Stratford-upon-Avon Living Jul - Aug 2021

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This is where we’ll put down roots Coming soon in August 2021 to the peaceful village of Luddington, a stunning collection of 20 two, three and five-bedroom private homes. Surrounded by lush green space close to the banks of the River Avon, Bridle Meadows is set within attractive rural surroundings. Sympathetically designed to take advantage of its beautiful, natural setting, homes at Bridle Meadows off er idyllic views over the countryside, as well as ample space to live, work and entertain in comfort. bridlemeadows@cameronhomes.co.uk camerongalliers.co.uk BM Stratford Living Mag 165x240 ad 0621.indd 1 10/06/2021 17:19
o you have grand transformation plans for your garden but don’t know where to Dstart? We caught up with the owners of this amazing redesign, couple Daniel and Katherine, and found out their motivations for the change and how they went about the transformation on a budget. FIRSTLY, CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE GARDEN BEFORE AND WHY YOU DECIDED TO TAKE ON THE PROJECT? Like many people, we were desperate for some outside space - our flat had a small courtyard but we wanted somewhere we could entertain and somewhere for the dogs to enjoy. The details surrounding actually buying the land were a bit unusual - it was a plot backing on to the communal garden of our building and came up for sale from a previous owner. Despite the state it was in, we snapped it up, knowing we could make something special. THE BEFORE PHOTOS SHOW THE LEVEL OF WORK NEEDED - WHERE DID YOU EVEN START? We realised early on that we would need professionals in - not only was the site overgrown, it was steeply sloping and had a strange slab of hard-standing in the middle. We enlisted the help of a garden landscaper and together devised a plan to make a sociable space with lots of room for plants but also a big deck. The layout was in part influenced by formal Georgian planting - the garden backs onto a Regency-era building, so it felt right to nod to that heritage. First there was a lot of clearance work - an old stump had to come out and then years of brambles. Then it was on to a mix of excavating and filling the various layers. BEFORE The site also had literally tonnes of stones in it, so it made sense for us to use gabions, the metal cages, as our retaining walls. We had planned to buy more stones for facing them, but in the end we didn’t need to. We wanted the space to be pretty low maintenance, so the bottom section is a material called hoggin, which is a self-binding gravel (it’s mixed with cement). It creates an even, solid surface but it is also free draining, which was important as this was the lower section. It’s really good value for money too. WHAT INSPIRED YOUR PLANTING SCHEME? We were aware that we wanted this to be a good space for city creatures and insects - the planting included lots of pollinator-friendly plants to try and encourage them - in turn we have lots of birds which is lovely. We filled the raised bed, which was created with sleepers, with top soil and got to work planting a mix of plants - we have geraniums, cornflowers, sedums, geums, sweetpeas, alliums, violas, salvias, foxgloves, thistles and some Ravenswing cow www.minervamagazines.co.uk | 21
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