Project : Sevenoaks

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Category
Private garden, medium sized

Status
Completed

Brief
To have a traditional style garden with all-year-round interest. Must be children-friendly and in keeping with the architecture of the house. Requirement for privacy along boundaries without cutting out any more light.

Notable Features
To link the house with the garden we used bold architectural planting, mainly yew.

Challenges
Huge level changes in a relatively small area. Garden 75% shaded by the house. Had to accommodate the addition of a new balcony mid-project.

Gallery
The story so far

  • ‘But the really stunning garden was the one created by Roger Platts. It was a partly restored neglected plot celebrating 75 years of the National Gardens Scheme. The neglected bit was very wild, with a rusty old mower, and the restored bit was very flowery and romantic. We were waiting for Roger with the TV cameras when he arrived early on Tuesday morning before the public were let in, and we had to point out the envelope someone had left propped up for him. His reaction when he opened it and found he’d won Best In Show was a picture. It was great to be there to see that.’

    by CHARLIE DIMMOCK, BBC, REVIEWING FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY ON ROGER’S SUCCESS AT CHELSEA 2002