Acton Front Garden with Oak Setts
PAINT3D1515x700.jpg "View across this front garden in Acton")
View across the front garden
PAINT3D366x700.jpg "Central planted area and path")
Central planted area and path
PAINT3D467x700.jpg "Oak setts path")
Oak setts path
PAINT3D467x700.jpg "Path of Oak setts and granite paving")
Path of Oak setts and granite paving
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Staggered path edge
PAINT3D467x700.jpg "Hakonechloa and paving detail")
Hakonechloa and paving detail
PAINT3D467x700.jpg "Planting detail")
Planting detail
PAINT3D467x700.jpg "Panicum")
Panicum
PAINT3D467x700.jpg "Tricyrtis - the toad lily")
Tricyrtis - the toad lily
PAINT3D357x700.jpg "Front Yard bin store")
Front Yard bin store
Garden concept sketch
rotatePAINT3D1050x700.jpg "Grasses and moss for edging")
Grasses and moss for edging
This front garden in Acton was originally filled with some overgrown shrubs. The brief was to design a garden that looked as if it had always been there, to bring joy whenever the client walked through and to be an asset to the conservation area. Blue-grey granite plank paving and oak setts were used to make a staggered path from the entrance to the front door; oak setts were traditionally used to make roads so have been around a while. There is another gravel path to the side entrance to help with permeability, and a bin store from the Front Yard company which has a green roof.
The hedges along the front boundary were retained and reshaped, and the beds planted with a mix of shrubs, perennials, ferns and grasses. Photos taken when garden was newly planted, so waiting to fill out.
