Bright yellow Echinacea contrasts with mauves and purples in these wide perennial borders
Beautiful large country garden with elegant design
Harmonious perennial borders envelope the bespoke wooden sunken seating terrace
Tall bronze grasses contrast with fluffy low mauve Nepeta in the perennial borders
Blue-mauve Nepeta fills the perennial borders around the sunken seating
Golden yellow echinacea features in this bold perennial planting scheme
Yellow echinacea contrasts with the deep blue-mauve of Nepeta under the Catalpa trees
A clipped Catalpa tree sits within a perennial planting scheme including bold red Helenium and yellow Achillea
A sunken seating area sits within the perennial planting
A wide path leads between the clipped Catalpa trees and colourful perennial borders
Sunken bespoke seating finished in wood is nestled in the wide perennial borders
Statuesque clipped Catalpa trees feature in the colourful perennial borders surrounding the sunken seating

Large Country Garden

Re-designing a tired swimming pool terrace

greencube design recently completed this design for a swimming pool terrace set within a large country garden in the heart of the Kent countryside near Marden. We created a sunken terrace with bespoke seating finished in Thermory softwood and featuring the local Kentish Ragstone, all immersed within colourful perennial borders. A wide path leads between two rows of statuesque specimen Catalpa trees, underplanted with bold swathes of orange, yellow and purple and ornamental grasses. The planting features Salvias, Nepeta, Achillea, Hellenium, Veronicastrum, Phlomis, and Leucanthemum, and ornamental grasses to create movement and soft textures, including Stipa, Calamagrostris and Panicum.

Client: Marden, Kent
Date: 2022
Services: Garden Design, Project Management, Planting Design, Planting, Aftercare