This garden is 80cm lower than the house, so requires a slope for wheelchair access to each area of the garden. The clients wanted a low maintenance garden in which to display several pieces of art. The soil is slightly alkaline, sandy loam.

 

Requirements for the new garden design/landscape architecture:

 

• A main patio adjacent to the house with wheelchair access from one of the rooms

• Storage areas under the main patio

• Retention of an Adobe Wall

• Screening from the bedroom of the house beyond the south corner

• An accessible dining area in the east corner of the garden

• A shady seating area in the south corner of the garden which should also house a dinosaur’s footprint

• No lawn

• Rain water storage under the main patio with hosepipes connected for watering the garden All areas must be permeable

• No green plants

 

This garden was constructed by Greenhaven Landscapes from Blandford.