Materials

Ground

The surface that sets the tone.

Stone for terraces, courtyards, paths, thresholds, garden rooms and external floors. The ground sets the tone of a place before anything else is added. Scale, colour, surface and edge decide whether a garden feels new, settled, formal, quiet or strong.

4 of 6 pieces

PhotographFell Grey

Of a northern fell.

Fell Grey

Of weather, and the water that runs beneath it.

PhotographPale Holt

Of a golden belt, in June.

Pale Holt

Of pale gold, and a garden wall in June.

PhotographCovert

Of a winter fell.

Covert

Of a winter fell, and the quiet green of its shadow.

PhotographCourtyard Pale

Of a continental courtyard, held to the same standard.

Courtyard Pale

Of a Burgundy courtyard, held in winter light.