Following a feasibility study for this 55-acre estate on the banks
of the River Allen and Shirley Wright's report on the abandoned ancient
water meadows we designed the gardens and landscape. The design includes
a new sweeping approach to the house with gardens surrounding the
house linking it to the orchard and the water meadow, We also designed
a HaHa in order to have uninterrupted views across the countryside.
Features include a series of new sunken and terraced gardens, a bold
earth sculpture, a swimming pool garden and a small kitchen and cutting
garden. In restoring the water meadows, we worked in conjunction with
the National Rivers Authority, restoring the banks, undertaking extensive
tree planting, introducing a circulation route and carefully managing
the wildlife and wetland areas. We also designed several bridges throughout
the gardens.
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