Friday I met up with my landscaper Matt of Greenbelt Landscapes as we’ve had to make a significant change to the hard landscaping. Natural Paving who are supplying the stone for free can no longer get hold of the
Purbeck Sands that we’d initially chosen. Such a shame as it is a stunning
smooth stone, cool to the touch and a contemporary pale cream, a lovely
contrast to the plants.
Matt brought along a few other samples for me
to look at. One is a bright light cream, not unlike the Purbeck Sands but with
a very textured finish. The other is Oyster Travertine, which has a range of
beige and brown tones and although smooth to the touch, has a textured pattern.
It’s hard to decide as I hanker after the original choice but end up going with
the Oyster, mainly because I realise that the textured stone might blend too well
with the rendered walls and end up looking too bland. The Oyster Travertine on
the other hand will pick up the warm tones in the grasses and create a lovely
contrast with the rendered walls.
Whilst I’m with Matt I let him know that I’ve
decided to take the timber arches out of the design altogether after receiving
feedback from the RHS when we submitted the design. They thought the arches
were too flimsy and I don’t want to make them any more chunky, in fact we
probably couldn’t as it would be hard to get the right timber in those
dimensions, and any other arch design could start to look too fussy. The design
theme is simplicity so I decide that the simplest solution is just to remove
them. This leaves me uncertain whether to keep the timber in the design of the
bench as it would be the only timber in the whole design. We decide to go with
a cantilevered stone seat, keeping lines clean and simple. The materials in the
garden are the background to the plants, so keeping them simple and to a
minimum number (only stone and render!) will hopefully create the very
sophisticated look that I envisage in my head!
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