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Green Oasis in Blackheath

 Multiple zoned garden in Blackheath, with charred decking and oak bespoke benches Creating cozy corners to relax  Designed on multiple levels with rusting steel corten steps and an oak bridge to link two zones with a sunken planted border with chimney flues used as pots  Hand picked specimen plants softening and wrapping around each zone Corten gate installed to side access a play on Trompe-l'oeil in the corner reflecting light and creating an optical illusion of a much bigger space lighting installed into the charred deck reflecting across the corten steps a play on texture and scale throughout a small family table and chairs for alfresco dining ` oak bridge links the two zones Specimen Osmanthus for scent, height and sculpture OFYR BBQ  Textural balls of Pittosporum  at the junction swings tucked down in the lower area garden design greencube garden project monitor greencube hard landscaping Clayton at Quest planting greencube aftercare greencube

three completed greencube gardens visited last week all looking great...

1st Garden In Leigh, Kent I visited our clients in Leigh, Kent last week and their garden is looking really good. This was completed last year and has been maturing nicely. We love hydrangeas and use them for mid to late summer flower, here the Hydrangea paniculata 'Vanille Fraise' are looking amazing, they remind me of a mr whippy ice-cream. Mixed with Heuchera and Pennisetum.  Now some of our clients think that Hydrangeas are an old fashion plant that they saw in their gran's garden, but here planted in bold swathes interplanted with grass makes for a modern border. Here we designed vertical green oak timbers interplanted with Miscanthus and Persicaria. But I feel the most eye catching plant in this garden in July is the Helenium planted in bold swathes down through a bank with oak platforms. 2nd Garden In Tunbridge Wells, Kent Photos taken by Ben at Creative Landscapes who is now working on the front garden which we h...