Anthos Garden Design
 anthos garden design
telephone: 07968 743756     e-mail: practice@anthosgardendesign.co.uk
Japanese Victorian fusion garden, North London
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Having travelled extensively in South East Asia, these clients wanted an Asian style garden, but one which would sit well alongside their Victorian home.

We based the design around a traditional Japanese tea garden but created a fusion by combining this with the Victorian interpretation of a Japanese garden, filled with plants brought back from the east by the plant hunters.

The central pond and dry river bed divide the garden into two sections with the area to the north west planted in the Victorian style and the remainder of the site more typical of the gardens seen all over Japan today.

This garden is a long term project which we have already been working on for a number of years. As well as designing the garden and overseeing the build, we handled planning applications and worked with a specialist company to design the tea house.

Over the coming years we will continue to work on the project, establishing a moss garden - currently in the early stages of development - around the standing stones and cloud pruning the plants to achieve the authentic Japanese style. 
Remodeling and Home Design
© Jane McMurdie