Classic and Contemporary Garden Designs

22Jul, 2023

A City Garden Retreat

  • By Richard Walters
  • 22 Jul 2023
  • Projects

Norwich City Gardens Working on smaller city gardens can be extremely enjoyable.  It’s very satisfying seeing a small, unloved area turning into a beautiful and useable area for outside living.  This project, for David and Laila, was a great example, with a fantastic end result. This city garden retreat now provides a relaxing and unoverlooked area for city living. Overlooked Back Garden The back garden was overlooked and lacking in privacy when i first visited on a cold winters day. With a shed in one corner...

15Jul, 2023

A Norfolk Coastal Garden in Gorleston

  • By Richard Walters
  • 15 Jul 2023
  • Projects

A Norfolk Coastal Garden Visiting previous Clients and seeing how their gardens are looking is one of the pleasures of a garden designer’s life.  For this Norfolk coastal garden, very close to the sea, I designed an informal Mediterranean style garden. The oval lawn was surrounded by a path bordered with grasses and light and airy perennials. I visited the Client, Penny, after the garden had been in for over a year  I was gratified to see how well Penny was taking care of the garden...

27Nov, 2019

An Urban Jungle in a Norwich Garden

  • By Richard Walters
  • 27 Nov 2019
  • Projects

Meeting the Clients In 2017 I was approached by Clients in Norwich to produce an urban jungle garden design for their uninspiring city garden. Tsubi and Rich had just relocated to Norfolk and were keen on having an exciting and plant packed back garden. As you can see from the photos, the garden was little more than a dog run when they got there! However, we all believed that the garden could be transformed into a wonderful area. The Clients were keen to offer me the...