Detached house garden with pavi­lion

Pavi­lion as an undis­turbed garden oasis

With a newly built detached house on the neigh­bou­ring property, the client wanted a natural boun­dary and an inte­res­ting screen for more privacy. The newly built pavi­lion in the front part of the garden, where a plain meadow with indi­vi­dual trees previously domi­nated, blends char­mingly into the surroun­dings and invites you to relax and linger. An elegant wooden walkway leads to the pavi­lion, from where the view sweeps over the moun­tains and the surroun­ding land­scape. 

The quiet and shel­tered space in a cosy atmo­sphere has become the focal point of the garden. A wooden screen wall between the house and pavi­lion provides addi­tional privacy and creates a harmo­nious boun­dary to the neigh­bou­ring property. The straight screen wall is broken up by the shrubs and grasses. The pavi­lion, wooden walkway and the screen wall made of the same wood harmo­nise perfectly with the archi­tec­ture of the house. 

Two exis­ting soli­tary trees have been given a new place and create high­lights in the meadow in front of the pavi­lion. A custo­mised lighting concept further empha­sises the harmo­nious ambi­ence at dusk and in the dark. The lighting perfectly empha­sises indi­vi­dual specimen trees and the attrac­tive screen wall.

Harmo­nious ambi­ence

The exis­ting seating area by the house was previously enclosed by a wall, which has now been opened up at the front and sides, brin­ging more air into the design. The seating area appears more open and is acces­sible from both sides via a stair­case. Exis­ting stones at the front entrance were placed in such a way that they form a natural stair­case in the meadow. The exis­ting plan­ting of espa­lier trees, bamboo and maple was supple­mented with a loose plan­ting of grasses, crea­ting a harmo­nious ambi­ence. The side access is via a newly built stair­case made of natural stone, which blends in perfectly with the exis­ting wall and harmo­nises with the natural stone steps on the seating area. The combi­na­tion of gravel and natural stone conti­nues around the house: a path of gravel and flag­s­tones leads around the house and is surrounded by flowe­ring shrubs and grasses. In this rear area of the garden, soli­tary plants are placed in matching contai­ners so that an inte­res­ting high­light can be disco­vered in the garden from every room of the house.

Before/after

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After­wards
Before
After­wards

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Plan­ting

Trees

  • Acer palmatum (fan maple)
  • Parrotia persica (iron­wood tree)
  • Osman­thus burk­woodii (fragrant flower)
  • Photinia fraseri ‚Red Robin‘ (loquat)
  • Prunus lusi­ta­nica (Portu­guese cherry laurel)

Shrubs

  • Hydrangea pani­cu­lata ‚Lime­light‘ (panicle hydrangea)
  • Hydrangea pani­cu­lata ‚Bobo‘ (panicle hydrangea)
  • Rhodo­den­dron obtusum ‚Diamond White‘ (Rhodo­den­dron)
  • Rhodo­den­dron obtusum ‚Kerme­sina Rose‘ (Rhodo­den­dron)
  • Hebe pingui­folia (shrub vero­nica)

Perennials/grasses

  • Heuchera villosa var. macrorrhiza (purple bell)
  • Heuchera alba ‚Bridget Bloom‘ (purple bell)
  • Armeria mari­tima ‚Alba‘ (grass carna­tion)
  • Mazus reptans (lip mouth)
  • Astilbe chinensis var. pumila (Pompo­sity)
  • Astilbe japo­nica ‚Deutsch­land‘ (Japa­nese Pompoms)
  • Tiarella wherryi (foam flower)
  • Alche­milla xanthochlora (lady’s mantle)
  • Gera­nium macrorrhizum ‚Czakor‘ (Cranes­bill)
  • Nepeta faas­senii ‚Senior‘ (catmint)
  • Miscan­thus sinensis ‚Kleine Fontäne‘ (Chinese reed)
  • Penni­s­etum alope­cu­ro­ides ‚Hamelin‘ (lamp cleaner grass)
  • Carex morrowii (Japa­nese sedge)

Mate­rials

  • Wood (Accoya pre-greyed)
  • Chaus­sa­li­sa­tion
  • Natural stone slate

Equip­ment

  • Lighting
  • Garden furni­ture

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