Anthos Garden Design
 anthos garden design
telephone: 07968 743756     e-mail: practice@anthosgardendesign.co.uk
Victorian recreation, North East London
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This house built c.1900 had recently been renovated, retaining many of the original features and reinstating those that were lost. The client's brief was therefore to create a front garden that might have existed at the time the house was built.

As part of the project we undertook extensive research into Victorian and early Edwardian gardens and this was the result.

The diamond motif used throughout the garden  was inspired by the original Victorian tiles still in the porchway and this theme is continued in the tiled path which we reinstated.

Both the planting and colour scheme are based on Gertrude Jekyll designs of the period. We have used many of her signature plants in the scheme whilst editing out those that require more regular tending to keep the garden manageable.
Remodeling and Home Design
© Jane McMurdie