Town Garden 5 - Long Narrow Garden in Chiswick
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View from the back of the house
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Looking back towards the house
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View from the vegetable garden
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Corten arch for roses and beans
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Veg garden area
PAINT3D467x700.jpg "Weathering steel raised beds")
Weathering steel raised beds
PAINT3D467x700.jpg "Runner beans!")
Runner beans!
PAINT3D467x700.jpg "Geranium Azure Rush")
Geranium Azure Rush
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Shadier planting
Initial concept sketch
Alternative concept with a small lawn
Layout Plan for the garden
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Before and after comparison
This long thin garden in Chiswick was a blank canvas. The new owners wanted to include some areas for seating, trees for screening, and a garden building for a small gym and separate workshop.
During the concept stage we considered a small lawn, but in the end settled for a generous path staggered between areas of planting and a small area for growing vegetables in raised beds. The paving is a mix of Jura grey limestone with bands of london mix clay pavers to tie in with the back of the house. Planting includes a crab apple and Cornus mas for screening, low bands of Euonymus hedge and a mix of shrubs, perennials and ferns for seasonal interest.
