Portfolio - Blank Fence Seating

Previously the garden felt small and divided between 2 planted areas, with views onto a stark blank fence.

A small addition of a raised bed in stonework matching the house was made to link the 2 areas and give a sense of distance in the garden. The raised bed also provided a place to sit away from the house

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Before all views from the house brought the eye to the blank fence making the garden feel stark and short
The raised bed has plants that eventually hang over the edge, climb and fill space to offer all year and seasoanlly varying interest in this shaded part of the garden

After the bed links both corners so that the eye has to travel round the garden causing it to feel bigger