Clifton Courtyard, BRISTOL

The client – a busy property developer - wanted a contemporary garden to connect a new coach house/ garage to his Georgian terraced property. To slow the journey through the garden, the route passes through a series of ‘rooms’, separated by walls of pleached hornbeams.  All of the spaces are connected by a still, reflective pool of water, which brings light and movement to the north facing end of the garden and helps to visually widen the space.  A multistem Prunus serrula, with its burnished copper stems, forms a living sculpture in the island bed.

This garden won the Society of Garden Designers People’s Choice Award in 2017.

Project type: Award-winning courtyard garden design
Location: Clifton, Bristol
Services provided: Concept design, landscape plans, planting design, lighting design, irrigation plans and construction detailing
Key features: Reflective pool, pleached hornbeam, garden rooms, Prunus serrula, contemporary structure and visual connection between house and coach house
Award: Society of Garden Designers People’s Choice Award
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