A garden for all the family

The outdoor space of a cottage in Windermere was transformed by Lakeland Gardens to meet a variety of needs

The Brief

The owners of this pretty cottage in Windermere approached Lakeland Gardens wanting to update their garden in order to make it more usable for their growing family.

The original garden space consisted of a large sloping lawn with a small shed in the lower corner. There was a limestone path near the house and very little space to accommodate the outdoor dining furniture. Planting largely consisted of shrubs surrounding the edges of the lawn.

The client’s requests were to have a family-sized dining patio near the house, along with a lawn for the children to play and a home office with an evening seating area. They were keen on a clean, modern and contemporary design with easy to maintain planting.

The Solution

A lawn for the children

The team at Lakeland Gardens worked through the design process, taking into consideration all

The Brief

The owners of this pretty cottage in Windermere approached Lakeland Gardens wanting to update their garden in order to make it more

The Brief

The owners of this pretty cottage in Windermere approached Lakeland Gardens wanting to update their garden in order to make it more

The owners of this pretty cottage in Windermere approached us wanting to update their garden in order to make it more usable for their growing family. The original garden space consisted of a large sloping lawn with a small shed in the lower corner. There was a limestone path near the house and very little space to accommodate the outdoor dining furniture. Planting largely consisted of shrubs surrounding the edges of the lawn.

The outdoor space of a cottage in Windermere was transformed by Lakeland Gardens to meet a variety of needs

The client asked for an outdoor dining area garden room is an evening retreat

The client’s requests were to have a family-sized dining patio near the house, along with a lawn for the children to play and a home office with an evening seating area. They were keen on a clean, modern and contemporary design with easy to maintain planting.

The Solution

of the client’s requirements, and in due course provided them with a final master plan and associated costs to approve.

We worked through the design process, taking into consideration all of the client’s requirements, and in due course provided them with a final master plan and associated costs to approve.

After some initial discussions, it had become clear that a full rebuild of the garden would be necessary. Whilst this may sound quite extreme, it often works out more cost effective than trying to modify the current layout and will result in a much more desirable outcome.

After some initial discussions, it had become clear that a full rebuild of the garden would be necessary. Whilst this may sound quite extreme, it often works out more cost-effective than trying to modify the current layout and will result in a much more desirable outcome. The sloping garden needed to be terraced. We managed to get the garden to work over two levels, the top level being for daytime dining and a lawn area, and the lower level being the home office and evening entertaining area. We incorporated a mid-level raised bed to soften the hard landscaping and to give the lower level a degree of privacy.

The sloping garden needed to be terraced. The team managed to get the garden to work over two levels, the top level being for daytime dining and a lawn area, and the lower level being the home office and evening entertaining area. A mid-level raised bed was incorporated to soften the hard landscaping and to give the lower level a degree of privacy.

The client asked for an outdoor dining area

The team decided upon a burnt larch cladding for the home office and used the same material for the arbour walkway in the upper part of the garden. Not only is burnt larch of the client’s requirements, and in due course provided them with a final master plan and associated costs to approve.

After some initial discussions, it had

The garden room is an evening retreat