Staffordshire

Project Description

A farmhouse with charm in Staffordshire

When I first visited this beautiful former farmhouse house near Burton upon Trent, the owners had spent years lovingly renovating inside but the garden had barely been touched, and was massively overgrown, so much so that you couldn’t actually see where the garden ended!

The brief was to create a meandering informal garden full of colour and life, as well as to create a substantial driveway area and patios. This was achieved with a combination of gravel and timber beds, and patios in Monsoon sandstone paving with reclaimed brick edging salvaged from the property. A lovely cedar greenhouse has been installed near the kitchen with beds for herbs and veg.

To the upper part of the garden, there are a number of island beds will a mixture of shrub and herbaceous perennials around a large central lawn.

There is also a woodland area that is filled with silver birch, hazel and a beautiful copper beech tree. A burnt sugar tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) has been planted at the far end of the garden so that when it matures, the autumn foliage will fill the area with the smell of candy floss – a real treat for the children in the neighbouring school!

Having brought this house back to life, the garden is now a fitting framework to this lovely old building, and as it matures the hard work and investment of the clients will leave a legacy to the future of their village.

Contractor: David Greaves
Maintenance: Client

Farmhouse garden | vegetable garden | cedar greenhouse | curving lawn | traditional garden