Chorleywood

The dew pond is a defining element in the garden, a rarity that few other gardens share. This has been used as a focus not just of the garden but as a driving force behind the design solution.The traditional formation of dew ponds was explored in which chalk was ground and mixed into a fine cement which was then spread on the surface of the pond excavation. This led in turn to the creation of screen walls which frame and sometimes reflect this construction method and use of materials. The screening was then carried through the rest of the garden as a means of spatial definition, creating privacy, glimpsed views, colour and light.

As part of the garden design we have also introduced a wild flower meadow using a species appropriate to this location,extensive border planting with a diverse range of perennials and grasses, new hedges and a dry garden habitat which forms the transition from driveway to rear garden. The naturalistic form of these landscape interventions restores the site to one in which the 21st century home by Jane Duncan Architects is integrated within a naturalistic environment.