This traditional design seamlessly integrates with its traditional surroundings, enhancing the space’s character while ensuring practicality and elegance.

The brief was to create a Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS)—a compliant, low-maintenance garden with structured planting and a harmonious colour palette that complements the Victorian front path while providing a sense of privacy from the road.

At the entrance, you are welcomed by a carefully curated selection of fragrant plants. Trachelospermum jasminoides, with its delicately scented flowers, climbs the walls on either side of the door, offering a captivating autumnal display as its foliage transforms into rich seasonal hues.

Various red and white flowering perennials and plants are interwoven among predominantly evergreen shrubs, creating year-round interest in its naturally loose growth habit. The Photinia x fraseri’ Red Robin’ hedge displays striking red juvenile leaves that mature to deep green. Its clusters of creamy white spring flowers provide privacy and visual appeal with minimal pruning requirements.

Beneath the climbers, the intoxicating fragrance of Daphne odora greets visitors in another season, adding depth and sensory delight to the space. Rosa ‘Deep Secret’ and Nandina domestica take turns to flourish, each other contributing bursts of seasonal colour and texture.

The soft tones of Cheshire Pink Gravel subtly balance the vibrancy of the planting while ensuring compliance with SuDS regulations, facilitating natural drainage and enhancing the overall aesthetic of this timeless yet practical design.