Family Garden
A sloping site and a complex brief for a large family garden in Herne Hill
Big family gardens often have a complex brief where you need to design around different people of different ages with different interests. This garden in SE24 is no exception and it also lies in a conservation area managed by the Dulwich Estate.
Designed around a family of four, three of whom are serious cricketers, the wish list included a cricket net with automatic bowling machine, trampoline, playhouse, bike storage, shed, vegetable garden, grown up seating area, blossom and autumn colour.
All the above has been designed in, over a series of low terraces linked by brick steps and gravel paths which will take you on a gentle meander through each space.
The sports equipment is tucked away at the back, screened by a grapevine, whilst the new seating area, surrounded by planting, will catch the evening sun. Three new trees selected for blossom and autumn colour will also produce fruit for either humans or birds.
A garden of this size can be a long term project, which is why a strategy has been worked out to implement the architectural structure first, before completing each terrace one by one.
