An unusual two acre site which included some beautiful native woodland and the lovely river Wansbeck.

The clients are nature lovers and keen to bring biodiversity and nature into the garden, including a nature pond, as well as to grow produce for themselves.  As a family with young children who love the outdoors, an important requirement was to bring adventure and wonder into the garden. 

The design concept was to move from formality to naturalistic as we move away from the modern property becoming increasingly immersive and enclosed as you move through the garden. The main lawn funnels into a central circular orchard garden with a fruiting tree orchard and wildflower meadow, with a productive garden and greenhouse linked to it. 

A large pond garden has a seating deck cantilevered and overhanging the pond, a meandering stream which falls into the pond, an open area for the kids to play surrounded by woodland planting banks to create a place of hidden beauty and solace.