Detached house garden with pavilion

Pavilion as an undisturbed garden oasis

With a newly built detached house on the neighboring 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 cozy 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 neighboring 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 harmonize perfectly with the architecture of the house. 

Two existing solitary trees have been given a new position and create highlights in the meadow in front of the pavilion. An individual lighting concept further emphasizes the harmonious ambience at dusk and in the dark. The lighting perfectly highlights 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 harmonizes 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 any room in the house.

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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 Pompom Pine)
  • Tiarella wherryi (foam flower)
  • Alchemilla xanthochlora (lady's mantle)
  • Geranium macrorrhizum 'Czakor' (cranesbill)
  • Nepeta faassenii 'Senior' (catnip)
  • Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Fontäne' (Chinese reed)
  • Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hamelin' (lamp cleaner grass)
  • Carex morrowii (Japanese sedge)

Materials

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

Equipment

  • Lighting
  • Garden furniture

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