to knit together but is doing very well, our clients have had an automatic irrigation system installed, taking the hard work out of the watering.

We have once again used eco decking to create warmth amongst the cool whites and grey.

Black polished pebbles add texture to the smooth granite planks.

Sculpture in the garden, greencube designs a sculptural ball garden

I'm still out taking photos of all the gardens that have been constructed in the last year and last night I visited our clients in Borough Green, Kent to photograph this garden. We designed the terracing around this very beautiful home and picked up on the existing buff coloured stone detailing that formed the sills and frames around the doors and windows. A complimentary colour of yellow granite was finally chosen (Yellow Granite paving from CED) and a sculptural border of yellow granite balls (from Rock Unique) underplanted with Ilex crenata balls and Libertia grandiflora. Oak benches and oak arches have also been included and some division of zones created by deck laid flush with granite. This scheme fuses well with the house and setting. I will return in August to take further photos when the garden furniture is in place and hopefully get some night shots, lighting not yet fully completed at time of visit. Greencube planted this garden in two phases, the trees, ro

Practical storage solutions in our gardens in Tunbridge Wells and Folkestone

Storage in a garden is a common requirement but often forgotten or positioned too far away for practical use. Greencube have installed solutions in 2 of our gardens this year without the need for an ugly shed. The built in seating has doubled up as a great practical storage solution so that the cushions, hand tools and firewood for the brazier are readily available.

But my favourite is most definitely the Telegraph Garden

Designed by Cleve West, a magical space with walls retaining at seat level, so wherever you walk you can pause, sit and enjoy, I managed to gain access to Cleve's garden and even had a brief chat with him. I loved it even more once in the space. The star plant at the show for me is most certainly Dianthus cruentus, with its crimson flowers which looked wonderful in amongst the cotswold stone, with its elegant stems and deep red flower. The statuesque columns, the wonderful dry stone walls and planting that had space, looked natural and certainly did not look like it was only planted a week ago!!!! The play with water with the water pipes and channel through the garden with stone stepping stones, all beautifully executed and inspirational.

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