greencube garden and landscape design, UK

 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

Greencube designed a garden in Sevenoaks back in February 2013 for a very difficult site with a hillside rising 7 metres from the base of the house. This house was a new build and our clients inherited a lawn on a steep almost vertical bank that could not be mown without risking injury! The rear of the garden rises from the upstairs windows for a further 3 metres with a rooftop garden/courtyard. We have designed geometric deck platforms, creating a raised boardwalk, across the difficult terrain.  We took our inspiration from Patrick Blanc's vertical living artwork and the Thames Barrier Park with its near vertical lonicera greenwalls. Our clients have described this garden as their  'mini eden project'. We have delivered a wonderful green wall that is low maintenance and a wonderful outlook. The planting consists of 6 species all ground hugging and chosen for their textural contrasts, fast growing to lock the bank together to create a living wall, a tapestry ...