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THE TREES ADAM VETERE LANDSCAPE & GARDEN DESIGN & JJH LANDSCAPES THE TREETOP GARDEN
PROJECT DETAILS Project value £56k Build time 8 weeks Size of project 165m2 (excluding escarpment) Awards SGD Awards 2024 The People’s Choice Award winner and Small Residential Landscapes & Gardens, APL Awards 2023 Designer of the Year (Gold award) and Supreme Winner (JJH Landscapes), Pro Landscaper Project Awards 2022 Supreme Winner
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n escarpment proved challenging for the team transforming a relatively large garden at a modern, detached family home. At five metres tall, it ran diagonally through the garden, falling within the property’s curtilage. The clients were unable to use a major part of the garden as it was seen as dangerous and inaccessible. The upside is that the elevated aspect of this garden allowed for stunning views across the valley and into the canopy of neighbouring trees. Garden and landscape designer Adam Vetere's initial site visit showed the garden to be an underwhelming space with an old picket
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fence, a large shed and an old vegetable plot which sat within the level area, overlooking the steep escarpment, largely laid to lawn and with planting virtually non-existent. Designing a garden which would provide the clients with the space they wanted for dining, entertaining and relaxing outside as a family, Vetere wanted to make it appear as thought it was floating in the surrounding tree canopy. Since the surrounding trees were some five or six metres below the level of the usable garden, extending out over the escarpment, the design also had to fully consider the surroundings – the woods to the
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